UI/action bar question...

As noble Nostalgic can be... . The game wont get it right with the situation it was currently is. :|

I'd go crazy if I had to play another MMO with sh!tload of menus .... The steps to playing FFXI was:

- Find a camp and sit there.
- Stand in position while someone runs out and pulls a mob back to you.
- Hold your position around the mob and auto attack.
- Every now and then perform abilities as needed.
- Mob dies, rinse and repeat

The menu system worked very well for this setup and I loved it... however in FFXIV or any other game, I'd jump out a window before using it again.

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Originally Posted by Raven_Reborn

I'd go crazy if I had to play another MMO with sh!tload of menus .... The steps to playing FFXI was:

- Find a camp and sit there.
- Stand in position while someone runs out and pulls a mob back to you.
- Hold your position around the mob and auto attack.
- Every now and then perform abilities as needed.
- Mob dies, rinse and repeat

The menu system worked very well for this setup and I loved it... however in FFXIV or any other game, I'd jump out a window before using it again.

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I would definitely use this system if I had the option in XIV...

Skill wise a ui bar will be better, faster. Menus are just slow. A nostalgia addon could be fun though.

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Originally Posted by Allistar

I would definitely use this system if I had the option in XIV...

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Hey, well.. I found out the UI is made with Scaleform (something I know how to develop with). When SE releases the UI SDK, maybe some community UI moders can add menu mods to the (coming soon) FFXIVMods.com

/hint /hint

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Originally Posted by madolyn

Combat in XI was significantly slower which made a menu system more feasible. XIV is a bit faster and could potentially require quick button presses for combos and such as opposed to scouring your abilities menu.

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The slower pace was never an issue when we used skillchains and magic burst...

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Originally Posted by Raven_Reborn

Hey, well.. I found out the UI is made with Scaleform (something I know how to develop with). When SE releases the UI SDK, maybe some community UI moders can add menu mods to the (coming soon) FFXIVMods.com

/hint /hint

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/noted
/wink

Tell you what, when UI addons come about, you can make your own menu-based UI.

But make sure you add an automatic party warning that you're using it.

So I know never to party with you again.

menu = words = different languages around the globe = different text length = messy UI.

Icons = same size for all languages = clean UI.

jc