Traditional Final Fantasy UI for battles.

[Neffie]

Unfortunately that system wouldn't work in an active world. You need to react fast to certain skills and abilities, and navigating menus seriously hinders your ability to do this. It is a nice idea, but it wouldn't work in practice.

That's why there is a macro system....

[Vahzl]

That's why there is a macro system....

So I don't get it, you want a menu system that is clunky, to be circumvented by a macro system because the new clunky menu is also no good? I really am not following the point of this now.

[Neffie]

So I don't get it, you want a menu system that is clunky, to be circumvented by a macro system because the new clunky menu is also no good? I really am not following the point of this now.

That's not what i was implying, as earlier i stated that i wouldn't mind the ability to toggle between the two styles. You said that certain skills require the user to act fast and also stated that due to this the menu system would not be valid. I was merely stating that if someone wanted to use the menu system it wouldn't impair them so much due to the fact that macros are just as quick as hotkeys/actionbar (In essence they are the same thing.) You say that the menu system may be clunky, but there are benefits, such as being able to access all of the skills you have, rather than those you can fit on your action bar. (Which may be good depending how they are handling skills in the new system) Also if you use a gamepad, the menu system wouldn't be any more clunky than the action bar is now, and with auto attack would probably be much easier for people on gamepads to find and access the abilities they want.