I still think simpler is better.
Agreed ...
But as i said, problem with your suggesting i would have is that i dont remember and i stubbornly refuse to memorise my spells ... that is just job for wizards, not player.
So lets say you are in tight spot ...
You need to run ... and you also want to attack ... you have 2x I. level spellslot and 1x II. level spellslot.
Now you have:
Misty step, Invisibility, Silence, Thunderwave, Shatter, Magic Missile, Chromatic orb and Mage Armor prepared ... + of course some cantrips, wich are irellevant to this example.
My suggestion:
You watch your bar and imediately see:
II. Misty step, II. Invisibility, II. Silence, I. Thunderwave, II. Shatter, I. Magic Missile, I. Chromatic Orb and I. Mage Armor
Now if you look at your spellslots you know right then, without any futher searching ... that if you use Shatter, or Silence ... you will no longer be able to either run with Misty Step, or hide with Invisibility.
But if you attack with Thunderwave, Magic Missile, or Chromatic Orb, you still will be able to use Misty Step or Invisbilibty to run.
Your suggestion:
You watch your bar and see ... nothing, bcs you get rid of your indications.
> So you have to start planning:
"i want to do shatter" ... you click on it, spellslots II. will highlignt ...
"and then i want to Misty Step" ... you click on it, spellslots II. will highlignt ... and only then you realize (if you remembered that Shatter also require II. spellslot ... dunno about you, but i sometimes leave such thougths quite fast
) that this is not and option ...
> So you have to start planning again:
"I have to Misty Step away ... so i need some I. level spell to attack"
And then you can ofcourse simply click on I. level spellslot, wich will filter your bar, thanks to this new interactive UI Larian give us.
Now note that in your example you manage to only check single possible combination of your spells ... but in mine, i have it all before my eyes bcs its written on them.
But honestly, does this seems simpler? O_o
