I was thinking about how some other games do buffs,
- Just a symbol, no text
- No timer, symbol loses/changes color/shade
- - Or timer is under just a symbol
- Buff stacks placing extra arrows above/below symbols to show each stack (could just have x2 next to it as well)
To my point though, I noticed the Harmonic Resonance buff in one of the examples you guys had and realized that a buff like that would be good as just a symbol, since it's active at all times, gains stacks only from having guns equipped, and has a pretty long name.
Using it in-game a fair bit lately I've noticed how constant and cumbersome it is, so maybe(even as a toggleable option in the settings) buffs like that could just have a symbol, I don't remember what buffs are similar(always on w/ few stacks) atm, but placing those just below the radar, with arrows above/below them could be enough.
The only potential issue I can think of with only symbols is recognizing them, Harmonic R's case, it could just be the origin trait symbol.
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I would like to see a setting to toggle the text. I could see the text being visible helpful for new players, but would be nice to just have the symbol once we know what each one means.