Guild Wars 2

Ok maybe it is me, but the new crafting ui where you pick the number of items you want does not work..

Say you want to make 12 loafs of bread. Before you just hit 12 and done. Now the skinny little window, if you click it to 12, no matter what, only makes 1 at a time..

REally bad.

I agree, that little click and drag button took me at least 5x as long to get anything done when trying to craft multiples. I gave up on that and tried typing it in, but it wouldn’t accept the numbers I entered and I ended up crafting them 1 at a time.

Please bring back the old interface.

Yes ! please change that back…I wanna get back to crafting and just isnt comfortable for me,I wanna do how much I want… and not only 1 at a time.. please fix this.

I totally agree, takes much longer now…

totally agree, i didn’t even know it was a slider i thought it was just completely borked. either way we should be able to type in the number regardless.

You can type in the number if you click on the number area and press Enter after you’re done typing the number in.

One thing they fixed in the current system is that now you can do more than 999 items in one go, which is a decent improvement.

just type the number, you probably have two hands, giv’r a go…

solektrall.4028:

just type the number, you probably have two hands, giv’r a go…

you probably haven’t tried crafting after the patch.

Before Patch:
1. Enter desired number of items to craft and click “craft” button.
Result: as expected

After patch:
1. Enter desired number of items to craft and click “craft” button.
Result: will only craft 1 item <— problem.

To craft a certain number or items, what you have to do is
1. Click on the number area
2. Hold Left Click and drag up (to increase amount) and down (to decrease)
3. Click “Craft” button

and I find this new method a little awkward.

No, you can still type numbers in; you just have to press “Enter” after you type the number in in order for that number to stick, instead of reverting to one.

Agreed. It boggles the mind that one of the few things that wasn’t unpleasant about the crafting interface was degraded like this.

I agree. The new UI for crafting is pretty terrible, and is a step backward from what it used to be. It screws up several simple ways I used the crafting interface.

For example, I want to craft a few of something. Before, I would click a few times, then hit craft. (Note: this means that I do not have to take my hands off of WASD and mouse. This is a good thing!) I can no longer do this. The slider is way too sensitive to just click and drag up to a specific with any amount of precision. I either have to drag up and down until I get the number I want to craft, or take my hands off the keyboard to enter a number, which also brings me to the second issue.

I now have to push enter to lock in a number of items I want to craft, where as before, I did not have to. While I initially had the same problem as mentioned above, where I thought the UI for typing a number was completely broken, there was still no reason to make this change. Why add additional button presses/clicks when there is no need to?

The slider for numbers is a pretty nifty thing, but it shouldn’t replace the old UI, especially since it does a poor job of replacing the quickness with which I can craft “a few” of something.

I agree this new control brings a reduction in usability rather than an improvement. The slider makes it tricky to land on a target number, and the need to press enter when typing a number directly seems unnecessary.

What were you trying to fix with this change?

One of the things they were fixing was the fact that the previous system couldn’t handle numbers greater than 999. I guess while they were expanding the fields to 4+ digits they went overboard with other aspects and made some poor design choices.

Yea, the new interface is annoying. The area to click to change the quantity is tiny and the whole process is much slower than it was before.

ooh so you have to hit “Enter”. fair enough, not intuitive though.
and at the same time, the window is TINY. although, i don’t mind it though. more of a design choice. hopefully it gets further improved in future patches.

agree with everyone else
new system is cats

Take your time and read what the other people posted.

You write the number you want, then hit ENTER, then hit craft. Simple as that.
Besides, now you can input any number, as opposed to before when the maximum number was 999.

P.S. To ArenaNet: Validation should be done when you hit craft, without having to hit Enter (maybe it’s supposed to be like that but it’s bugged).

this is intentional?
I thought it was a glitch, lol
Yes please bring back the old UI.

UP. PLease go back to old crafting UI.

I’m not a huge fan of it either. Making it bigger would be a step in the right direction.

Lysico.4906:

Ok maybe it is me, but the new crafting ui where you pick the number of items you want does not work..

Say you want to make 12 loafs of bread. Before you just hit 12 and done. Now the skinny little window, if you click it to 12, no matter what, only makes 1 at a time..

REally bad.

You guys need to press ENTER after adjusting the number of items you want to craft. I found this out on my second try, didn’t know about the drag though.

If they were smart they would have kept the old box and just added in the draggable arrow.

I also thought it was broken until I tried pressing enter. With the old UI this wasn’t needed.
I’m not in favour for any of the two UI’s. This also means I didn’t see anything wrong with the old UI, so why change it? Seems like a waste of time imo.

I rather see them adding lvls to the recipe descriptions, so I don’t have to translate lvl into crafting rating every time I want to craft an inscription for gear.

this system is really nice, all you need to do is just hit “Enter” after you type the amount.
Previously the maximum was capped at 999, now it can go up to 5 digits (99999?).
Really awesome as you can craft maximum and just afk to watch TV or something.

