Battle Command Design -PLEASE FIX IT

[Rydin]

Bolded what needs emphasis above. While keyboard/mouse players want this, it's very important for gamepad users. Since gamepads can be inherently slower to changing situations, gamepad players have to preempt a lot of actions. Flipping between 3 pages of icons to monitor cooldowns is a constant hassle I deal with, and my resolution is high enough to easily have all 3 visible at one time. Also as a gamepad user it's not uncommon for me to have my macro bar open and ready to go, so having it cover critical information is just retarded.

I agree... Although I don't use battle macros... Its a personal preference but they make me feel detached from combat
Perhaps one long bar going across the bottom that shows all of your actions and cooldowns

OR... how about is:
a bar somewhere that only shows abilities that are on a cooldown and their timers... so once an ability is able to be used, it is no longer there

I really just dont want to get to a point where screens look like this:

or this


I want to see the beautiful game... not a bunch of Icons...
I want to feel like Im in Eorzea (not in an RP kind of way though)
and not have my screen look like a game of Magic: the Gathering

[Brigandier]

I agree... Although I don't use battle macros... Its a personal preference but they make me feel detached from combat
Perhaps one long bar going across the bottom that shows all of your actions and cooldowns

OR... how about is:
a bar somewhere that only shows abilities that are on a cooldown and their timers... so once an ability is able to be used, it is no longer there

I really just dont want to get to a point where screens look like this:

or this


I want to see the beautiful game... not a bunch of Icons...
I want to feel like Im in Eorzea (not in an RP kind of way though)
and not have my screen look like a game of Magic: the Gathering

I lol'd. I think the current setup with cooldown timers being integrated into the icon works well and they should stay with that, or the small list of things on cooldown works as well (though might be problematic for people with little screen real estate). It occurs to me that if they do the 3 row icon w/cooldowns, that it might be a bit better for PS3 users as well (since some users may be using 720p or less, and text is kinda shoddy at lower resolutions).

[Rydin]

I lol'd. I think the current setup with cooldown timers being integrated into the icon works well and they should stay with that, or the small list of things on cooldown works as well (though might be problematic for people with little screen real estate). It occurs to me that if they do the 3 row icon w/cooldowns, that it might be a bit better for PS3 users as well (since some users may be using 720p or less, and text is kinda shoddy at lower resolutions).

Actually... believe it or not... menu text is fine at even the lowest resolution.. there is no change
Try it... go to the lowest resolution right now... Menu text is fine...
text is text...
Names above your head are bad because they are 3D text
But yea.. as far as your point.. i agree completely

[Brigandier]

Actually... believe it or not... menu text is fine at even the lowest resolution.. there is no change
Try it... go to the lowest resolution right now... Menu text is fine...
text is text...
Names above your head are bad because they are 3D text
But yea.. as far as your point.. i agree completely

No I realize that the text stays fine on PC regardless of the resolution, I just meant some HDTVs and (god forbid) CRT based TVs that PS3s might be on don't handle text clarity very well at all, especially if the game resolution doesn't match the screen native resolution. I would imagine most people are playing over decent HDMI connections though, so hopefully no issues.

[Impulse]

No I realize that the text stays fine on PC regardless of the resolution, I just meant some HDTVs and (god forbid) CRT based TVs that PS3s might be on don't handle text clarity very well at all, especially if the game resolution doesn't match the screen native resolution. I would imagine most people are playing over decent HDMI connections though, so hopefully no issues.

SE could easily pull an XI-360 and make an alternate screen text solution for players in that situation.