Needs Better Gear Comparison

[sanosuke001]

I would even go so far as request a window that displays +/- values instead of currently equipped. ie.

New shiny  |  Stat changes | Old Gear
----------------------------------------
25 DPS     |  +2 DPS       |  23 DPS
+12 int    |  -5 int       |  +17 int
+10 vit    |  +2 vit       |  +8 vit
+10 det    |  +0 det       |  +10 det
+15 crit   |  +15 crit     |  +0 crit
+0 acc     |  -10 acc      |  +10 acc

etc

[Niwashi]

I would even go so far as request a window that displays +/- values instead of currently equipped.

That would be a better match to what we (partially) have now. Just like it already shows +/- numbers for the top-line information (damage for weapons, defense for armor), extend that to the stat modifiers and materia sections of the tooltip.

The only obvious complication in that is that it can add a few extra lines to the description. For instance, in your example above, the "New shiny" which doesn't have any Accuracy modifier would need to be able to show "+0 Accuracy (-10)" during the comparison, even though it normally doesn't show an Accuracy line at all. Since the basic tooltip template is clearly expandable to accommodate a wide variety of items already, it's unlikely that expanding it a little further would be an insurmountable problem.

If it turns out that that's more complicated than it looks, though, simply showing us both tooltips side-by-side would be a lot better than what we have now.

[sanosuke001]

That would be a better match to what we (partially) have now. Just like it already shows +/- numbers for the top-line information (damage for weapons, defense for armor), extend that to the stat modifiers and materia sections of the tooltip.

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If it turns out that that's more complicated than it looks, though, simply showing us both tooltips side-by-side would be a lot better than what we have now.

Yes, having both tooltips adjacent would be better than we have now but I proposed a second tooltip adjacent to the first with all the changes; not in-line in the original. Though, in-line would work, too, but it might be more trouble to do so as you pointed out.