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Why are there no pack icons? - Sofi - February 14, 2016
Were Pack Icons ever discussed? As in, an icon for every pack, similar to each pack information header.
I have a lot of trouble remembering and telling the difference between each color scheme, so that's why I ask. Just a thought.
RE: Pack Icons - Veritas - February 14, 2016
I'm willing to help make some (and practice pixelling) if this goes through. It would be so cool to have individualised icons!
RE: Pack Icons - Taggarik - February 14, 2016
For aesthetic and practical reasons, we prefer a common icon. Now that we have added the pack acronyms beneath the colored pawprints there should be no problem telling them apart. :)
RE: Pack Icons - Caiaphas - February 14, 2016
@Sofi @Veritas why not make a pack icon like duskfire glacier did? where you post it in your signature? IIRC, dark brotherhood does it too.
WWS used to do the pack icons but IMHO it is a lot of work to keep up with and would require a lot of adjustment to main pages. i like the uniformity of the pawprints - it keeps everything streamlined and neat!
RE: Pack Icons - Sofi - February 14, 2016
That all makes sense. With twelve packs the acronyms are helpful, but there are too many to easily memorize them.
If it was ever on the table, I'd like to see pack creators making their own icons or requesting them in Studio Howl, rather than pushing that extra workload on the game administrators. The signature icons are a decent compromise, although it might be good to specify standard dimensions anyway.
RE: Pack Icons - Farstep - February 14, 2016
The issue with it really is consistency. Some of us -- myself, in particular -- are very anal-retentive about things looking the same or being neat and tidy. Having each pack leader create their own icon means there will be different styles, different levels of detail, and perhaps even different sizes, of icon. To me, having those sorts of icons all together would look really messy and busy, hence why we use the standard pawprint for all packs.
I myself have no trouble memorizing all the packs and their colours, but I'm also the one who makes the icons and sets up the packs so I'm intimately familiar with them all. Personally I would find icons harder. Knowing which pack is which does come with time, and if ever you're unsure of which pack is which, all you need to do is click on the pawprint and you can see which pack it is.