The Unofficial "Why is this still a thing" Thread

[Kazrah]

My, this thread grew fast while I haven't been paying attention.

Just feel like I have to send out a friendly reminder though that this thread was made not just for identifying more of the seemingly outdated elements of the game, but also to bring up alternative solutions to help alleviate the circumstances those elements cause.

Good example I've seen is the whole damage resist debuff argument in the past few pages. Although I haven't gotten through every post yet, I have yet to see anyone suggest removing those debuffs and then baking the damage increase it provided into the weaponskills and abilities affected by those debuffs.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Good example I've seen is the whole damage resist debuff argument in the past few pages. Although I haven't gotten through every post yet, I have yet to see anyone suggest removing those debuffs and then baking the damage increase it provided into the weaponskills and abilities affected by those debuffs.

I've mentioned that in several posts now. Or they need to giving it to another job.

[VanilleFang]

I've mentioned that in several posts now. Or they need to giving it to another job.

I was gonna say... I thought you mentioned it at least once.

[Kazrah]

I've mentioned that in several posts now. Or they need to giving it to another job.

Oh good, just had to make sure!

Also, main stat materia: why is this still a thing? Honestly, when was the last time you ever thought "gee, I should start melding dex"? You're right, me neither. The only two cases for it seem to be for tanks melding strength on accessories so they can generate enough enmity via damage and vitality for healers to survive endgame progression mechanics. Seems like this could be fixed in three steps:

1) Remove all main stat materia. Yes, I know it might sound like a bad idea, but this is just breaking the egg to make the omelette.
2) Switch tank damage back to vitality. The ongoing issue that Yoshi has had with crafted accessories being BiS for tanks has been due to overmelding main stat materia, so by removing that materia, tanks can go back to vitality for damage and balance that stat accordingly for damage output without incurring the issue caused at the start of the expansion.
3) Give a teeny tiny base vitality buff to healers. This would be to offset the health loss from vitality materia being removed.

Just something I thought about for a bit.

[Hugowulf]

Mogstation items that should have been in game rewards(hildibrand outfit for example). Or really the lack of any cool rewards lately for seasonal events.

[SicariusSeven]

I found another thing that just irritates me. The whole auto face thing when you do an ability. I hate that when you have something targeted, you are faced in a nice spot to avoid AOE but when you do your attack your character SNAPS to a direction to face the target. So if you were doing a LINE AOE or just running through to avoid damage, it just gets messed up. Sorta of related but tab targeting needs to target the nearest mob NOT the one behind it, not the one behind the player or off screen. Stuff like that is so irritating at times. Especially when doing pulls.

[KaivaC]

I found another thing that just irritates me. The whole auto face thing when you do an ability. I hate that when you have something targeted, you are faced in a nice spot to avoid AOE but when you do your attack your character SNAPS to a direction to face the target. So if you were doing a LINE AOE or just running through to avoid damage, it just gets messed up. Sorta of related but tab targeting needs to target the nearest mob NOT the one behind it, not the one behind the player or off screen. Stuff like that is so irritating at times. Especially when doing pulls.

? Have you tried turning off automatically facing your target?

[Tint]

I found another thing that just irritates me. The whole auto face thing when you do an ability. I hate that when you have something targeted, you are faced in a nice spot to avoid AOE but when you do your attack your character SNAPS to a direction to face the target. So if you were doing a LINE AOE or just running through to avoid damage, it just gets messed up.

you can deactivate it with /autofacetarget

have fun with all the other problems wich will occur then ^^

[Leadleaf]

Durability droughts wear upon death. Could we have it changed to something that isn't a medicated buff that persists for the full 3hr duration? Anything on farm or is killed without deaths consistently can have you respawn outside of a repair shop constantly, and you may also prefer a statpotion.

Gear Wear FC and squadron actions exist for this sort of buff already, just bringing up these useless items in spirit of the thread.

[Ursa_Vonfiebryd]

So many things. (Mostly superficial but meh--they bother me). *Cracks knuckles* Here we go:

Why can't I adjust the visor on my retainer? And furthermore, why can't I place my retainer INSIDE my house? Make a new permit where we don't need the summoning bell or expand the old one so we can take it inside. Also, why don't retainers have access to certain hairstyles, even if we've unlocked them? :/

Why do chocobo's not come with an Emperor's Barding that makes them look like a natural bird (i.e. - no saddle or bridle). And commands. You can only assign Stances as far as I know. It would be nice if we could hotbar their actions (and also take them on unsynched content).

Why did we skip an expansion on housing? And why do we have all these ambient OUTDOOR orchestrion songs but no way to replace the boring housing music, even if it's just in our own yard or for our own ears? Also, why can't I place items on the stages? Or change lighting according to what floor I'm on instead of the entire house. And for that matter, WHERE IS MY GARLEAN THEMED FURNITURE/HOUSING. I wouldn't care so much about no HW housing if I could put a Castrum in the Goblet. (Give BSM/ARM some Housing Recipes

WHY HAVE THERE BEEN 2 EXPANSIONS BUT NO WEDDING UPDATES? Seriously, I'm working on an in-depth brain storm but still. Why. This would generate SO much money.

Why can't we put all GS/Quest Rewards/Mog Station in the armoire? I know you can for some now, but it's too late to get back the items I had to destroy because of inventory issues. On that note, why aren't premium Mog Station Items available for re-download at the Calamity Salvager. I threw out most of my Eastern Journey gear thinking I'd be able to get it back but NOPE. Can't even get back the wedding gear. How can you know what seasonal events I've participated in but not what premium items I've purchased?

Why isn't there a recipe finder? Like I have all this crap in my INV, lets see what I can make with it without checking EVER RECIPE EVER.

Indoor mailbox? YES PLEASE. And whenever you can get the Glamour Dresser ready for personal housing that'd be perfect.

WHY IS PF A MARKET BOARD? CAN SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE US A REPORT OPTION?

Designer Jewelry. Some of what we have looks good but why are there no purely cosmetic options for glamour?

and finally:

Why hasn't the character creator been updated with the new face options that we've seen with HW and SB. If you don't want to update Hyur (who already has 6 facetypes), then give the other races some love and add 2 more to each race/gender. Please and thank you.