Question about ARR UI

I'm not sure where to post this so hence its in the general section, my question has to do with the UI for ARR, not going to state how I feel about said UI and the action bar and all that, but why do we have to have our HP, TP, and MP bars displayed 2x...underneath the action bar and up in the lefthand corner of the screen, would it be possible to have them displayed once as opposed to twice, I know its a small thing but I was just curious.
thnx.

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Originally Posted by Allistar

I'm not sure where to post this so hence its in the general section, my question has to do with the UI for ARR, not going to state how I feel about said UI and the action bar and all that, but why do we have to have our HP, TP, and MP bars displayed 2x...underneath the action bar and up in the lefthand corner of the screen, would it be possible to have them displayed once as opposed to twice, I know its a small thing but I was just curious.
thnx.

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Only a theory, but possibly to make things easier for healers. I am sure you will be able to hit cure on the action bar, then pick on the list who you want to heal by clicking their bar. I know whenever I healed in MMO's. I kept my hand on the number keys for activating the ability, then have my mouse ready to click whichever bar needed healing (including my own).

I think it is for convenience sake. You might be able to toggle it off if you don't think it is necessary. We will see.

You can probably cut off the bottom one if they're smart, since adding it to party list and separately is redundant and an unnecessary loop.

I like the bottom bars. This is more near the focus field of the eye.
But it could be nice to toogle off the party table during solo play.

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Originally Posted by Felis

I like the bottom bars. But it could be nice to toogle off the party table during solo play.

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This. I'd occasionally find myself almost dying when healing because I was paying too much attention to everyone else's bars that I'd forget to check my own since it wasn't shown in the full list. I want myself listed in the party roster, but there's no need to see it while solo.

I'm surprised more people aren't here to defend this feature. This game is all about them, so you'd think the ability to look at their own HP/MP/TP in more than one way would be right up their alley!

I think it's fine. It's not really a big deal to have some duplicate information on the screen and I assume the UI will be able to be scaled down, so it doesn't take up a huge amount of space.

And once they open up the UI for modding, you'll be able to do whatever you want with it.

As a healer, I'm not looking at my HP/MP/TP, I'm looking at the party list. So having myself there helps make sure I don't forget to heal myself as well.

Although the UI is still probably in the middle of being changed as a result of feedback, so I wouldn't be surprised if there was a way to toggle between having the player health bars at the bottom or at the top.