The world feels so different when you turn off display names!

I just tried it earlier.. feels like a very fresh and interesting world. Anyone tried this before?

I keep mine off cause i feel like it helps my PS3 run a little better, but yeah i do like running around without names better than all the names

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Originally Posted by Richiealvian

I just tried it earlier.. feels like a very fresh and interesting world. Anyone tried this before?

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I loath big name tags, I compromised and set it to have First name, with only the initial for the surname so "Shioban Mooney" > "Shioban M.".

Really wish I could just reduce the size of the text for those, might just turn it off all together.



Same thing with my UI, I moved everything as far to the side as I could and as small as I could to make it less crowded, was ruining the view for the most part with text and UI elements all over the place.

http://i.imgur.com/hdFZdO6.jpg

You see, when i turn them off entirely it's like it's an actual world and town! People running around, NPCs with no text above them, objects as well.. I tried and set everything to "When Targeted" and it just looks a lot more beautiful, especially in cities.
http://puu.sh/75ZZx.jpg

I tried turning off display names, but I wasn't quite the biggest fan of it. I tend to wave at people I know when I run by them, so without it on I'd never be able to know who's who. I may try it again, but for now I'm fine with them still on.

That said, what I have turned off is the mini-map and exp bar, and moved the Duty List to where the mini-map used to be, and it greatly reduced screen clutter. To be honest, there's very little point in using the mini-map, even for gathering since all of the nodes are often close by, and any enemies you're fighting are probably up in your face anyway. And there's also really no need for the exp bar, either, because you can check your exp totals on the Character screen. It's amazing just how much screen space is saved when you remove those two, and I hardly notice those two element's absence.

When I'm waiting on the DF queue and not moving anywhere, I'll sometimes do this while spinning the camera slowly. It looks pretty surreal.

No names definitely gives the game a new perspective! But like mentioned above, i love waving to people I know as well so for me it is rarely used. However when no one is on that I know, I venture into that world of no names and soak up the realistic atmosphere of a city that it gives us!

When I run around on my chocobo I turn off the hud.. game feels way more imersive without the UI. Kinda wish a mmo would figure out a way to make good game play with a reduced UI.

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Originally Posted by Kule

When I run around on my chocobo I turn off the hud.. game feels way more imersive without the UI. Kinda wish a mmo would figure out a way to make good game play with a reduced UI.

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They should just figure out how to make use of multiple screens, and let those of us who can, slide all our UI elements to one side so the game screen is 100% visible.

I have all display names of party members shortened down to initials (for T5 reasons, I'm stupid and can't see symbols above heads) and I have been thinking about doing so with all other players as well. It is kind of refreshing not having such a crowded screen.