Runes of Magic US / AU

This game gives very little consideration to its users with neuromuscular problems or to those with visual problems. Many improvements to make their life easier would have mass appeal.

Since you are so intent on adding new features instead of fixing your horrific quality problems, I would like to add some suggestions on new features I would like to see that would make life easier. Some of these arise from problems I have with my right hand - I've lost about 50% permanent usage and am semi-paralyzed and your newer content makes it extremely difficult to use the new zones.

1. When you add paths to new zones, do not surround them with fence posts and obstacles in the middle. The combination of limited hand movement and laggy response times means I get stuck constantly.

2. Have a key combination that allows selection of nodes for gathering - the less I have to move to the mouse, the less painful and more enjoyable my game experience.

3. I use the slim client for better response time and to avoid issues until I can afford a new video card once my disability income is approved.

• In the meantime, there are many places that I can't see to navigate in because of the lack of contrast between architectural features and pathways. Those with limited vision may have similar problems. Some examples - the butterfly court in Xavieria, going downstairs in the moonlight circus, moving through DOD.
  
• Also, you don't code for those with color blindness issues which can cause the same kind of problems.
  
• Consider adding a "flashlight" feature or torch item that can be used to improve the lighting and contrast in these situations if you don't want to redesign the graphics
  

4. Consider those with physical limitations when you come up with new events - I don't participate in many because I've lost a good deal of my reflex time due to nerve damage. I'd like to but know I have no chance. Neither do those with slower hardware. In this economy people are putting off non-essential hardware upgrades

5. Improve the production queues

• Make the list sortable in reverse order by level. It makes sense I'm refining higher level mats and with carpal tunnel is extremely painful to scroll down the list
  
• Allow some simple filters - like those items for which I actually have mats in inventory; "green" level" or "blue" level only
  
• Allow the queue list to be stored on the server like other configuration information - nothing like setting up an entire queue, crashing, then rinse and repeat 4 or 5 times when your server squirrels haven't been fed for the day
  
• Add an automatic refine to blue level check box from the green level
  
• Add an automatic add all items in inventory - we have my husband's house set up so that you can stand in one spot and craft or refine anything.
  

6. Add a Transport To dropdown to the Snoops - so for example if I am in Varanas and want to go to Weeping Coast, add a dropdown that adds in the stop to Ravenfall and charges me the total. Many people don't have the diamonds for transport runes and with your quality are reluctant to buy more

7. When trying to copy names into dialog boxes for item shop or mailbox, it would be helpful to either freeze the chat window momentarily or provide me with the ability to select from "Those you have recently whispered" or "Guild Mates". This would help avoid problems with accidentally mailing items to the wrong person, especially since you have no mail recall procedure and if you send it to the wrong person, can suffer significant loss

8. Add a "who" feature to the game like any other decent MMO. Let me look for

• People in a certain guild
  
• People near me by class/level
  
• People in a particular zone
  
• People LFG in a way that is actually useful
  

I'll add more to this thread as I think of them

Quoted from "Ravesden;506767"

It is, there's also the click to move function, the auto-run function, the fact that you can teleport anywhere you have marked. For the higher instances, for example torch lighting in tosh, you can simply defer the task.

I have had a color blind guildie have trouble with the color crystals in hos though.

Yes you can click to more or auto-run but if you have difficulty with fine motor movements and/or a little lag, try running down a path like the one south from Grafu Castle to Glinville in Land of Malevolence. The fence posts are a major problem - if you happen to get outside of them will just run into them.

And yes you can teleport but it costs runes. There should be an in-game gold equivalent method of going, if you don't have any runes and don't want to spend the diamonds. Many people (myself included) are foregoing buying diamonds until some of these quality problems are fixed. There should not be obstacles in the way of just walking down a pathway.

To see the kind of problems I have on a regular basis, try using the mouse with your non-dominant hand, and moving using the arrow keys with your non-dominant hand for 15 minutes. Try clicking on NPCs that are close to each other and you will see how difficult it can be. And using the mouse is downright painful with carpal tunnel syndrome so any clicking hurts bad and is to be avoided. To go along with good user interface design principals, there should be a keyboard equivalent. The one that is there is a pos.

Also, if transport runes are 36 diamonds for 10, that is 3.6 diamonds per movement. When diamonds are 40k each, that is 144,000 gold to move each time. A lot of gold imo