Parser / Dps Meter!

[RAIST]

seem to recall SE touching on this a long time ago in one of the many DEV Q/A sessions and it was an issue with real estate in the GUI. PS2 has a lower resolution cap, and they can only fit so much info in there or something without a MAJOR overhaul to it.

It may be more easily done for PC and 360 simply because there are more columns/rows to work with at the higher resolution, but then there is the potential additional cost of maintaining the different GUI's with each update. At this stage of the game, SE simply is likely not willing to throw such resources into a game this old.

As for the font thing, changing a system-wide font is not as big an issue as it may seem. Once you determine which font you wish to use, et's basically just a handful of libraries for each font...change a few files and all the text based off those files are changed in one shot. Worst case scenario, you install the new font alongside the original under a differnt name and have to go thorugh and change the pointers in the panels so it loads the new font. The latter is like updating the look/feel of a web app--change the default font referenced in the CSS on one line, and every bit of text on that page using the default font gets changed in one shot. Then you have to find any remaining custom font references and change them to a similar font to match it--usually this also has a similar placeholder so you just change a few more reference fields and it's done.

tldr: seem to recall SE looked into updating the GUI once, but it is too impractical on the PS2 and not worth the resources to do it for 2/3 the platforms supported while having to maintain it differently for just one platform.

[Leonlionheart]

I waited for that argument. WoW isn't what a game needs. It's one of a million games that attract a certain audience.
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Doesn't matter wether or not the game is good at all, it's making millions upon millions of dollars more than FFXI is or ever has.

Taking a % of that demographic wouldn't be bad, and honestly the menus/GUI is much better in WoW in the first place, by a longshot.

You seem to forget, SE doesn't really give two craps about you or your gaming experience, as long as they do just enough to get you to come back after each update. SE is a company, not a non-profit organization, so it's not like you can blame them either.

[Kraggy]

If there's an MMO model to follow, simply because of sheer revenue the game has, it would be WoW.

If you like WOW so much go play it, FF doesn't need the "play for you" toys the WOW kiddies need.

[Karbuncle]

If you like WOW so much go play it, FF doesn't need the "play for you" toys the WOW kiddies need.

I'm not saying FFXI needs to be more like WoW (It really doesn't, I like it being FFXI >)

But if there is a good idea floating out there from another game, rather it be the UI, or otherwise, It should be considered. I don't care if it was from Barbies Princess adventures, If the Idea was sound it should be looked into. Where it originated does not matter.

[Leonlionheart]

If you like WOW so much go play it, FF doesn't need the "play for you" toys the WOW kiddies need.

Like I said, WoW could be the crappiest game in the world. But the GUI is beautiful compared to the absolute crap that FFXI uses. Not only that, but what harm could possibly come from players knowing their own accuracy, rather than having to use a computer with ffxi-calc to figure it out for them?

Not only is using that program not against the terms of service, but it helps players TREMENDOUSLY when figuring out haste, STP, accuracy, and other things that could easily be reworked into the status screen of ffxi.

Note: I don't want FFXI to play like WoW, but how can you not agree that being completely blind other than relying on what other players, who you may or may not trust completely, to know what your accuracy and accuracy rate is? Honestly the fact that we are so blind to our own stats in game is the only real reason we rely on mathing things out so much.

[Tamarsamar]

While more in-game stats most definitely do need to be shown, I don't think that a "Parser/DPS meter" is one of those.

The less that e-peen stroking is promoted, the better. :P

[Puyopop]

uch.... I don't like the idea of a FFXI recount.
could imagine /shouts having a minimum dps or something which would be kinda cool I guess, but not if you're new to the game because you'd never be able to get anything done. Ever.

[Malamasala]

If there's an MMO model to follow, simply because of sheer revenue the game has, it would be WoW.

WoW also knows how to make pet classes from what I've seen. No mysterious perpetuation or other global timers from what I've seen. But someone has to be the one doing all the mistakes in MMOs.

[Leonlionheart]

While more in-game stats most definitely do need to be shown, I don't think that a "Parser/DPS meter" is one of those.

The less that e-peen stroking is promoted, the better. :P

If you don't play to stroke your e-peen, you'll just continue being mediocre.

Strive to do the absolute best in the class/job you play then you'll realize why it is that people don't melee on RDM or SMN, or why SAMs used to use Polearms even when they had Hagun/Amanomurakumo. You'll realize why special flowers and unique snowflakes aren't the best thing to be in FFXI, or any MMO based on damage formulas

[Ihnako]

And that's where the fun ends and all players are measured by DPS or better DumbPushupS