Options for the NPC Text Box!?

[Khalus]

I dunno if this bothers anyone else, or how you setup your UI, but this has been annoying me since beta. Its that dern NPC dialog box that appears whenever you talk with an NPC. I don't hate it, per say, but I'd love it if we had an option to turn it off, or in the very least, be able to move and resize it!

I really like the way the UI looks in FFXI, played it for 5+ years and its grown on me, so I tried to recreate its look as closely as possible here in XIV. However that NPC dialog box overlaps my main chat box, causing the words to overlap and become difficult to read, and I'd much rather read what they say directly from my box instead.

And while we're on a similar subject, can we please get more color options for various texts. I want to make the NPC text yellow, and make items acquired stand out from the normal text...etc

[Coldfire]

They should just make all NPCs voiced! xD

[Reika]

They should just make all NPCs voiced! xD

If only they can 'Just' make all NPC's voiced...

[normalforce]

Yes to voiced dialog!

Khalus, if I remember correctly, I believe that there was a mention about more text colors and changes to the UI. I don't remember if they were "coming soon" or coming in 1.18/1.19.

[Khalus]

I wouldn't mind more voiced dialog too, but its not necessary at this point.

[Zenaku]

I play ffxi for 6years and i really like the layout of it so this is how i have ffxiv look like close to ffxi layout.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/51/ffxiui.png/

[Reika]

I play ffxi for 6years and i really like the layout of it so this is how i have ffxiv look like close to ffxi layout.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/51/ffxiui.png/

that wouldn't be a bad layout IF some of the windows had click-through ability and/or could be locked. I would accidentally move around most of that stuff during combat. Might be good for a gamepad player tho, but not a kbd/mouse player.

[Estellios]

I like the NPC text box just cause it gives me a nice spot to read what they say without having to worry about it getting pushed out of the chat log by other people talking. That said, I agree that we should have the option to move it. I like to arrange my UI juuuuuust right and this is one of the few elements that I can't manipulate.

[Khalus]

without having to worry about it getting pushed out of the chat log by other people talking.

They could just redesign it to how it works in XI. If you're engaged in NPC dialog and it gets to the point of being pushed out of the box by other chat from your LS or the random say, etc ~ it'd pop out along the top of the chat window for 2-3 lines so you don't miss it. And another feature that would be great is being able to expand your chat window to full screen instantly as you could in XI, and then cycle through the various chat tabs.

[Zenaku]

that wouldn't be a bad layout IF some of the windows had click-through ability and/or could be locked. I would accidentally move around most of that stuff during combat. Might be good for a gamepad player tho, but not a kbd/mouse player.

Oh no i agree am on gamepad so i guess that why it work good for me. I do wish that i could move the NPC chat log -.- it always overlaying my chat and hard to read.