Player Drop Off and Accessibility/Diffculty

[Azurarok]

One thing I'd like that mobile FFXIV does is have a clear indicator for when an aoe goes off on the aoe markers themselves by having the pulsing effect timed to match it (GW2 also has been doing this afaik)

(from myhappy's videos)

Also maybe because I use a lala I can rarely see the nametag on most bosses because they're placed above their head and most bosses are just enormous, so having cast bars on those haven't really helped much

[Mesarthim]

I would heavily recommend using focus target in that case. I have a focus target HP as well as their cast bars split up and put in designated spots on my screen for this very reason.

Edit: Even the Enmity List can be used (I do this on Eminent Grief's Drain Aether).

[0blivion]

ITT: people that still haven't moved the boss cast bar near their hotbars or in any visible location whatsoever, then act like reading castbars is soooo hard

[Azurarok]

I mean I have all that set up and I'm not exactly struggling with it much personally, mainly pointing out the cast bars on the nametag isn't exactly useful. They often don't show on adds and smaller enemies like the mobs in PT, where I'd actually want it.

[NovaStella]

I never mentioned simplifying the jobs. I'm talking about a more intelligent combo mechanism (like in PvP, for example) and the addition of some unique skills. And it would be a good idea to remove the positioning for the melee.



I see the difference. I find it much more convenient to kill adds in a specific order, detonate bombs around the boss or collapse pillars on it, or go behind a wall to reflect damage, destroy the "supercomputer" cores and disable the power, or manipulate buffs and debuffs, than to endlessly and almost instantly run out of circles that are also difficult to see. The timer is different, but there's still plenty to do, and inactivity leads to a wipe.

Roughly speaking, some people lack quick motor reactions, but they have tactical thinking. Let's not confuse dumbing down the game with making it accessible.

It sounds like you just want a difficulty that's easy for you in particular? That doesn't make it more accessible to everyone, just to you.

That's not a personal slight, it's actually a huge problem with accessibility IRL too. The question is always, who is is accessible to? Even people with the same disability can have competing access needs.

Even if you have "tactical thinking" but lack "quick motor skills", there are people that have it the other way around, and changing the game to what you want makes it less accessible to them. Yes, there are some sorely needed accessibility features in XIV like TTS, proper colorblind filters/options for AoE colors, and I'd even throw in a "story mode" where you can do MSQ content solo with near zero chance of failure. But changing the difficulty to what vibes with one person isn't just unfun to others; It makes it inaccessible to others that might be included under the current model.

[NovaStella]

One thing I'd like that mobile FFXIV does is have a clear indicator for when an aoe goes off on the aoe markers themselves by having the pulsing effect show when it'll goes off (GW2 also has been doing this afaik)

(from myhappy's videos)

Also maybe because I use a lala I can rarely see the nametag on most bosses because they're placed above their head and most bosses are just enormous, so having cast bars on those haven't really helped much

The default camera angle for lalas is awful! On PC you can hold Ctrl and use the up and down arrow keys to adjust your camera. Or use the macro "/tiltcamera [number]" (example: "/tiltcamera 85") to do it if you're on console or want to macro it. I have it as part of a macro for settings for doing battle content!

[RajNish]

It sounds like you just want a difficulty that's easy for you in particular? That doesn't make it more accessible to everyone, just to you.

No, not just for me. This was given as one example, and there could be many different changes, so I can't list them all; you can do so if you'd like. Please don't take my words out of context.

[Azurarok]

The default camera angle for lalas is awful! On PC you can hold Ctrl and use the up and down arrow keys to adjust your camera. Or use the macro "/tiltcamera [number]" (example: "/tiltcamera 85") to do it if you're on console or want to macro it. I have it as part of a macro for settings for doing battle content!

Yeah I have it set to 40 while the default's like 33 I believe. It's still not quite enough, while 85 just makes my hotbar and job gauges cover my character.

And again, I have the target's cast bar big and in the middle so it doesn't really give me any problems, just that it's not really as useful as a feature as I'd like.

[Absurdity]

ITT: people that still haven't moved the boss cast bar near their hotbars or in any visible location whatsoever, then act like reading castbars is soooo hard

Probably one of the big things that often gets overlooked.
Fix your UI, the default is terrible.
Of course you can't keep track of what the boss is doing when all the important UI elements are on opposite ends of the screen, even worse when someone is busy staring at their hotbars.

[Shistar]

The default camera angle for lalas is awful! On PC you can hold Ctrl and use the up and down arrow keys to adjust your camera. Or use the macro "/tiltcamera [number]" (example: "/tiltcamera 85") to do it if you're on console or want to macro it. I have it as part of a macro for settings for doing battle content!

I didn't know you could macro this stuff, that's so cool!