I completely 110% agree with the OP. You type in the number of items to craft, and hit Craft…it makes only one. You have to click on the up/down graphic(new) to drag it up to the number you want and then hit Craft to begin crafting that number. Its really annoying. I noticed it the second I opened up my UI, and I hate it. In my opinion, crafting was fine the way it was, who requested this change?

Bring back the old one. The new UI is terrible.

I’m happier with the new system due to the “999” fix, but if they brought back the old system with that fix included, that would be fine also.

Add me to the list of people who want the old UI back. I understand that some people like it better because of the 999 limitation, but it offers no benefit to me and the old UI was easier and more intuitive. (yep, I’m being selfish) Having the old UI with a fix to max number would be optimal, of course.

In a game where they need to fix quite a few things, this was NOT one of them. The old UI was fine. Why fix what ain’t broke?!

I realy realy want the old ui back. Crafting bulks and bulks of items now takes more time. And time = money! so actualy u guys owe me gold (jk) any way great game (insert more praising comments)

o/

This new UI is so annoying. They need to make the button bigger.

Agreed.
Even if you hit enter it wont always actually save the new number instead resetting to just 1, it’s also not that abundantly clear that you have to hold left aand drag as opposed to just clicking on it.

While sure it removes the 999 cap but realy how often are you ever needing to craft more than that amount (or even close to it, and not just using craft all) of any one item unless you are a heavy farmer (sure you could buy the matts but are you outfitting an army)?

Why did they change this?

It’s late, and I’m old and grumpy so I’m just going to go with, “Yeah, what they said!”

ohgodyesplease. I agree 100% the change was for the worse. Even if the number field worked correctly I would find this a big step backwards.

We’ve moved form a working part of the window with up and down incremental buttons to an invisible vertical slider that is oversensitive and doesn’t work with a scroll wheel or.. well.. anything. Definitely not a useful addition.

If I want to craft 3 items I would like to just hit the right arrow twice and hit ‘craft’ not play with a scrollbar.

OK I saw this thread and was like “how bad can it be”.

Well it is that bad. What the KITTEN is up with ANet changing things that don’t need to be changed and not changing things that do need tweaking….

First they rearrange my guardian greatsword abilities now this…

Just out of curiosity what on earth is there that you would want to make more than 999 of in one go! I’ve got to know.

In my case, I often make more than 999 Mithril Ingots at once.

I love ability to make over 999 at once (refining) but I dislike slider – doesn’t work properly and accurately for stuff like this.
Entering number and enter’ing after that is more work than just number. Why not meet us in the middleground? Let us set number without enter’ing afterwards and it’s bearable.

Or make it better; Old ui with ability to craft 1000+ at once.

/Signed Not liking the slider system the put in.

Didn’t anyone just try hiting ‘enter’ atfer you put the number in, no the hardest thing to figure out.

I would list why the old UI was better but other already have time and time again so I will just say;

Change it back, Change it back, Change it back, Change it back, CHANGE IT BACK!!!
The fk is the matter with you people, if it isnt broke dont FK WITH IT!
Take the people who worked on this and put them to work on stuff that needs fixed.
No wait, bad idea, Fire them, they clearly dont know wtf they are doing.

I thought it was a bug! Thanks to those in this thread who said you can hit “enter” to lock in a number. I had no idea.

I also do not like the new system. The old way had flaws but at least we knew how to use it.

They effectively downgraded the interface to “Craft 1” or “Craft all”.
Change it back ASAP.

Blob.2863:

Didn’t anyone just try hiting ‘enter’ atfer you put the number in, no the hardest thing to figure out.

It isn’t intuitive…where else in the game (or in computing) do you press enter and click both? When you chat you press enter to submit. When you used to type in a number in the craft UI you just clicked craft. When you deposit gold in your bank you type the number you want, then click deposit. When you search in the TP you don’t have to type in your search, then press enter, then click search.

Usually, in most places, it is either/or…either you type something then click a “submit” or you type and press enter. Not both.

I crafted a bunch yesterday, and never once did I think, “oh, try pressing enter, then craft”. It is possible to do, and I will now, but it just didn’t cross my mind before I read about it.

lackofcheese.5617:

You can type in the number if you click on the number area and press Enter after you’re done typing the number in.

One thing they fixed in the current system is that now you can do more than 999 items in one go, which is a decent improvement.

I have 5 professions at 400 and I never even attempted to make more then 300 items at once.

I’m guessing that it’s bugged now.=/ Why “fix” something that wasn’t broken?

I totally agree, the new crafting UI is a pain… please bring back the old one.

It’s horrendous. It’s so tiny to click on and drag. I don’t like it all and I really don’t know why they made this extremely fiddly change.

Please change it back! (with removing the 999 cap)

The previous system does not work well with a cancel (It will have already crafted a lot more even though you cancel in the middle) and they fixed it. It Is nice.

However, they didn’t have to change the UI to make it like this. If I have to craft 2 each of few components (like 2 daggers, 2 rings, 2 earrings), which you do frequently for your alts, I have to use keyboard to type 2, then enter every time now, instead of just one click like previously. I also prefer the old UI (only the UI part).