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Current display of numbers instead of dots

• 1,148 Posts

  Wed, Jan 29 2014 3:49 PM

  I seriously think its worst idea. 

  I rather have option that i want  use dots or numbers. In this way for my brain to easier to distinguish.

  Now we have learn new way of remembering stuff. Why wgt why

• DrussTheLegend 1,043 Posts

  Thu, Jan 30 2014 2:11 AM

  Each to their own - I personally like the new way they are shown.

• alberich35 858 Posts

  Thu, Jan 30 2014 3:23 AM

  Obsiouvly when you are legend or tour legend with a lot of XP and dont have no more equipment to compare and buy, numbers or dots are same.

  But for players lower level or lower tier who have plenty choice, dots are more practical and allow to compare a glance that you cant do with numbers.
  

• Chinajohn 1,190 Posts

  Thu, Jan 30 2014 4:00 AM

  alberich35:

  Obsiouvly when you are legend or tour legend with a lot of XP and dont have no more equipment to compare and buy, numbers or dots are same.

  But for players lower level or lower tier who have plenty choice, dots are more practical and allow to compare a glance that you cant do with numbers.
  

  ?????

  If you can read and count up to 5 you can compare numbers at a glance too! If you can't, then tbh this game is going to be a struggle for you regardless of equipment.

   

• DAZZA501 5,972 Posts

  Thu, Jan 30 2014 4:14 AM

  Now we have numbers instead of dots the numbers can go above 5. I think thats why it was changed.

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Thu, Jan 30 2014 4:47 AM

  DAZZA501:

  Now we have numbers instead of dots the numbers can go above 5. I think thats why it was changed.

  It was a smart & needed change. It removed the hand-cuffs with regard to what can be. With time, level 100 will be quite common and the change eliminates mega-dot burnout. The future for clubs & balls is now exciting to imagine.

• ScottHope 10,577 Posts

  Thu, Jan 30 2014 5:01 AM

  Chinajohn:

  alberich35:

  Obsiouvly when you are legend or tour legend with a lot of XP and dont have no more equipment to compare and buy, numbers or dots are same.
  But for players lower level or lower tier who have plenty choice, dots are more practical and allow to compare a glance that you cant do with numbers.

  ?????
  If you can read and count up to 5 you can compare numbers at a glance too! If you can't, then tbh this game is going to be a struggle for you regardless of equipment.

  There is an element of truth in what alberich says. It's similar to the analogue versus digital clock/watch argument in that it is faster to interpret the time by looking at the position of the hands on an analogue clock/watch face than it is to read the numbers on a digital one. Determining the attribute of a piece of golfing equipment via a series of dots is faster than reading a number and comparing it to another number.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, Jan 30 2014 5:13 AM

  ScottHope:

  Determining the attribute of a piece of golfing equipment via a series of dots is faster than reading a number and comparing it to another number.

  Including determining if a dot is at 1/4, 1/2 or 3/4? I don't think so. They've only been whole and half dots up to now. A month from now this will be forgotten.

• Chinajohn 1,190 Posts

  Thu, Jan 30 2014 5:17 AM

  ScottHope:

  There is an element of truth in what alberich says. It's similar to the analogue versus digital clock/watch argument in that it is faster to interpret the time by looking at the position of the hands on an analogue clock/watch face than it is to read the numbers on a digital one. Determining the attribute of a piece of golfing equipment via a series of dots is faster than reading a number and comparing it to another number.

  I respectfully disagree, when I look at a number I immediately know which number is higher, if I look at a series of dots I have to count them and that takes longer, especially if you have half dots.

• ScottHope 10,577 Posts

  Thu, Jan 30 2014 5:23 AM

  YankeeJim:

  ScottHope:

  Determining the attribute of a piece of golfing equipment via a series of dots is faster than reading a number and comparing it to another number.

  Including determining if a dot is at 1/4, 1/2 or 3/4? I don't think so. They've only been whole and half dots up to now. A month from now this will be forgotten.

  With the old system we only had half or whole dots. I wasn't referring to something which we never had.

  Chinajohn:

  I respectfully disagree, when I look at a number I immediately know which number is higher, if I look at a series of dots I have to count them and that takes longer, especially if you have half dots.

  We will have to agree to disagree then John. I firmly believe that the graphical representations of a numeric values are easier to compare to each other than the numeric values themselves. Why else would we be so fond of charts to present data?