Possibility to open FFXIV up to a moddable UI?

[Bayohne]

We checked in with the dev. team about their plans for custom user interfaces and we received confirmation from Yoshida that there are plans in place for supporting UI mods in the future.

[Dreamer]

We checked in with the dev. team about their plans for custom user interfaces and we received confirmation from Yoshida that there are plans in place for supporting UI mods in the future.

Do not want.

[Balbanes]

Do not want.

Do not use?

[Ava]

If people don't like mods, they don't have to use them. I love mods and fully support the idea of this feature in FFXIV. Mods are everywhere nowadays, people love to customize.

The problem is if they make mods for the boss encounters we may face down the line, people will start 'requiring' you use them to join a raid or HNM group. Like how people 'Require' you to use vent to be in their LS's already (I am in no such LS >.>). It wont be a matter of optional use for long.

Let's use FFXIV as an example of this, since both games share some of the design team (iirc FFXIV has some old XI devs), we can likely expect similar boss designs. So, how would boss mods have helped whatsoever in FFXI? They wouldn't have. The bosses were very easy (with a few exceptions) and mostly just consisted of stunning a long cast, standing on feet or under wings, or controlling adds. Bosses weren't as hard scripted as they are in WoW where you have boss mods. In WoW you don't even need boss mods even, if you know the intervals between abilities it's easy to know when what is coming. FFXI, and probably FFXIV are/wont be designed that way. Or at least I hope they aren't, I preferred the XI boss design personally.

If you don't want to be required to use boss mods, then don't play with the people that require it. If they're going to break a friendship because you wont use a video game mod then maybe that's their loss. I've never been "required" to use boss mods in all of my gaming career and I played WoW for over 6 years and FFXI for even longer. So maybe you're playing with the wrong crowd.

[Feldt]

Do not use?

Do not take advantages through UI mods while I'm not using it.

[QUOTE=Nexxus;107986]I tried to photoshop an UI and how i would like to see it.

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...en/uiffxiv.jpg
QUOTE]

I don't like it, especially top left corner part...

[Kurokikaze]

[QUOTE=Feldt;108067]Do not take advantages through UI mods while I'm not using it.

I tried to photoshop an UI and how i would like to see it.

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r...en/uiffxiv.jpg
QUOTE]

I don't like it, especially top left corner part...

I actually kinda like this.

I would change a few things but its very nice.

[Rentahamster]

We checked in with the dev. team about their plans for custom user interfaces and we received confirmation from Yoshida that there are plans in place for supporting UI mods in the future.

Yay! Great news!

@ Dreamer - what does it matter? If you don't like like other people's UI mods, just don't use them.

[Reika]

There are already guild's in above mentioned MMO that 'require' you to use certain mods just to join the guild...

[Hitoriki]

We checked in with the dev. team about their plans for custom user interfaces and we received confirmation from Yoshida that there are plans in place for supporting UI mods in the future.

YAY!! That is great news.

[SolArisa]

We checked in with the dev. team about their plans for custom user interfaces and we received confirmation from Yoshida that there are plans in place for supporting UI mods in the future.

Well, it will be interesting to see how you do this without ruling out or dealing massive disadvantages to the PS3 customers.