TL;DR of live letter

[Krissey]

Man i just upgraded from ps3 to ps4 to get away from this kind of "hate"? What kind of add-ons would you absolutely need to play this game? I'm serious, what kind? What would it do? That doesn't involve a ui overhaul. Maybe im just some lowlife console user to understand what significance or type of add-ons what benefit this game, but i would like to see reason behind the need.

Something akin to Deadly Boss Mods which would have timers for every phase of the boss. So you would hear a "3, 2, 1" on Ravana EX before Invulnerable phase and you know, as a Monk, to use Tornado Kick cuz you'll lose your stacks anyway. Therefore you get a heads up to each mechanic, phase change, etc... and thus are able to react accordingly. Granted it may not be necessary if you know every fight and have done it 1,000 times, but for new people who are learning, even T5 it will be "Divebombs in 10 seconds... counting down" you know get your butt into the ditch to dodge.

[Noshpan]

Something akin to Deadly Boss Mods which would have timers for every phase of the boss. So you would hear a "3, 2, 1" on Ravana EX before Invulnerable phase and you know, as a Monk, to use Tornado Kick cuz you'll lose your stacks anyway. Therefore you get a heads up to each mechanic, phase change, etc... and thus are able to react accordingly. Granted it may not be necessary if you know every fight and have done it 1,000 times, but for new people who are learning, even T5 it will be "Divebombs in 10 seconds... counting down" you know get your butt into the ditch to dodge.

I am now suddenly amused at the thought of having DBM in FF14 and when a high damage event is about to occur to hear "RUN AWAY LITTLE GIRL".

[Krissey]

I am now suddenly amused at the thought of having DBM in FF14 and when a high damage event is about to occur to hear "RUN AWAY LITTLE GIRL".

It would help tanks do their tank busters too

[Ashkendor]

Something akin to Deadly Boss Mods which would have timers for every phase of the boss. So you would hear a "3, 2, 1" on Ravana EX before Invulnerable phase and you know, as a Monk, to use Tornado Kick cuz you'll lose your stacks anyway. Therefore you get a heads up to each mechanic, phase change, etc... and thus are able to react accordingly. Granted it may not be necessary if you know every fight and have done it 1,000 times, but for new people who are learning, even T5 it will be "Divebombs in 10 seconds... counting down" you know get your butt into the ditch to dodge.

Am I the only person that thinks shit like this is basically getting your computer to play the game for you? ._.

I mean seriously, how much hand-holding do we need? ._.

[Krissey]

Am I the only person that thinks shit like this is basically getting your computer to play the game for you? ._.

I mean seriously, how much hand-holding do we need? ._.

That's like saying "Isn't a calculator basically doing the math for you?" Uh no. You still need to punch in the numbers.

Just because it's telling you what's coming up doesn't mean you actually have to care or do anything. "I know the tank buster is coming in 10 seconds but let me just not pop any big defensive cooldowns" "I know the vulnerable phase is coming up but let me just not pop foe's requiem"

"Isn't having giant orange circles for AOE on the ground basically playing the game for you?" not if you don't move out of the circles...

[Ashkendor]

That's like saying "Isn't a calculator basically doing the math for you?" Uh no. You still need to punch in the numbers.

Just because it's telling you what's coming up doesn't mean you actually have to care or do anything. "I know the tank buster is coming in 10 seconds but let me just not pop any big defensive cooldowns" "I know the vulnerable phase is coming up but let me just not pop foe's requiem"

"Isn't having giant orange circles for AOE on the ground basically playing the game for you?" not if you don't move out of the circles...

That's just it though. The game itself already has cast bars (or the boss has special animations) for skills. We already have floor aoe indicators, with the exception of a few attacks that don't show them. A countdown to mechanics is just lolsome to me.

[Krissey]

That's just it though. The game itself already has cast bars (or the boss has special animations) for skills. We already have floor aoe indicators, with the exception of a few attacks that don't show them. A countdown to mechanics is just lolsome to me.

Then don't download the addon. Your game is still "hard". The people who want more precise control over a fight and precision can download the addon. Ez.

[Ashkendor]

Then don't download the addon. Your game is still "hard". The people who want more precise control over a fight and precision can download the addon. Ez.

You say this like we're actually getting addon support anytime soon. With how Sony handles things, I don't think we'll ever see it. It's just not feasible to implement it for only part of the playerbase so if console players don't get it, nobody will.

[Kallera]

Then don't download the addon. Your game is still "hard". The people who want more precise control over a fight and precision can download the addon. Ez.

I bet you're that kind of person that thinks they can remove the echo without the party questioning you doing so. do you really want "no ps4" to be popping up in the pf?

[Krissey]

I bet you're that kind of person that thinks they can remove the echo without the party questioning you doing so. do you really want "no ps4" to be popping up in the pf?

Did you misquote me? I'm not the one asking to "keep the game hard because addons play for you".