Some suggestions, mostly quality of life, obvious things

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Originally Posted by Frothylager

Bags and storage as inventory for items over the mmo years has become more and more cumbersome as games get larger and require more materials for crafting.

I would propose introducing a new way to manage inventory that removes all the clutter and organizational nightmares from the traditional bag system. It's an idea stolen from an indy mmo called eden eternal.

The basic concept is every crafting material is shown in a window (even items you dont own) they start out dark (you can still see what it is but attention is not brought to the item). If you own an item it simply shows the amount you have and lights up the picture. Since the list is always the same for all player applying filters is easy, such as miner would show you all items related to mining and the amount (if any) you possess.

This will keep bags clear for consumables and important quest items and neatly organize the 1000s of crafting materials.

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This! We need this

Hi Doodz!

Forgive me if this has been mentionned. I tried to read as much as possible the extensive well organized list:

FATE: Perhaps when hovering the mouse cursor over the FATE circle, it could display a Progression Percentage Bar as well as LVL and Time Remaining.

It can be a little frustrating to run from one corner of a map all the way to another to catch that desired elusive FATE and to arrive too late.


KTHXBAI

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can automatically use crafting mats stored in retainer

1: There should be an option so when you enter a fate you either get the option to group or auto group up because as already mentioned it's a nightmare to heal in one which is why no one bothers to heal! (already mentioned)
2: Fates should be harder the more people there are! I know it's easy to farm xp, but it's also annoying to try to target a monster before they die! Give us the challenge SE!
3: Kick vote system while in dungeons, I can't tell you how annoying it is to have a bad tank and you're forced to leave and get a 15min debuff because you were "forced" to leave
4: Report feature to right click people in chats or on names and once reported it automatically ignores them and does NOT add to blacklist since I think "blacklist" should be used for people that harass you. (Know this has already been mentioned somewhat but little different)

Don't know if this has been suggested yet or not, but I would love to see unique flavors to limit breaks, even if they do the same thing. Like summoner vs black mage. Leave BLM with meteor but give summoner Earthquake. and like monks should get 1000 fists. Unless there are plans to implement a level 4 limit break with the advent of 24 man content, in which case I hope to see these two attacks implemented at level 4. Either way... please stick these two in the game :) (I feel like we are also missing a huge water attack... Tsunami??? Was that what it was called... can't remember off the top of my head)

add an option in Duty Finder window that allow you to choose which DoM/W you want to use for queueing instead of changing to that DoW/M first
(bit annoying when i want to queue DF while in DoL and i dont want to reset my GP)

It's been said before, but I think that these two items warrant mentioning to the developers.

1. FATEs should scale in difficulty (or at least -- enemy health) with the number of players present.
2. An option to turn on/off pet auto-use abilities individually, rather than the current "full auto" or "full manual".

If there's already a way to manage pets in this way, I apologize. I just haven't discovered it.

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Originally Posted by Nexxa

I'd like to see the linkshell capacity raised considerably. Right now it's just rediculous. I've had to remake the one I lead once already to make a placebo fix. 300 is what most games that cap things like that aim for. Make it a buyable upgrade or something... just please get it fixed.

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This. A thousand times this. Don't just make it 300, make it 1024 or something else big like that. Or just... remove it altogether.

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Originally Posted by Nexxa

I'd like to see the linkshell capacity raised considerably. Right now it's just rediculous. I've had to remake the one I lead once already to make a placebo fix. 300 is what most games that cap things like that aim for. Make it a buyable upgrade or something... just please get it fixed.

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This is definitely a sticking point, please devs, increase the linkshell capacity!

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Originally Posted by Nexxa

I'd like to see the linkshell capacity raised considerably. Right now it's just rediculous. I've had to remake the one I lead once already to make a placebo fix. 300 is what most games that cap things like that aim for. Make it a buyable upgrade or something... just please get it fixed.

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Yes please! I can't understand why this has a cap to begin with in this day an age, but 128 is just ridiculously small.

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Originally Posted by Nexxa

I'd like to see the linkshell capacity raised considerably. Right now it's just rediculous. I've had to remake the one I lead once already to make a placebo fix. 300 is what most games that cap things like that aim for. Make it a buyable upgrade or something... just please get it fixed.

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Doubling up on this, for great justice!

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Originally Posted by Nexxa

I'd like to see the linkshell capacity raised considerably. Right now it's just rediculous. I've had to remake the one I lead once already to make a placebo fix. 300 is what most games that cap things like that aim for. Make it a buyable upgrade or something... just please get it fixed.

