There is a lot of repetitive clicking that needs to be streamlined

These are some things in the game right now that requires so much repetitive clicking and actions that really needs to be streamlined.

Some examples I can think of right now are:

-Turning in the same leve quest over and over again (something crafters would know)

-Feeding your chocobo to change its plumage (easily 10+ veggies are needed to change your chocobo to its desired colour)

-Tending to all of your garden plots

Similar to how we are now able to buy multiple GC items which is a godsend, we really need ways to help streamline these repetitive actions as well. Simply put we need to be able to do things in bulk as opposed to just singular actions. Let's face it, in MMOs things can get grindy but I don't want to left click grind either.

Not to mention retainer use. Call retainer, click through his greeting, do stuff, click exit, click away his parting comment, click the bell again, click to pick next retainer... rinse and repeat. Could we at least
A) get rid of the need to confirm their greeting and parting messages. They offer nice flavour but really become a chore quickly. Make them show passively lime some npc comments.
B) when dismissing a retainer, make it just return to the retainer selection window (or just auto-open it when dismissing a retainer.) Maybe even make this behaviour an option so those people who regularly handle only one retainer won't be burdened with it.

Buying things at a Beast Tribe vendor, at least when using tokens, takes ages. It's completely unnecessary.

I too would like to see something done about retainers. There are just too many menus and windows. Think many of them could be combined into one.

Edit:
Played around in gimp a little. :D
http://www.upload.ee/thumb/5644782/superextended.png

I want a super-extended menu like this. The buttons above the menu would be retainer names and are cycled like the current item tabs are.
One gil wallet for all retainers.
Assign multiple ventures to available retainers from one window. Same for venture reports and reassignment or cancelling.
Clicking on a retainer's name would open the gear window combined with current single-retainer options. Menu could replace the useless stat portion of the window.

I agree. Some things are getting really annoying.

- Using fertilizer for each plant separately through several clicks (I would love an option to use fertilizer for all plants in a patch at once - not as default, because sometimes you only want to do it for certain plants). Same goes for tending.

- Buying crafting mats with tomes of esoterics at Idyllshire is a pain, give us same option as we have now with GC vendors so we can buy certain quantity at once.

- As said above, retainers need some work.

There are LOTS more:
- On quest complete, I have to right-click on the item, send it to the quest window, go to quest window and click accept. You already show the item there; reduce it to 1 click
- If I have the materials to craft several items, you close the crafting window and require clicking 'Synthisize' again? Keep me in the window until I click 'close' or run out of mats.
- Why do all crafting items just say 'crafting material'? Would save a lot of time if I knew what were used for cooking, carpentry, etc.
- Is it really necessary to have a confirmation message on EVERYTHING??? Let me turn it off completely.
- If I want to stop talking to an NPC, I should be able to walk away without hitting 'close' on the text window.
- Whoever did the placing of your popup windows should be FIRED! When I'm scrolling through items, the description pops right on top of the list. And when trying to give an item to my retainer or sell to an NPC, the windows keep overlapping.

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Originally Posted by Scammin

- Why do all crafting items just say 'crafting material'? Would save a lot of time if I knew what were used for cooking, carpentry, etc.

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Well, the item type is more specific than just "crafting material". We're told a category like "Ingredient", "Lumber", "Cloth" or whatever. In most cases, those indicate at least which class uses them the most, though it's not necessarily the only class that uses them, since there's so much overlap with classes using items from other classes. I agree that some of the exceptions aren't so obvious, and maybe they could improve that, but we do get more information than just "crafting material".

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Originally Posted by Scammin

- Whoever did the placing of your popup windows should be FIRED! When I'm scrolling through items, the description pops right on top of the list. And when trying to give an item to my retainer or sell to an NPC, the windows keep overlapping.

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Character Configuration > UI Settings > General
The Display Item Help setting (also Display Action Help, which is similar) lets you choose Fixed, Reversed or Next to Cursor. The setting it sounds like you want is "Reversed".
Either Fixed or Reversed goes by the location you set in the HUD Layout.

If you choose "Fixed", then the tooltip popup will appear where you set it in "HUD Layout".

If you choose "Reversed", it will appear either where you set it in "HUD Layout" or on the opposite side of the screen, but still at the same height and distance from the edge as you set. Which of those two places it appears depends on where your mouse is. When you're on the right half of the screen, then the help box will appear on the left, and when you're on the left, the help box will appear on the right.

Oh, but when you set your position for "Item Help", keep in mind that you're setting where the top of the window goes. Some gear tooltips are quite long and you need the top of the window high enough to allow room for that. If you set it too low, the bottom edge can be truncated off the screen. (I actually wish they'd change this, and let us set instead where the bottom edge goes, so that we could specify one of the bottom corners of the screen, with longer gear tooltips expanding up higher than short materals tooltips. That's not currently available, though.)

agree with all of these 100%

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Originally Posted by Niwashi

Well, the item type is more specific than just "crafting material". We're told a category like "Ingredient", "Lumber", "Cloth" or whatever.

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Guess I should have been more specific: they need specific USEFUL info. 'cloth' just isn't useful, especially when it's on your retainer, with a hundred other items. Items should be labeled as cooking, alchemy, etc. Then add sort/filter options for the categories so you don't have the next issue:
- Having your storage inventory and auction items handled by your retainer and having one interfere with the other is a HORRIBLE idea. Every time I look for one of the above items, I have to stop auctioning my items.

all the confirmation windows ughhhh