Also, something, which has been bothering me for a long time: The two buttons Back (“<”, upper left corner) and Close (“X”, upper right corner) are really not intuitive and are horrible to use.
TL;DR:
Basically, my feeling is that you should
a) remove the < button.
b) use Close (X) to close the most recent overlay or workflow part
c) change < to a Home button with a Home as an icon to always bring you back to the Main screen, regardless where you are.
d) change the Gear and Spell part.
By intuition, I always click on “X” and expect the current “Sub-Screen” to close. Instead, “X” behaves like a “Home” button, always leading back to the main menu (which you usually do not want / expect). The “<” button on the other hand looks more like a marker for the title bar.
Let’s take a look at it by changing into the Gear Vault:
In this screen, both buttons have exactly the same function - they will return to the main screen.
Let’s navigate into the Hone Gear screen, which is an overlay of the Hero Inventory, as I am actively modifying my gear.
Intuitively, I tap the X button to close the “Hone Gear” overlay, expecting to be back in the Hero Inventory with exactly the same filter as before. Instead, it leads to the main screen. The < button has this functionality, which I never expect.
Let’s look at the gear comparison screen by first filtering “Rings” and then selecting one of the rings not currently equipped and pressing “Info”
Here, you can see that there are two new buttons (Back and Close). Intuitively, Close will close both displayed rings, bringing me back to the Gear Vault and Back will so … something else. The current implementation is as follows: Close is bound to the right ring, Back is bound to the equipped ring. This means that Close closes the right window and I can choose other rings to compare, while Back closes the equipped item information and thus leads back to the Gear Vault.
Let’s move to something unrelated such as PvP. I start by looking at an Open Tourney:
In this screen, X and < both have the same function and lead back to the Battle - Versus screen. Wow, this was unexpected.
Now let’s look at the leaderboard:
In this screen, X and < both have the same function and lead back to the Versus - Open Tourney screen. This feels strange?
With this in mind, let’s try the Battle - Versus screen:
Here, the < button leads back to Battles. The X button leads back to the main screen.