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All of my likes. It is insane that the channel you can only ever have one of has such a higher cap than the one where people from multiple FC can mingle.

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Originally Posted by DigitalBaka

Maybe it was said and I missed it in these 50+ pages or in my launcher, but I'd like to see patch notes in the launcher. If I need to download even a small update after maintenance or there was a change made on the servers, tell me what it was. Even minor things. Not only does this let me know how the game is changing but it keeps the devs and other "company guys" in touch with the users and creates a good working relationship.

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Patch notes are always here:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/forums/624

Please remove the storyline requirements on the end game dungeons. I know some of you love the storyline, love doing endless delivery missions just so you can read the next thing the quest-giver has to say but I'm not a quester, I'm a grinder. I would much rather grind the same mob 100 times then do a single delivery mission.

Don't get me wrong here, I'm not saying to eliminate the storyline, I'm saying don't make it a requirement to do basically anything end game. There are a few things you can do without the story, but it's very limited. Also please don't reply to this stating "If you don't do the story then nothing will make sense to you." I don't care about the story, that's why I would rather not have it forced down my throat, I'm here because I want to play a mmo with friends, down bosses using tactics and socialize with the people I like to hang around with.

I don't know if this was talked about but will FFXIV - ARR support the Oculus Rift sometime in the future, if so please provide a first person view with all Rift function and the normal third person view if you decide to support it.

An option to toggle FC/LS invites.
Some days these things are more annoying to me than the gilspammers I report. At least those guys I can blacklist. FC invites, I can't because it doesn't tell you who is inviting you.

I want to devs know that miner's primary tool (blue) for achievemnts is excatly the same that lvl 50 miner's quest gives you.
Excatly same stats. Didn't check craft tools.

No sense to have it as achievement reward when 50lvl quest gives you one.

This seems like an obvious one, but how about /visor to switch the eye patch from left to right eye?

I don't know if this has been suggested, and it's a small cosmetic concern, but:

Soot Black dye isn't black enough. There has to be a way to make my gear as black as the starter Elezen gear. The darkest dye right now looks more like a very dark grey, but nowhere near as black as Thancred's shirt for example. Please allow us to make our stuff REALLY black.

They really need to add pet actions into the macro system.

Its crushing as a scholar to have to click embrace after every single action you use because they can't macro their pets spammable heal.

Please allow characters to wear face gear when we have the body type equipment that says cannot equip head gear.

Please make it so we can summon the coeurl in battle with some type of meat that acts just like gyashl greens and a the coeurl should be just a tank type, and the unicorn should be summoned to but can only use healing type skills and some buffs.

Please give all classes a type of side quest that gives the player an ability to summon a pet like the carbuncle that is also usable in dungeons.

I started a thread like this on the Beta Forums. I really want to see this implemented. I had around 1 thousand views but I never received any type of response from the Forum Admin. I have pretty much given up at this point, specially when you take into consideration that on the PS3 game manual it shows the kb/mouse UI as being available and sadly that is not the case.

Hey guys, just wanted to stop by to say, I was banned from the forums for 10 days, and now I'd have to go through about 35 pages or so to update the OP- that's not going to happen, sorry.
Glad to see everyone is still posting suggestions to make this a better game, though. Keep it up!

Ok, I'm sorry if this has been suggested already but this thread is rather long and it seems like the right place to post as it has comments from community reps.

My suggestion is to give priority to player within the same server in the duty finder. Many times I've queued the duty finder as a dps, then another player comes by to queue the very same dungeon and I still have to wait almost an hour (my average is 45 minutes) to get set up with people that chances are I will never get to interact with again. If the party was a really good one then I lost that friend connection because we don't share the same server. If the duty finder gave priority to players within the same server first, then other servers later, the chances of engaging and fraternizing in-game should go higher.

Please add more options to customize the interface. Its just way too bloated.

For example, the buff/debuff list in the party interface. An option to "show only my buffs" or "hide buffs/debuffs with long durations" would clean it up nicely. When you have scholar buffs, protects, stoneskin and two to three self buffs per player it just becomes a huge eyesore that blocks a good chunk of your screen.

Another one would be having your buff or debuffs always be shown first when you target someone. It's impossible to track your debuffs on fate monster, which is just silly as an arcanist.

Please allow us to see the belt graphics on our character. I was wearing a level 50 af monk pants along with the collisium top. My character looked weird without any kind of belt and I wished that the belt I was currently wearing would show. Can belt graphics please be added back again. Its frustrating that a major part of our equipment cant be shown. Also please add a cape slot to our equipment. I miss equiping capes like I did in FFXI.

