I am not really a fan of the new HUD. For starters the mini map is more confusing especially in survival mode. Both the oxygen tanks from enemies and the life support from the lotus are labelled with the same yellow marks. Extraction has been replaced with a green marker and blue for teammates. Red now being objectives. In short the new mini map will take getting used to. Here is what the new UI looks like with the old one below it:
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| New Warframe UI |
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| Old Warframe UI |
Notice how the new HUD removes the background for mission text and changed the colour to white making it harder to read oxygen levels or cyropod health. The old HUD would have this information surrounded in a box and having the important information in red emphasizing it. If they added the background box back it would be better.
Thankfully you can increase the size of the HUD (I recommend it). On the main screen click settings near the top right then HUD and change the HUD scale. You can also switch off HUD motion if you don't like your screen moving around while running.
Another issue I have is that the energy and warframe powers are on the bottom right whilst keeping hp and shields on top right. I prefer having them together on the top right as its much easier to get the info I want at a glance. Also the energy bar is a bit too low down the screen where for some reason it bends.
My next gripe is the party members status showing up on the top right below yours. This again is going to be hard to get used to since most mmorpg games have the party status on the left like before.
On the plus side I love what they've done to the gear selection! Coming up as a circle is so much better than on the bottom left behind where the party info used to be. Its much easier to select gear now. Also we can finally see how much hp our sentinel has! I would still prefer the old UI though.
