Since TB had asked in his previous blog post to post new ideas for UI and general mouse enhancements, I thought I would post an idea that would help some newbies.

In the talent screen currently, the talents shown are the ones only available for you to choose. I think it would be nice if you were able to see all the talents, but have them greyed out or unavailable, along with showing the requirements in order to get those talents.

The reason I think this would be beneficial is mainly due to how some talents that you get later in the game (like Melee Weapon Master, Missile Weapon Master, Saint and Very Skilled/Extremely Skilled) require talents that are only available at character creation (Strong of Will, Alert, Skilled). Without prior knowledge, those who don't choose these talents are out of luck if they want the other ones. With something like this, it would at least allow newer people to see what they need to choose at the start to get something later on.

Raven also had some prototype art for a talent UI that looked interesting.

Someday I hope that's implemented, but for now I think this would help.