Ship purpose descriptions added to 3D model tooltips.

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Awesome game, loving it!

One suggestion (as a UI option) that would greatly improve the learning process.

Currently when players mouse-over any ships 3D model (in space) there is no description of what that ships role/purpose is.

With Vassari and Advent ships this is especially a problem because their ships have "artistic" naming like Assailant and Illuminator, so its not clear to a new player what this enemy ships practical role really is.

It would make it SO MUCH easier and quicker to learn what ships do if the ship descriptions that are already present in the factories are also added to the ship 3D model mouse-over tooltips , especially for the enemy ships (at least as an option).

Thanks for considering this and for making these amazing games!

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Reply #1 from Sins2 Forums Top

We appreciate the suggestion! Ill see about passing it along, but I'm also curious how others would envision this. It's a bit of a balancing act when it comes to managing tooltip space to my understanding

Reply #2 from Sins2 Forums Top

Thanks for replying and considering this!

It would also be enough if a very short & simple line was added to the ship 3D model (mouse-over) tooltip like "anti-frigate" or "anti-capital" or "anti-strikecraft" or "siege" or "long range DPS" or "support".

Right now i find myself sometimes selecting my own shipyards just to again read the tooltips for the ship roles because that seems the only place that explicitly describes what a ship does or is good at.

As far as tooltip space goes currently the big line of text explaining about Durability feels very unnecessary since its something a player needs to read only once and never again - but its displayed on EVERY unit and every time an expanded/advanced tooltip is used.

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Reply #3 from Sins2 Forums Top

Quoting RammaStardock, reply 1

We appreciate the suggestion! Ill see about passing it along, but I'm also curious how others would envision this. It's a bit of a balancing act when it comes to managing tooltip space to my understanding

Get rid of the giant wall of text explaining what 'durability' is.

Reply #4 from Sins2 Forums Top

Knowing that the descriptions of the ship's role "are" present in the tooltips at the factory you can pause and go look at them there.  :)