So my ideas have progressed a bit maybe gone of original idea a but here they are

Idea One:

Most likely has been said already but a button that changes your currently dead selected NPC to the next NPC on your list, If you have gone through what was on your battle tap it will continue to draw new NPCs out of the RNG untill your 8 slots are full; of unkilled 3 man elites or better. It saves having to click x, then target. Most likely mentioned before but it would make NPC a lot easier on the hands

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Thats how it would look I guess just more polished, feedback please, negatives and positives about this idea please


Idea Two:

I've edited another screen shot with something that is already implemented into GL maybe this will work better?

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In this case you would be able to use the Quick tab at anytime, not just on dead NPC's
Only thing is this way adds an extra click!
Other quick tab buttons such as debuff's, could be put in the quick tab eventually being added to PvP maybe later for things such as Null's and certain debuff's.
Both ideas make it so you don't need to open and close the NPC tab, saving on clicking and lag.

Idea Three:



Okay first of all my first idea's aim was to keep the current NPC lock open, being able to get to the next NPC on your list without closing it would save lots of clicking a bit of lag too.

How about this but obviously way more polished, it has my original idea nice and some quick tabs which would could be used across the board to speed things up, less time using artifacts and spending time to find them, more time doing what we play the game for!

NPC Quick Tabs:

Enemy NPC artifacts tab:
Drannik Saboteur
EMP Sphere
Disarming Bomb
Dark Void Foci
Recondite Intruder

NPC Player artifacts tab:
Repair Nanodrones
Shield Restorer
Containment Cage
Shockpulse Charger
Neural Interface

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(I know my paint skills suck lol)

PVP Quick Tab's

Enemy artifacts tab:
Disarming Bomb
Containment Missile
Chaostatic Inhibitor
Krionite Torpedo
Positron Clouder
Quantum Flare
Stryll Trap Probe
EMP Sphere

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Player Artifacts Tab:
Repair Nanodrones
Shield Restorer
Time Manipulators
Null Fuse
Neural Interface

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Options(just like in NPC):
Next enemy Ship
New enemy Ship(becomes available after you destroy current lock)

Base Quick Tab

Base Tab:
Repair Nanodrones
Shield Restorer
Containment Cage
Neural Interface

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+1

I'm not sure how it stacks up compared to other users on different resolutions, but for me that would actually be more movement required than the way it is now. Maybe if the button were smaller and directly under the attack button rather than at the bottom of the NPC window?

EDIT: Just noticed the 2nd option in the 2nd pic. Was wondering why that one was included lol

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+1

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you have an option like this with missions, once you finish them
so it would be nice to be able to do this with NPC's as well

+1 nuff said

Should be an easy edit for Dan, Coding it shouldn't be hard either. Better playability will help retain players long term.

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ill agree this one would be a wonderful addition. or the one with ATTACK next to TARGET right on the BT... i dont care how much damage im doing, i know its nearly capping on everything. and if i want to throw artis, ill click target

+1 from me as well.

Lots of good support thanks guys n girls!

+1, it would bmake the game not that mch of a pain for high rankers.

Why hasn't this been implemented in the game yet?!?!?! +1

hallucinations is a noob but sometimes he gets good ideas :p

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haha funny guy, thanks man good to have a solid NPCer think its a good idea!

Great idea + 1

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if dan just adds in the attack now button, you dont need all this:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=32533

~JF~

Sorry but that idea is -1 to me, there would be no room to put an attack button there without altering the whole layout. And the point of my idea was to not have to close the window to select the next NPC. Not to mention parts of my idea are already implemented into GL.

The idea in this thread is simpler imo.

Not to mention there would actually be plenty room to add the button and it would just move to the next NPC window meaning it's irrelevant if the window is open or not. Not saying one idea is better than the other, but there's no reason to -1 this just because you like the other one more. If you support the idea, support the idea. Leave it up to Dan what the best implementation would be.