[dev1059] & [dev1037] Concerning the UI

[Riggs]

for the sake of balance here i will say i like the UI just as it is, please do not make and changes

[Midorikaze]

I still agree with OP, because I believe it would be more efficient for me, which means not everybody else. It depends on personal preference and once again these things would be optional, not forced on anyone. As for code, this game has always been hindered in one way or another, and it seems the only excuse is they don't want to "take the time" to rewrite "old code" - frankly the game shouldn't have such limitations. I have been a loyal player since 2004 and invested much of my time in playing because I believe at its core FFXI is a great game. I do agree, however, that some progress needs to be made on the UI if only to keep it current, if not competitive with other games. Just my two cents.

[FrankReynolds]

He said he would like to be able to put the chat on the left OR right. The right side actually makes more sense to me because that is where the health mp and tp meters are at, which is what I look at the most during battle. Ideally this would all be configurable for each user.


Shut up with the balance.

[Rukkirii]

Great feedback in regards to the UI! I forwarded it to the dev. team so that they can consider these options while they look into the UI revamp. ^____^

Just in case some of you didn't know, Tanaka himself did reply to players feedback in regards to the UI in November. You can find it here if you haven't read it yet. It may hold some information that you might be interested in.

If you have already read it, disregard that last paragraph.

[Krashport]

Thanks so much Rukkirii, You rock!!

[Midorikaze]

Thank you, Rukkirii! =)

[Zhronne]

Some great ideas there!
Something that I'd love to add is about contrast in the hp/mp bars. Maybe it's just me because I have a very soft form of discromatopsy, but I'd love a higher contrast between "full hp/mp bar" and "not full". Most of the times when your bar is like 80% or like that I don't immediately notice. Would be useful for me!

Also, an interesting addition would be to do what users with windower have been doing for several years, that's TP and MP displayed for all alliance members, Pets included.

Last but not least, additional information in the equip/status screen. I'm not saying we should see every single stat in there, but atm we can only see attack and defense and that's a bit annoying. Would be lovely if we could see other stats as well. Attack, Accuracy, Defense, Ranged Attack, Ranged Accuracy, Magic Attack, Magic Accuracy and uhm... Magic Defense? Evasion too maybe.
Would be really lovely!

And also, why not updating the way Job Traits get listed?
If you have, say, Store TP V, you only see "Store TP" in the list. Why not making it listed as "Store TP V" instead? That way it would be easier to understand exactely when you get a new tier, instead of having people find it out with silly tests. I'm sure there's a lot of stuff not discovered there yet...

[Juilan]

Great feedback in regards to the UI! I forwarded it to the dev. team so that they can consider these options while they look into the UI revamp. ^____^

Just in case some of you didn't know, Tanaka himself did reply to players feedback in regards to the UI in November. You can find it here if you haven't read it yet. It may hold some information that you might be interested in.

If you have already read it, disregard that last paragraph.

Would you like some of these proposed changes to the PC UI? Or are you one of those users that crash all the time in VW?

[Finuve]

just not more, cleaner fine but not more, the last thing I want is more things taking up my screen

[Midorikaze]

Yes, Thank you! Pages (for anything) make it a bit confusing...just have one list to scroll down And I also agree with the names thing. Either just everyone elses' on with yours off, or none at all. My name is on my HP bar anyways, and is displayed when I select my character, trust that I won't lose it
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............Wait, who am I again? j/k!!!