[Request] Add MGP to the currency HUD display

[Nyalia]

Please add MGP to the "currency" HUD element along with gil and GC Seals so we can see our MGP total in place of our gil without going into any menus.

Right now, clicking on gil switches to GC Seals, and clicking on GC Seals switches to gil. Instead, please make it so clicking on gil switches to GC Seals, clicking on GC Seals switches to MGP, and clicking on MGP switches to gil.


On a side note, could MGP also be added to the Currency tab of the character screen?

[Nyalia]

To explain in a bit more detail: Currently, there is a HUD element for currency. By default, it displays gil, but clicking on it switches it to display GC seals instead. When more currencies were added, they were not added to this HUD display element, which does make sense. Gil and GC seals can be farmed for or obtained individually, which is untrue for other types of currency.

While it would be nice to be able to see Tomestones and Allied Seals in the currency HUD element, it makes some sense that they not be included there. Tomestones are a multi-dimensional and transient form of currency - not only do more types of tomestones get added and old ones removed, the vast majority of the time, when you gain tomestones, you gain two types at once. If they had been added, it could be confusing when a new type was added or an old type was removed. Right now, would there be a Mythology count despite it being 0 for 99% of the players? Would there be a Philosophy count still even though those have been unobtainable for quite a long time? What if someone had philo displayed when they logged off way back when, and they log in now? What is displayed for them? These ambiguities make it make total sense that Tomestones were not added to the HUD display element.

Allied Seals make more sense to be added, but again, you cannot obtain them without also obtaining tomestones. It is also unclear if SE is ever going to add a new type of allied seal from hunts in expansion packs. So, again, I can see them not wanting to add them to the HUD display.

But, that brings me to MGP. MGP will exist into the future, and there do not appear to be plans for more forms of MGP. MGP can only be farmed by itself. When you are gathering MGP, you only care about your MGP total - gil is largely irrelevant and GC Seals are completely irrelevant. Having to go into a specialized menu to see the total is a bit annoying, especially if you're in the middle of a minigame or triple triad match where you can't bring up the menu at all until you're done. I don't see a reason not to include them in the HUD element along with GC Seals and gil.

[JayCommon]

Totally agree for us to have more options to display MGP. +1

[Zfz]

I would welcome an option that allows us to decide exactly what to show on the hud.

[v] Gil [v] MGP [ ] GC Seals [v] Soldiery [v] Poetic [ ] Allied Seals

[Nyalia]

I would welcome an option that allows us to decide exactly what to show on the hud.

[v] Gil [v] MGP [ ] GC Seals [v] Soldiery [v] Poetic [ ] Allied Seals

Personally, I really like having only one display at a time, with clicking to cycle through them. It keeps the display simple and small, and it is already in place. I would just like a new currency added to the cycle.

Unless you're suggesting an option to control what currencies are available in the click-cycle? In that case, while I agree having the option to see more things is nice, adding a new parameter to the configuration screen is more complex than just adding a new currency for everyone. The simpler something is to add, the more likely it is to be added.

[BreathlessTao]

I'm not sure why it's not listed in the actual Currency tab in the Character window either. I mean, it is a currency.

But same goes for Ventures (that even has "currency" in its description), to be honest... let's look at the bright side, at least MGP is not another actual item, taking up a slot in your inventory. Unlike ventures.

Inconsistent SE is inconsistent. :/

[DracotheDragon]

i have the feeling come 2.55 this will be added in, i think it was just a small over sight of the developers not to do this D:

[Zhexos]

The development team is planning changes to the UI so that MGP can be constantly displayed similar to gil and company seals.

[EveK]

Yay! Tomestones, too, please.

[Drako]

and... AND... allied notes