Most FF series has Libra spell, Why not FFXIV

[waldo]

Ffxi libra = /check
Am I right?
Example being: "tough, high evasion with low defense."

[Tupsi]

Ffxi libra = /check
Am I right?
Example being: "tough, high evasion with low defense."

Nope, XI's libra = Party Enmity (Party Member 1-6 x%), which is good for letting tank know where the levels are at, which the Scholar can then transfer and/or control hate levels through their spells and additional ability.

[Shirana]

is it not possible to change options in any way to view a targets HP?
During one Hard Mode Ifrit boss battle, one of our party members spoke as if we was able to see Ifrits HP. During the hectic match it was just one tank and two healers alive. The person was shouting things like "You can do it, 8k HP left!" and such during the last like 1-5% HP (which we won, epic moment for the tank and two healers 8D)
I did not find any setting anywhere to view HP though but I might have just had a blind moment and missed it lawl

[Alistaire]

Nope, XI's libra = Party Enmity (Party Member 1-6 x%), which is good for letting tank know where the levels are at, which the Scholar can then transfer and/or control hate levels through their spells and additional ability.

but moreso it was good for easy voidwatch procs. Hey guys, SCH ability 5!

[LineageRazor]

is it not possible to change options in any way to view a targets HP?

All mobs have a visible health bar in this game. If you're asking how to view actual numbers, no, I don't think there's a way. The person you mention probably just knew roughly how many total exp Ifrit has (collected by a parser, probably), looked at the amount of HP bar that was left, and knew that it represented around 8000 HP.

[Shirana]

All mobs have a visible health bar in this game. If you're asking how to view actual numbers, no, I don't think there's a way. The person you mention probably just knew roughly how many total exp Ifrit has (collected by a parser, probably), looked at the amount of HP bar that was left, and knew that it represented around 8000 HP.

Ah yes, that is what I meant. Actual numbers~
I'd love to see what their HP is but I won't use Parsers because they're supposively a bannable offense and I don't want to risk being banned >> Was introduced to Parsers today by someone recommending me to use FFXIV-APP to improve rotations but I remember reading they're against the ToS so I'll just have to dream I can see their numbers lawl

[Raze_Krauser]

"Cast Libra, Spam X"..

...oh wait,...this isn't FFXIII....

sry

[NoctisUmbra]

Ah yes, that is what I meant. Actual numbers~
I'd love to see what their HP is but I won't use Parsers because they're supposively a bannable offense and I don't want to risk being banned >> Was introduced to Parsers today by someone recommending me to use FFXIV-APP to improve rotations but I remember reading they're against the ToS so I'll just have to dream I can see their numbers lawl

Pretty sure it was even posted by community reps that parsers are fine. All they literally do is read the chatlog and compile data. It's basically like if you read through the battle log and wrote everything down and calculated dps values, etc, really, really, really fast.

Ultimately, we're already confirmed to get add-on support in the near future so it would be pretty darn contradictory for parsers to be a ban worthy offense when we'll be able to develop add-ons that directly interact with the game and give us DPS data eventually lol.


That aside, in a game where mobs do not have any defense, magic defense, weaknesses to damage types or elements, or anything really that makes them unique in terms of how much damage they take from anything, Libra would be entirely useless. All the necessary data is already provided by the UI. The HUD and its elements are this game's Libra, if you will.

[PoTo]

Oh man! Yes! I want a Bestiary! Please!

[Raeletta]

I'd love to have libra.

As stated, its traditional use is kinda a waste for xiv, but it could perhaps pull up a basic movelist ("Breaths fire, can use fire enhanced attacks, can stun") and a note written by one of the designers or something explaining whatever, or just laughing at it, you know what I mean. Would give a damn good reason to have it as an all-class skill (like the node detection for gathering classes) and a reason to kill everything once, let alone exploring and keeping the world busy. Would not, I think, take all that much effort from the devs either, and would add something cool, an achievement source etc.

Essentially like the monster book from Tales games.

Dammit now I want this really badly .-.