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    Iscah's Avatar
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    Nov 2017
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    Character
    Aurelie Moonsong
    World
    Bismarck
    Main Class
    Summoner Lv 90
    I really, intensely dislike the updated "Rowena-style" menus. I find them very frustrating to navigate on the controller, the way they start the cursor pointing at the second layer of drop-down menu, having assumed which main category of items you intend to browse. More often than not, it is incorrect and I have to navigate up, change it and back down again. The drop-down menus themselves add even more layers of button presses.

    For comparison:

    If I want to navigate the old-style text menus to buy (let's say) a Cryptlurker's Robe:
    1. Speak to NPC to open the shop menu
    2. Move down to "Cryptlurker Gear (DoM)" category
    3. Press X to view item list
    4. Move down to correct item
    5. Press X to buy the item

    If on the other hand I am at the Wolves' Den to buy a Late Allagan coat:
    1. Open the shop menu – it defaults to either DoW weapon or DoM weapon category and puts my cursor at the "choose series" drop-down menu
    2. Move up to the "choose category" drop-down menu
    3. Press X to open the drop-down menu
    4. Move down to select DoM Gear
    5. Press X to select and close menu
    6. Move back down to "choose series" menu
    7. X to open menu
    8. Move down to select Late Allagan gear
    9. X to select and close menu
    10. Move down to item
    11. Press X to buy item

    So in short, no I do not like Rowena's menu, and I don't think they tested it on controller.

    Also, the old-style menu needs updating to switch around the "filter by class" button and the "only show new items" tickbox, because the filter is far more useful but is less convenient to navigate to.
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    Last edited by Iscah; 02-27-2023 at 03:42 AM. Reason: Typo