Chat Bubbles (nerd-rage...ENGAGED!)

[Tupsi]

The task would be done by the UI department. I can't remember anything urgent at the moment that the UI devs have to work on

They have much more urgent matters to work on than a bubble chat system. Every update that even alters or adds those little guide tips is done by the UI team - Every major update tend to add new boss elements, maybe even new elements to your menu (definitely for the new class/jobs) or in the case of 2.4, rogue/ninja stuff, that's part of the UI team as well, which is far more important.

They said during beta the main problem is rendering and that it's largely unnecessary and will focus on using it for NPCs.

"Meaningful" is subjective.

It is - However Coil is progression content, so you can't really say it's meaningless unless you can show me where else you get current ilvl cap gear?

The best part is that we already have them, for NPC's.

It's also highly entertaining that anyone would be against them from an immersion perspective. I would find it more immersive to just read the chat over someones head in the world than stare at a chat box.

NPCs aren't players - All they're doing is pulling up pre-scripted text in a bubble graphics every x amount of seconds/when a player is in a certain distance. That's a farcry from the constant chatter and much more rendering it'll take for hundreds of players. So it does exist for NPCs, and much easier to render since it's just pulling up dialog table entries on a set pattern.

[Edli]

Well, then in that case I'd rather they didn't spend a great deal of dev time for a function that would only be used by a portion of a portion of the playerbase.

I don't know, people seem to love merged inventory so SE doesn't agree with you there and I'm glad they don't.

[Aegis]

I don't know, people seem to love merged inventory so SE doesn't agree with you there and I'm glad they don't.

Really? Most people I know aren't even aware it's a thing until I tell them.

[Tupsi]

Really? Most people I know aren't even aware it's a thing until I tell them.

Yeah, so in the argument of what is/isn't worth it, this is more the fact SE did nothing to make it obvious outside of the update notes.

[Gilraen]

And it seems some people don't know how bad chat bubbles got in Phantasy Star Universe, either. Especially if there was a dev or GM around. ESPECIALLY if it was a dev. And that it was a PS2 game. You know, that ancient system everyone blamed all the ills of XI on, yet XI is still getting PS2 expansions in Japan even though people claim it can't handle any more. Yeah, where's your console limitations now.

[kidvideo]

One word: vulgarity.

[Hyuduken]

i vote yes

[Tiraelina]

NPCs aren't players - All they're doing is pulling up pre-scripted text in a bubble graphics every x amount of seconds/when a player is in a certain distance. That's a farcry from the constant chatter and much more rendering it'll take for hundreds of players. So it does exist for NPCs, and much easier to render since it's just pulling up dialog table entries on a set pattern.

Slippery slopes are not arguments.

[Gardes]

They have much more urgent matters to work on than a bubble chat system. Every update that even alters or adds those little guide tips is done by the UI team - Every major update tend to add new boss elements, maybe even new elements to your menu (definitely for the new class/jobs) or in the case of 2.4, rogue/ninja stuff, that's part of the UI team as well, which is far more important.

No one is asking this to be a top priority. All we're asking for is a 'yes' and the work for it to be slotted somewhere reasonable in SE's work schedule. I wouldn't even think of trying to put this feature's importance above something like add-ons or ui elements for new jobs or raids. Take for example, hairstyles and lvl1 glamour gear. The people working on it can be put into working more on serious endgame content modelling enemies, gears, or whatever else. But they're still coming, and people are still asking. I don't think anyone is asking these to be put above something like coil or even assuming that the people asking for it are thinking that way, save for a few special cases people.

Also, I would like to point out that name plates has the same filter feature. When you point out that having lots of people on your screen and seeing a lot of them talk with chat bubble will obstruct your view, the same can be said with name plates. Going to a mass gathering like hunts, behemoth and odin fate, your view can literally be blotted out by these name plates moving all over the place and distract you from just about anything you're trying to do in these events. But hey! You can turn off these random players's obnoxious name plates, titles, fcs from your screen! That's what we want with chat bubbles too! At this point if you just come in to the thread to repeat that you are afraid of obstruction/distraction/annoyance, you are just trying to make yourself heard while refusing to listen to others.

[Kleptobrainiac]

I'm with the OP.

Chat bubbles or gtfo.