point-and-click

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Originally Posted by Jinko

I'm all for adding functionality but point and click is pretty archaic these days and not needed IMO.

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Not needed hah! Ok think about it this way then, when they would add click to move, together with 3 lines visibility of action bar (which is already confirmed) you simply could play FFXIV with just a standard mouse, nothing else!

This would create endless possibilities like playing FFXIV and at the same time talking through phone ( I know there is bluetooth etc. but still), eating dinner and playing FFXIV... I'm joking don't do that it's stupid:D but just imagine drinking coffee at the office and killing evil squirrels at the same time ;)

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Originally Posted by Sweetheart

Not needed hah! Ok think about it this way then, when they would add click to move, together with 3 lines visibility of action bar (which is already confirmed) you simply could play FFXIV with just a standard mouse, nothing else!

This would create endless possibilities like playing FFXIV and at the same time talking through phone ( I know there is bluetooth etc. but still), eating dinner and playing FFXIV... I'm joking don't do that it's stupid:D but just imagine drinking coffee at the office and killing evil squirrels at the same time ;)

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I can already do all of that with WASD controls :P

I don't think you guys know what "Click to Move" means. Click to move doesn't mean holding the right mouse button to move (WoW does this) It means that you click once and your character moves exactly where you clicked (NWN, Diablo, Etc)

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Originally Posted by Cairdeas

I don't think you guys know what "Click to Move" means. Click to move doesn't mean holding the right mouse button to move (WoW does this) It means that you click once and your character moves exactly where you clicked (NWN, Diablo, Etc)

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I don't see that happening, then again, I really don't want it to. However, i am all for Map Navigation. Select a destination point on your map, and you get an arrow on your mini-map pointing towards the destination, or maybe a line to follow. that way you don't have to constantly check the map.

Click to move is a pain in the ass in some games. See ffxi.

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Originally Posted by Nuru

I don't see that happening, then again, I really don't want it to. However, i am all for Map Navigation. Select a destination point on your map, and you get an arrow on your mini-map pointing towards the destination, or maybe a line to follow. that way you don't have to constantly check the map.

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Yes, that does sound nice ^^

Never been a fan of point & click movement. WASD all the way. Also I like the tab targeting system, but FFXIV's doesn't work properly. Pressing Tab should select w/e target is closest to you (and probably in front of you), yet FFXIV fails to do this with reasonable consistency. Until tab targeting is perfected I usually tend to use point & click to select targets. It's pretty easy now with being able to select names etc.

It's doable with a MMO, and can work pretty well. I'm not sure it's worth the investment though.

Some MMOs use this "auto-travel to destination" thing, which is kinda cool, but it's lazy as hell haha. Kinda nice though if you're low on Anima and wanna AFK for a drink or food whilst running to a camp.

EDIT: If they did this, you should only be able to auto-travel to a destination you've previously visited.

As a fellow programmer I will now tell the devs how to fix this:

Currently:

Event: - Player clicks tab
Trigger: - Target first target on screen from left to right.

After fix:

Event: - Player clicks tab
Trigger: - Target the target that is nearest the player, as the tooltip says.