Bubble text for players, at least for Macros

Hello everyone

Long time ago many players asked for the bubbles text to be added, similar to GW2, and many refused as well. I come again to ask for it to be used for macros, at least it will save the chat log from macro spammers in dungeons and raids, and also it will be easier for healers to notice the warrior macro for Pacification for example, or easy for bard to notice healers when they do their macros asking for Ballad. And it will be nice to match the NPCs with their bubbles.

I think it will be nice to have it optional so only people who want it can toggle it on.

Good Luck.

This is a good idea in theory, but in practice I don't see it really being useful D: I'll elaborate:


When I'm healing, my eyes are 1) On HP bars/buffs/debuffs 2) on the ground, looking for the danger zoooooone or on the focus target bar, checking enemy moves, and lastly on the chat log, just incase.

The paci debuff isn't going to last long, and if you've gotta ask for esuna, chances are it's going to wear before it's finished casting.

A bard should be checking MP pools since they are visible, unlike party TP. A bard should be thinking "Well, the boss still has xx% to go, WHM is going through mana like a champ and they are <30%", using their best judgment, they should be tossing up a ballad without being asked D:

Chat bubbles are often short, and fleeting, and one more thing to try and keep track of. Honestly, I think if macros are used/needed, then the noisy chat-log based macros are pretty efficient and easier to read in the heat of the moment as opposed to chat bubbles.

It was a nice idea though, don't get me wrong^^;;, I just think that it wouldn't be as effective as you'd like ;;.


Sorry if my points are not too clear, it's late and I'm tired! :( lol

Have a wonderful day!

An interesting idea but when I am healing I don't always have the full team in my field of view. Sometimes people are behind me or off to my sides. Even zoomed out completely, I can lose sight of people in larger arenas. Relying on bubbles over their head to see important chat or macros during a raid would be much more difficult than just glancing at the chat box in the corner of the screen.

There's a Dev response somewhere about this when it was asked in the Beta of 2.0. They said they can't implement such a feature due to PS3 limitations and such. They stated they wouldn't add content to other platforms if it wasn't possible to keep it all identical. :/

I support this. I think it'd be pretty cool to have chat bubbles as an optional way of "voicing" something we might like to say. Apparently, it's not going to happen though because, like KyteStones mentioned, PS3 limitations.

PS3 limitations!

If anything it shouldn't be macro. It should be say or party chat only during combat. If it's urgent enough for someone to type it out in combat, it's likely important enough to not be 'spam'. I just had a nabriales fight that went terrible on the orbs phase and got LB3 early for it and as a tank I was begging the party to LB the adds but I was ignored as the terrible dps failed to DPS the last add on their own.

I agree with the second poster. I'm hardly ever looking at other players in situations where I care if they are using certain buffs/skills. It would also be screen clutter which I'm very much against.

That said, I'm all for it if it's optional. You can never have too many optional features.

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Originally Posted by Kelg

PS3 limitations!

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dx11 exclusive feature :3

Should be optional for PS4 and PC users then, no need to lower product's quality and options because of 5% share of PS3 users, they can just NOT add it to PS3 version

I support this idea, but only if it's optional for it to be included, such as for roleplaying macros. Honestly, just make it a text command and chat type, such as "/cbubble" to function in the same way that using /shout or /say works. People can use it for whatever reason they want, but it's not mandatory for all macro based text to appear in it.......

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Originally Posted by Kelg

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I just want to say that I'm really sick and tired of the community using this as the basis for why tech limitations are in place. I don't think half the PC users that put this up as an argument seem to realize that a significant portion of the PC players are using systems with far less capabilities than even the PS3. In all honesty, while the PS3 limitations may be part of the factors, I'm sure SE is also counting in for all the people who don't have a spare couple of grand to spend on a high end PC, or the ones without the tech knowledge to build one for themselves at a cheaper cost. This is one facet that I hate about the "PC Master Race" crowd, (not just the FFXIV PC players). They always say that PC gaming is unequivocally better, yet that's only for people that can afford good computers. A lot of the time, buying a PC at the same cost as a console will result in a far inferior gaming machine. And if you want to reach the point that it's really that much better, you have to spend at least two or three times what you would on a console. The only exception is if you custom build one from scratch, at which point you may be able to get a higher level of tech at the same price you could have spent on a console......

BTW, this wasn't directed at you specifically "Kelg". I don't know if you meant that comment truthfully, or sarcastically. I just felt the need to rant, because every time some small thing that comes up that could be a tech limitation, half the people on here start blaming the PS3 without considering that the fact that their own systems aren't uniform from one player to the next is also causing a great deal of tech limitations unless SE decides to cut out any player with a computer that's more than a couple of years old......

Also, I would like to say that if people go the, "people with older pcs can just turn certain options off if they want", argument, then why exactly couldn't the same options be implemented on the PS3 as well? There's nothing in the system that actually prevents the same graphic settings being available, (at least with downgrading them for improved preformance), as there is on PC. The only thing SE might have to do is default them to off on lower end systems, rather than defaulted to on. PS3 players would be annoyed that they weren't seeing as much, but so would the people on lower end PCs......

/rant

Chat bubbles are a terrible idea, and anyone thinking that a console can't handle it obviously didn't play Phantasy Star Online nor Universe. And if they did, then the are really glossing over their experiences with them. Yes, this game, even on the consoles, can handle chat bubbles. NPCs use them all the time. But get alot of jerks in one place, not that far-fetched a possibility, and you can have a screen full of chat bubbles. Again, I have to refer to PSO and PSU here where it was really bad.