Enemy HP Display Percentage

[lackofwords]

Please look forward to it...

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post792200

We know that some players have requested that we display the percentage of the enemy’s HP, and while it is technically possible adding it would further clutter the UI and increase server load. So we don't have any plans on showing percentages by default.

However, as Yoshida said during the previous Letter from the Producer Live, this type of feature can be handled by add-ons, and we plan to make it so that it will display accurate figures and percentages.

Originally Posted by Gildrein
Q: What exactly do you have in mind for community-generated add-ons? Also, how much game data will we be able to utilize?

A: The type of add-on I have in mind are those of the UI persuasion. For example, we can have players customize the UI with a skin of their choice, have enmity displayed graphical, and add windows to view useful information so players will be able to separate information that is otherwise displayed in one large, single window. Add-ons will then become active once they are downloaded and placed in the custom folder. As for the PS3 version, we'll make sure it doesn't trail behind the PC version.

[TheRogueX]

Err.. how would it increase server load? Wouldn't that be all client-side?

[Caselia]

Err.. how would it increase server load? Wouldn't that be all client-side?

SE designed the game to be server to client, instead of client to server.

[MercuryAcetylene]

Sweet, no more guesstimates

[Billzey]

SE designed the game to be server to client, instead of client to server.

Except that it is already possible to view enemy hp % in memory. So no, it wouldn't increase server load.

[Cap75]

An even simpler idea would be to do what many RPGs, including some FF games, already do. Just have each boss phase have its own hp bar.

[Itseotle]

Except that it is already possible to view enemy hp % in memory. So no, it wouldn't increase server load.

This. Even if there just happened to NOT exist any programs that could already let you do this, its not hard to calculate the percentage based on how full that health bar is (via a program ofc)

[Aletta_Serpentia]

adding it would further clutter the UI and increase server load.

LOL WHAT CLUTTER YOU TALKIN BRUH.

[LineageRazor]

An even simpler idea would be to do what many RPGs, including some FF games, already do. Just have each boss phase have its own hp bar.

That could present its own frustration, unless you could see all the HP bars at once - especially when doing new content for the first time. It's nice to see when the end will actually occur, even if you don't know exactly what's going to happen along the way. It's one reason why the "hidden health bars" were so widely reviled in FFXI when they started being used.

*Party finally grinds down the eighth HP bar. A new one appears!*
Zeromus: Now I show you my TRUE form! *Becomes space flea*
Party: UGH!
*Six HP bars later*
Zeromus: You've forced me to show you MORE POWER! *Becomes a pretty boy with one wing. A new HP bar appears.*
Party: *RAGEQUIT!*

[Drako]

Check out the date of that post that is linked. 8-17-2012. Oh Rukkirii, how we miss you. Come back!