Small QoL Improvements

[Artamie]

Not sure if this has been mentioned but rather than make a new thread I'll just leave my 5 gils here... though if they already exist please let me know because I'm scratching my head over them!

1) I would like to see a chat window timeout option so that if no new messages appear within a certain set time the chat window will hide itself and pop back up when a new message appears.

2) Ability to hide hot bars and the hp/mp/tp gauge until engaged in combat.

The world is really pretty and I feel like immersion might be more successful if we could remove the clutter of our HUD and chat window but not have to jump through hoops to turn them back on when I want to do battle oriented content.

[Laraul]

The world is really pretty and I feel like immersion might be more successful if we could remove the clutter of our HUD and chat window but not have to jump through hoops to turn them back on when I want to do battle oriented content.

Immersion is not the result of pretty graphics or hud elements. You experience it when you are having fun, during combat or crafting or when ever you are enjoying yourself. It's when you forget about the outside world and focus solely what's going on w/ the game. This is true regardless if it's a game w/ a deck of cards or a board or a sophisticated computer game with impressive graphics and audio. So HUD elements don't impact your immersion.

[Sicno]

Immersion is not the result of pretty graphics or hud elements. You experience it when you are having fun, during combat or crafting or when ever you are enjoying yourself. It's when you forget about the outside world and focus solely what's going on w/ the game. This is true regardless if it's a game w/ a deck of cards or a board or a sophisticated computer game with impressive graphics and audio. So HUD elements don't impact your immersion.

Maybe that's for you, but I agree that for some people a cluttered UI may break it.