Wishlist for new UI enhancements after announcements

[Tsukino]

Liked OP for both the creation of the thread and all of the ideas which sound great to me.

One thing I like from some other games I've played (including at least one from SE) is having AoE indicators mirror the cast bar. Instead of just pulsing at a set rate, a second indicator grows to fill the AoE, and when it does and the borders touch, that's when the effect goes off and you want to be standing outside of it. I know this would be just as inaccurate as the cast bar itself due to the horrendous lag FFXIV has at all times, but it still would be a huge improvement over that bar. It's much easier to see than a bar you need to look at, because you already need to look at where your character is standing to do the dodging.

Edit: Oh, and another thing - more information linking within the UI of the game itself. The endgame area token trading is always a goddamned mess that's completely incomprehensible for anyone who takes the smallest of breaks from the game. Information about where items come from and what NPC shops have in them is already available on the Lodestone - put that directly in the game. I want to be able to look at a piece of gear and have it say "sold by [NPC]" and then be able to click on that and have the map pop up with a marker. Or which dungeon it comes from, or what items are needed to upgrade it when applicable, etc.