PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE BLACK BARS ALREADY

@rcadden said in PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE BLACK BARS ALREADY:

It's 2020, 2 years + after the game has been out, and we're still dealing with these MONSTROUS black bars whenever we visit an island, start a voyage, complete a voyage, etc. They take up nearly a third of the screen, covering all of the important parts of the HUD (health, ammo, in-game chat, whether your cannon is loaded or loading, etc).

At the least, just make the sides fade into 100% transparent, so that the important parts of the HUD are visible. Or remove the sides entirely so that it's just the important parts of the top and bottom. Such a simple fix that would make these less obnoxious.

What’s wrong with it? It only up for 3 seconds..

@ecaiiaw 3 seconds is a long time if you're in the middle of a fight and can't see that your health is almost out - it's the decision between backing out of the fight to eat or taking a few more swings.

In ship battle, it's the difference of firing off another cannon shot while you have a good angle or not being able to fire and missing what could be the fight-ending shot because you couldn't see that the cannon wasn't loaded.

It's 3 seconds, but these bars always seem to pop up in that exact moment when those 3 seconds can literally be live or die. Plus, they're completely unneeded and wasteful.

100% Agree. That 3 seconds can cost you for sure. Have the HUD overlay it or I even think it would be fine if you moved the name to the bar on top and had nothing come up on the bottom at all. It is a bit crazy that nothing has been done about something that blocks the most important info you need.

This is definitely one of my most wanted QOL improvements. Taking up so much of the screen is completely unnecessary.