Thread: Please use a different notification icon for in-game advertisements

Currently, the same notification icon is used in-game when the player earns Turbine Points (by completing a deed, for example) and for when the LOTRO Store is offering the player something for sale (for example, a region's quest pack, daily task count reset, extra festival quest items, etc.).

It would be preferable from the player's perspective to have two visually distinctive icons for these situations. One for "you've just earned some Turbine Points" and one for "we want you to spend some Turbine Points."

I wouldn't mind the same, actually. Perhaps, for the "buy this at the store" ads, they could use the 'Turbine Coin Inside Ring' icon that shows over quest-givers' heads in areas that are so locked?

I think there should be three different icons, if Turbine is going to continue its nonsense of using these notifications when nothing has happened except that the Store exists.

1) There should be one for notifying us when we earn Turbine Points.
2) There should be a different one indicating when you're in an area where you don't have the corresponding quest pack.
3) Then there should be a third for these random advertisements when they want to sell us badges or keys or task resets or whatever.

Of course, I'd really prefer that that third category simply go away all together, but if they're going to have it then it needs to be different than either of the other two (which should also be different than each other). The 'Turbine Coin Inside Ring' icon would be good for category 2, and the current icon could be kept for category 1, but come up with something different for category 3.

Originally Posted by Niwashi

I think there should be three different icons, if Turbine is going to continue its nonsense of using these notifications when nothing has happened except that the Store exists.

1) There should be one for notifying us when we earn Turbine Points.
2) There should be a different one indicating when you're in an area where you don't have the corresponding quest pack.
3) Then there should be a third for these random advertisements when they want to sell us badges or keys or task resets or whatever.

Of course, I'd really prefer that that third category simply go away all together, but if they're going to have it then it needs to be different than either of the other two (which should also be different than each other). The 'Turbine Coin Inside Ring' icon would be good for category 2, and the current icon could be kept for category 1, but come up with something different for category 3.

I'm with Duke_Darkwood here, it's enough to differentiate "You've gained points" from "Here! Spend points!"

Originally Posted by Fredelas

Currently, the same notification icon is used in-game when the player earns Turbine Points (by completing a deed, for example) and for when the LOTRO Store is offering the player something for sale (for example, a region's quest pack, daily task count reset, extra festival quest items, etc.).

It would be preferable from the player's perspective to have two visually distinctive icons for these situations. One for "you've just earned some Turbine Points" and one for "we want you to spend some Turbine Points."

I agree.

very often i would get that icon, thinking that i've earned TP, when in fact Turbine just wants me to spend money yet again

As long as pressing the icon does not take you directly to the store, I'm okay with it. Turbine is actually pretty modest with their nagging compared to some f2p games...