The UI is so close to great, but then things get moved for no apparent reason, and they worked great where they were before.

The "Buy Ship" button is now tossed haphazardly in a the far bottom left of the screen, completely seperated from the other buttons in the interface.

Please move it back.

It makes so much more sense back where it was, and then I wouldn't keep accidentally clicking "Purchase Preset 1" and then getting confused when the ship I wanted hasn't been purchased.

I second this suggestion.

I agree as well.

I agree tumble, I seem to remember posting this a little while ago, but can't find the thread now.

I made it consistent with all the other Buy menus. I'm not going to make it inconsistent just because it used to be and we were all used to it that way. Consistency within an interface makes it much easier to pick up (ie, intuitive to new users). The rest of us will get used to it.

/me holds her breath and stomps her feet.... OK, I'm done.

did you actually test this theory with any actual new users?

Incarnate, the "Buy Ship" button is NOT consistent with the rest of the interface. The buy buttons throughout the rest of the interface are consistently under the list of purchasable items, as was the "Buy Ship" button until it was moved. If anything, the entire buy ship menu is not consistent with the rest of the interface, because while buying equipment and commodities is positioned on the left side over their "buy" or "sell" buttons, the ship menu is positioned to the right, with a buy button to the left, unless you want to sell a ship, in which case the Sell ship menu moves back to the left, with a COMPLETELY different interface (and it's design makes no sense wherever it is).

I'm all for consistency within the interface. You don't have it.

I'm aware of that. Redoing that interface is on my list. For the moment, the placement of the purchase button is all that is consistent.

Incarnate, I think you're missing the point here. It's not about the damn button. It's about us longtime supporters getting what we deserve for our support. I mean, as a very longtime and very respected member of the community iry (a lieutenant of one of the most importantest guild ever!) stated no more than two days ago, the game is clearly still a test! And I think it's pretty obvious that as testers, we are all part of the team, and as such, entitled to a small change at the expense of new players, such as the damn button.

The point is, you owe us, and this button is a great point to start paying off the immeasurable debt.