Posting this up, as I had some minor issues with the HUD while playing the beta and I wanted to get the feedback out there to the devs.
During matches I found the Specials/Item area of the HUD to not be quite as useful as it should have been. When playing and focusing on an intense match I felt the Specials/Item icons didn't stand out enough when becoming useable to really be noticed easily by a players peripheral vision. Instead one would have to keep a close eye to ensure the ability they were about to use, was in fact available to be activated.
Several times I would go to activate a Special Attack because it looked available when it wasn't, which in the heat of battle, can be quite costly. It seemed like on had to keep a pretty close eye on the HUD in order to know when a Special was available.
I feel the reason is because the Amber hues used are very close to each other and it makes it hard to really differentiate between a useable and non-useable Special Attack.
Examples Below:
I think it would be helpful to make the icons really light up. I know they do light up, but to me, the difference seemed negligible. Here's an idea of what I mean by really light up:
I was also thinking the devs could take it one step further and make the color of the icons change from the amber color when recharging, into the corresponding color of the god you swear allegiance to.
Ares Example:
Hades Example:
Poseidon Example:
Zeus Example:
This would make it instantly recognizable when a Special Attack is available and whole lot easier to spot without having to take your eyes off the action.
Even if the devs don't go with the color coded god icons, I still think the icons should be easier to recognize from a peripheral vision standpoint so players don't have to take their eyes off the intense action quite so often.
