Please combine the HP/MP/Class bars/gauges into a single, nicer-looking HUD element

[Hiragawa]

Your monitor and resolution are unacceptable. You playing on a 17" CRT monitor?

Right? I was going to post saying "I don't have any issues with it, but I'm all for more options!" and then the OP posted the phone screen he's clearly trying to game on. Goodness!

EDIT: And now that I'm clearly seeing Stoneskin buffing the group... I have no idea where you pulled this photo from mate, but c'mon...

[DragonFlyy]

This looks like the ui of someone playing at 800x600 lol.

That is most definitely not the default ui

Looks like everyone is level 50 without being sync'd. And the DRG in the pic is locked at level 50. So ARR era screenshot, probably on a PS3. However, there are no class bars since they didn't exist. OP just pulled that screenshot from google images to try to make their argument.

[HyoMinPark]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eds2pmfX...pg&name=medium

That is just... unacceptable.

First of all—this image hurts me. You literally can’t see ANYTHING. WHY IS EVERYTHING SO BIG.

Second of all—most of the HUDs I’ve seen in streams and the like don’t look like this. This is obviously an extreme example. And quite an old one—looks like it’s from maybe early HW, given the buffs/skills present.

Looks like everyone is level 50 without being sync'd. And the DRG in the pic is locked at level 50. So ARR era screenshot, probably on a PS3. However, there are no class bars since they didn't exist. OP just pulled that screenshot from google images to try to make their argument.

Gotta be HW, since the level 50 DRG that the HUD belongs to has 0/xxxxxx experience on his EXP bar.

[Vahlnir]

On the contrary; it ABSOLUTELY is. Because not all Job Gauges are the same, not even REMOTELY. And unfortunately, even with the "grid-snap" function, not all of the windows line-up perfectly. Case in point; if you try to align any Class-gauge underneath the HP/MP bars, you'll notice they're off-center, by just a couple of pixels.

To me, that kind of stuff is infuriating. It can take several minuted just trying to get ONE BAR to have pixel-perfect alignment with another. But as is the case with the Reaper, sometimes different Jobs wind up having dramatically different "gauges", which COMPLETELY changes the way your layout has to look.

Again, I'm someone that values a clean-looking UI far more than the average person, but I still think it's a worthy cause. The default UI is just a mess. I mean, just take a look at this nonsense:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eds2pmfX...pg&name=medium

That is just... unacceptable.

I don't think the issue here is the functions of the UI. It's your hardware or your own UI layout based on that screenshot. That's just painful. How you can see ANYTHING at all is beyond me. My only suggestions are get a bigger monitor/TV screen or shrink your UI down to a reasonable size.

[DragonFlyy]

First of all—this image hurts me. You literally can’t see ANYTHING. WHY IS EVERYTHING SO BIG.

Second of all—most of the HUDs I’ve seen in streams and the like don’t look like this. This is obviously an extreme example. And quite an old one—looks like it’s from maybe early HW, given the buffs/skills present.



Gotta be HW, since the level 50 DRG that the HUD belongs to has 0/xxxxxx experience on his EXP bar.

50 is ARR. The 0/xxxx experience shows when you hit max level, if you look the bar itself has some exp on it.

[Shironeko_Narunyan]

I believe there are addons to modify your UI. I've seen screenshots of one that reminded me of ElvUI.

[Ririta]

This looks like the ui of someone playing at 800x600 lol.

That is most definitely not the default ui

The only difference from default is the added horizontal bar and the vertical bar on the corner, and this player increased the height of their chat box a little.

If you install the game today and set it to match your resolution you'll get this full pack, including the duty list overpowering the item grid, the enemy list on top of the last party member and the limit break gauge hiding your buffs.

[MilkieTea]

The only difference from default is the added horizontal bar and the vertical bar on the corner, and this player increased the height of their chat box a little.

If you install the game today and set it to match your resolution you'll get this full pack, including the duty list overpowering the item grid, the enemy list on top of the last party member and the limit break gauge hiding your buffs.

Probably, yeah, if you're playing at 800x600. And if you're playing back in 2013.

[Terin]

The screenshot was for comedic effect, but I would point out that actually is MOSTLY what the default UI looks like.

I definitely think we need a tidy-looking default UI, maybe even multiple pre-sets to choose from (might not be terrible to offer a WoW-like UI preset, for those migrating over), and like I said; PLEASE have things line-up *EXACTLY* when using the grid-snap feature. Also, which to HP/MP bars have a different font than Job gauges?

Honestly, I think they should just combine all of the Job gauge stuff into the HP/MP bars, ensuring that whether you want that cool-looking art, or simple gauges, that they'll always occupy the same space. Would be even better if you could line-up the Limit Break bars with them, too.

Speaking of; that's another super frustrating thing, you can't always SEE your HUD elements when customizing them.

[MilkieTea]

Honestly this is a really tidy default UI. Only thing different is hotbars 3/4 are visible.

Most people I see have a UI that looks close to the default with the only difference being the hotbars are closer together, their buffs and debuffs are in a location where their eyes can rest easily, and the duty finder is smaller or higher up.
Something like this:


For funsies though, this is my hud layout:


I would honestly hate to have the HP/MP bar tied with my Job gauge elements, because I don't necessarily NEED to see my HP/MP as much as I need to see my Job gauge elements.