Flight Rising Discussion

the new waystone placement is so silly. it's also a lot more annoying to navigate to. i don't know why it was moved, the previous placement was perfect. it looks out of place and is no longer convenient like it used to be

Would it be possible to consider putting the familiar count between the treasure / gem currency? It was nice to be able to see it outside of needing to post on the forums and as a collector I do like to admire my collection.

I also had to switch back from slate to default (the bright white) because as much as I loved slate it feels like the blue-gray is too dark. I wonder if it'd be possible to soften it up a little bit or even add an off-white (rose gold) option which is a little softer on the eyes at night (kind of like what kindle does when you're reading at night).

Other than that (now that I'm home and on my normal monitor). I don't really see much issue with the site other than things appear more.. squished? Idk how to word it. I have a lot of empty space at the bottom of the 'support' button on the left.

The well-fed bonus indicator could have a better icon that doesn't look like a hamburger menu. It confused me at first and may be confusing to new or returning players from before the UI update.

[quote name="bufonidaes" date="2026-04-26 22:44:37" ] I'll try to sum up my thoughts here. I really don't like this update. The old layout had such a cozy, old internet feel that I came to love. Nothing else on the web was quite like it- and the new layout just feels like every UI on every modern social media ever now. There's too much grey and minimalism. It's not Flight Rising to me. My biggest gripe is the inaccessibility of this update. I can't put my finger on what changes were made, but reading text on this site gives me eyestrain now that I never had before. Everything feels so zoomed out and small. I don't have any disabilities relating to eyestrain, but I can't imagine how hard it is for those who do if even I have this much of an issue with it- and sure enough, the #1 complaint I saw in the original thread was countless people saying the new changes were giving them headaches. A side note from the accessibility part- I have autism. I really don't like how radical the change was, nor the fact that I don't have an option to use the old interface. I saw numerous other autistics in the original thread who voiced the same issue. I know we're not gonna get the old site code back, but could we at least get the option to use a UI that looks like legacy? [/quote] agreed with everything here. I know I'll get used to the new UI eventually, but my gut feeling is still "this is Wrong"; everything adds up to a slight but grating visual downgrade in my eyes. I would really appreciate a legacy theme with the old icons, color grading, clan status box etc., as much as that can be implemented with the new code.

Charcoal is NICE

While I like a lot of what Charcoal offers, I'm personally finding the sidebar text to still be too high-contrast, too saturated, and therefore straining. I find the contrast between the FRT/Users Online text and the red bar to be less straining, so would love if either Charcoal or a future low-contrast version brought text and background closer together in value.

Changed to Charcoal just now, and this is pleasing! Originally was using Dark, but wasn't a fan of the blue-purple tint and super high-contrast UI. I'll be running with this for a while to really gauge my thoughts.

This is a really nice change!

My main feedback is that I wish the base text contrast was lower, like a slightly darker tone than the warm yellow-cream it currently is.

Edit:

Maybe instead of #fff9df, the current hex color, it could be #ede4bb, or something close to it, like the slightly grayer #d4d0be. Personally, I like the last one best. It is low contrast while still readable, and it matches the theme well.


Comparison:



Current Hex (#fff9df)

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Suggested Hex (#ede4bb)

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Suggested Hex (#d4d0be)

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Charcoal is sick! In forum posts, when using the [emoji=paintbrush size=1] toggle text style off button, it seems to unstyle the odd posts into even background color. The same with the Default theme. EDIT: in the dragon info, Battle Stats tab, the empty battle stone icons should be theme colored too? ::}