Debuffs on your party

[Besudo]

I've messed around with my UI but can't seem to find something to change party debuffs.

As a new player and healer, I am having a HUGE problem seeing debuffs on my party members. I know that part of it is my own sheer stupidity and unfamiliarity with the debuffs that are present yet I can't help but feel that a large part of the problem is that it's just hard to see. The debuffs aren't just on the end or in the front of the row but they're buried in the middle and they keep shifting around and I end up missing them till the stack is really high and kills off my teammate.

Is there any way I can change how buffs and debuffs show up on my party listing or make it easier to see? Like put them on separate rows or separate them similarly to how they're on your personal buff/debuff bar?

[Arlen]

I agree. When I play healer, I have to increase the size of the party window in order to see them better.

[JohnJSal]

Yes, this! It's horrible as it is. Debuffs need a separate row!

[mkaito]

Perhaps moving debuffs to the left of the buff row, just like they do on mob target bars for your debuffs on that mob, would be useful and less cluttering than another row.

[Estellios]

You just need to get used to what the buff icons look like. You should know what Protect looks like now, pretty much all debuffs are simple and have a solid red background and the outline is shaped like a down arrow, while buffs are an up arrow.

[amoralisch]

Estellios, how does that help? even if you know what the debuffs look like, they are still mixed up on your (nevertheless) limited buffbar. they don't even appear first on that bar either which makes it more complicated than it has to be.

what irks me the most though is the fact, that the design is so simple, that it makes very dynamic and complicated encounters (as you would know them from other games) impossible from the start. it is like the game is telling you: don't worry, you won't see more than 2 debuffs ever since the UI doesn't support it.

I SO hope that we will see addons for the PC version rather sooner than later. they don't only make your gameplay easier, but it wouldn't be the first time, that a great addon inspired the game designers to improve the original UI.