Something about the Equipment screen UI~

Ok, well, umm, ya, look at this pic http://i.imgur.com/t6g7a.jpg They should show YOUR character instead of just a shadowy outline of a generic *insert what you are here*. Otherwise it's kinda stupid that it's even there.

They might change this before beta goes live.

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Originally Posted by Ehl

They might change this before beta goes live.

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hopefully or get rid of it.

in before attacks on Rokien

What about this is only a pre-alpha and many things could miss?

Rokien Thr---

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Originally Posted by neorei

in before attacks on Rokien

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Damnit.

I don't care

If I had to guess, I'd say that the silhouette in the middle is just a placeholder. I can't imagine that Square would just leave it like that.

But you never know. Ideally, it should show a model preview of your character.

Like others have said, it's probably gonna change before the final release. When I saw the "Drag & drop" in the video, I said to myself "damn, this is gonna be awesome". :D

I won't be surprised if it stays as is. A character preview will just be another thing to have to load and another theme of 2.0 is performance. I'm fine with it as is if it means a more responsive UI.

You realise you can see your character right there?

While it would be nice to have a preview in the window, we've managed for 2 years without it so far. I'm sure we'll manage without it if needs be.

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Originally Posted by Kafeen

You realise you can see your character right there?

While it would be nice to have a preview in the window, we've managed for 2 years without it so far. I'm sure we'll manage without it if needs be.

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Than what is the point of that stupid shadow outline?

Just about every MMoRPG has that bag system, but is that a good thing I wonder :/
You have to constantly manually sort stuff yourself. Items are easier overlooked too when the bags are really full.

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Originally Posted by KumaAkuma

Just about every MMoRPG has that bag system, but is that a good thing I wonder :/
You have to constantly manually sort stuff yourself. Items are easier overlooked too when the bags are really full.

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I personally like the list better myself, I can easily see what I need to get. Instead of is that what or what?

What is the point in it being there at all if it shows nothing? It will not stay like that.

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Originally Posted by Rokien

Ok, well, umm, ya, look at this pic http://i.imgur.com/t6g7a.jpg They should show YOUR character instead of just a shadowy outline of a generic *insert what you are here*. Otherwise it's kinda stupid that it's even there.

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I see nothing wrong with it...ijs

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Originally Posted by Allistar

I see nothing wrong with it...ijs

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There isn't anything wrong with it, it's just stupid looking. also pointless.

I hate to be one of the masses to attack Rokien for the crazy disagreeable ideas, and normally that kind of feature I'm all for. But for this I can heartily disagree. I don't know, having any form of live representation of the characters in the UI always seemed so non-Final Fantasy to me. If anything, it should be an illustration (but that seems like a lot of work). So I would have to say keep it a silhouette (which I'm willing to bet will do something where when you rollover a gear slot, it'll highlight the part of the body on the shadow) or be rid of it altogether (which is how we have it now IIRC)

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Originally Posted by Akira_Tenshi

What is the point in it being there at all if it shows nothing? It will not stay like that.

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Usually images like that are just to help the person distinguish which part of equip is what on the fly. So you can see that the hands slot is near the hands of the silhouette. It's mainly there to guide someone that is not used to the character window to figure out slots faster and for someone who is quickly glancing at it can figure out which slot is what. In the end, it does have its uses, and does not need to have the character shown on there.

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Originally Posted by Antanias

Like others have said, it's probably gonna change before the final release. When I saw the "Drag & drop" in the video, I said to myself "damn, this is gonna be awesome". :D

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I don't always get impressed by drag and drop functionality

But when I do, it's in FFXIV

Something I noticed about the gear screen was that he dragged over the equipment each time.

It may be something small, but I hope that they allow us to just right-click to equip gear.