Clarity is key, let's fix tooltips.

[Lemuria]

I find it more interesting the way it currently is. You try a certain ability once or twice to learn its effectiveness.

Except Provoke, apparently. I've seen countless numbers of Paladins who open with Provoke as if it worked the same way as it did in FFXI. It doesn't.

Provoke, I'd argue, has one of the worst tooltips imaginable. It doesn't build any aggro, really. It just pushes you to the top of the aggro list, but does it by such a small margin that even a regen tick from medica II is enough to peel mobs away, which is why you follow up with a shield lob or similar.

I agree that some of the tooltips probably need to be revised.

[Duelle]

I do agree though that Provoke could use a clearer description, especially for the people coming off FFXI who are used to it working in a completely different way.

If it makes you feel better, those of us coming from WoW expecting the 6-second target lock we got used to for taunt abilities were also in for a rude awakening. >.>;

[Felis]

Except Provoke, apparently. I've seen countless numbers of Paladins who open with Provoke as if it worked the same way as it did in FFXI. It doesn't.

Provoke, I'd argue, has one of the worst tooltips imaginable. It doesn't build any aggro, really. It just pushes you to the top of the aggro list, but does it by such a small margin that even a regen tick from medica II is enough to peel mobs away, which is why you follow up with a shield lob or similar.

I agree that some of the tooltips probably need to be revised.

Yes, it is not clear in the english text.

In german it is "Du lenkst die größte Feindseligkeit auf dich."
You channel the greatest enmity to you (I hope the translation is accurate)

[Nexxus]

An add: Fist of Wind, Doesn't enhance your attack speed. (i've saw to much low level MNK using this over Fist of Earth/Fire thinking it will enhance theirs attack speed)

[Felis]

An add: Fist of Wind, Doesn't enhance your attack speed. (i've saw to much low level MNK using this over Fist of Earth/Fire thinking it will enhance theirs attack speed)

It say "increase movement speed". No word about attack speed.
Changing the text here would not help people who can't read.

[Tiraelina]

It say "increase movement speed". No word about attack speed.
Changing the text here would not help people who can't read.

It did state draining MP to increase attack speed for the longest time on the buff. Same went for Fists of Earth stating it caused earth damage for MP. It's one of the few things that did actually get fixed.

[FritoBandito]

While we're on the subject of tooltips, it would be nice if they didn't appear next to your mouse and instead had a static position to appear on the screen. Or is there an option for this that I'm unaware of?

Since I'm a hybrid clicker/button-masher, sometimes when I mouse over things, the tooltip box covers up other things that I really need to see. I'd prefer my tooltip box to always appear, say, in the bottom right of the screen regardless of what I'm mousing over.

[Felis]

It did state draining MP to increase attack speed for the longest time on the buff. Same went for Fists of Earth stating it caused earth damage for MP. It's one of the few things that did actually get fixed.

This sound more like the 1.x descriptions. They drained MP over time during 1.x. But also there Fists of Wind only gave you increased movement speed and gave your attacks wind element.

While we're on the subject of tooltips, it would be nice if they didn't appear next to your mouse and instead had a static position to appear on the screen. Or is there an option for this that I'm unaware of?

Since I'm a hybrid clicker/button-masher, sometimes when I mouse over things, the tooltip box covers up other things that I really need to see. I'd prefer my tooltip box to always appear, say, in the bottom right of the screen regardless of what I'm mousing over.

Character Configuration -> UI settings -> General

Under Help you find "Display action help". Change there the setting from "Next to Cursor" to "Fixed" or to "Fixed (Reserved)"

[ElHeggunte]

While we're on the subject of tooltips, it would be nice if they didn't appear next to your mouse and instead had a static position to appear on the screen. Or is there an option for this that I'm unaware of?

Since I'm a hybrid clicker/button-masher, sometimes when I mouse over things, the tooltip box covers up other things that I really need to see. I'd prefer my tooltip box to always appear, say, in the bottom right of the screen regardless of what I'm mousing over.

It's an option in your settings. Character Config > UI Settings. There's a little drop-down box with three settings: Next to Cursor/Fixed/Fixed (Reversed).

Next to Cursor of course makes it appear next to your mouse. Fixed makes the tooltips appear where your UI elements (Item help, Action help) are placed. Fixed (Reversed) does the same as Fixed, but makes the tooltips appear on the opposite side of the screen from their element's position.

[Garlyle]

Not all numbers are necessary - for instance, I doubt knowing the radius on Flash is actually going to make a difference to you because I seriously doubt you have an exact mental measurement of how far the game's units of measurement are.

However, I do agree there's quite a few abilities in the game that could use a cleanup/revision to their tooltip text.