A barbershop.

Happy Friday, everyone! :)

I have a message to share from User Interface lead Hiroshi Minagawa in regards to a minor UI addition, as well as an explanation about why features are added on a patch by patch basis instead of ahead of time when they are ready.

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Originally Posted by Hiroshi_Minagawa

In the latest developer's build of the game, we've implemented an "Unassigned" option to the list of commands available for L3/R3 (Left Stick/Right Stick). We'll be implementing this in patch 2.1, so please hang in there just a little while longer.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/a...0&d=1379671855
In Regards to Implementing Features Ahead of Patches

We've been searching for a method to release features like this (and the sort feature) as quickly as possible. However, because the official version of the game and the internal developer version have various differences, it would require individual checks and implementation on both versions to release specific features ahead of time.

As the number of features we implement ahead of time increase, there would consequently be an increase in the amount of time needed for checks as well as transplanting work to be done. Due to this, the number of features we can implement by the patch would be reduced. :(

With that said, we've opted to introduce features where the risk of implementation is realistically manageable and the effects of addressing it are high to be implemented ahead of time.

As a player myself, I understand your feelings when things are inconvenient, and I apologize for this.

The ability to turn off the Lock On feature has comparatively less related features associated with it than the item sort feature, and is a feature that would be easy to implement ahead of time. We'd like some time to looking into whether we should implement this ahead of time with other important features such as the pet and minion targeting adjustments and RMT blacklisting.

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There really need to be a way to 'esc' dialouge options, rather than having to click all teh way to the end.

I would love unassigned other buttons. I have been having to recalibrate my controller everytime I log in just so the left trigger isn't auto run and can be used as push to talk. It's annoying. unassigned for any key plz....L3 can be a little deadly for a push to talk mid battle interrupting spells and getting me killed.

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Originally Posted by Camate

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Awesome! Tks for a way to turn off the lock on feature. As much as I'd love to have this sooner, knowing that is coming gives me a bit more patience for the wait.

Now when you say "please hang in just a little while longer" how can that be thought of exactly? With everything that is coming in this patch that will be qol changes or endgame changes knowing an estimated date for these things would be amazing, like is is going to be said at tgs or not? 3 month patch cycle sounds right but everything after 2.1 but this first patch has so many things that honestly need to be added sooner rather than later it would be nice knowing that it's not going to be another 2 month wait for it if 2.1 follows the cycle.

Please for the love of all Eorzea when you finally add inventory sort don't forget retainer inventories too!!

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Originally Posted by Tivonna

I would love unassigned other buttons. I have been having to recalibrate my controller everytime I log in just so the left trigger isn't auto run and can be used as push to talk. It's annoying. unassigned for any key plz....L3 can be a little deadly for a push to talk mid battle interrupting spells and getting me killed.

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L1 is not just Auto-Run. It work also as a shift key.
L1+R3 = Controller-Mouse modus
L1+the right 4 buttons = target filter
L1+select = UI off/on
L1+start = screenshot

and so on

For push to talk I use L1+R1

I'm sure it's been mentioned before.. but I always grit my teeth when I'm in the middle of crafting or on mount and get error messages when trying to use or move items in my inventory at the same time.. (for example eating food).

And when you are doing quick synthesis, you need to spam the crap out of the Quit button before your character reluctantly stops...

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Originally Posted by morruin

There really need to be a way to 'esc' dialouge options, rather than having to click all teh way to the end.

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Press the "0" key on your number pad to speed-read through conversations. Also try pressing the "Esc" key twice to see if the skip option comes up. Works on those cutscene videos in dungeons.

what about this: hide jewelry?

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My suggestion is to give priority to player within the same server in the duty finder.

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this suggestion has been made 1000 times and rejected jsut as many for the same reason: it would result in longer queue times. If you want to play with people within the same server, shout, use the player search, or the upcoming party recruit function to form a party on your server.

Added dev/community rep responses to OP at least, since there doesn't seem to be a way to display all dev posts in a thread..?

I would like to suggest being able to change colour of players names above them on screen depending on their role.

Example,
Tank: Light Blue
DD: Pink
Healer: Light Green

Party members can be similar but deeper colours.

This can help distinguish job roles in fates, so healers can quickly see the tanks and vice-versa.

Also in Duty Finder groups it will help quickly see other players roles while in combat.