Let us see bosses' HP in numbers

[SalMag]

Like the title says let us see bosses' HP in numbers. In many RPGs I've played before you can see how much the boss has health, for example, in FFXII you can scan the monsters to see their weaknesses and HP etc.

For example it can be quite confusing in a fight like Shiva extreme or Coil (not sure since I'm still doing 2nd Coil) where the boss has 7% HP, DPS uses LB, Boss' HP drops by... 1%.

Boom! Tank died, no lb, healers dead, and soon... A wipe.

Edit since I didn't make my point clear: My point was that you'd actually know how much they have HP and would know when to use or save the LB. Atm there's no way of seeing their HP in numbers only in percentages.

I think it's not first in priority but it would definitely make this feel more like a RPG, to me at least and I don't really see a reason why not.

What do you think about this? Post your thoughts.

(Sorry for my English, it's not my native language.)

[AlexionSkylark]

I really, really, really don't see the relevance.

[Jinko]

There are ways to display it in numbers and percentage but its for you to find that out for yourself. (unless you are on console then too bad)

[DoctorPepper]

Would be nice to see the numbers.. but I really don't see how your tank and healers dying have anything to do with seeing the numbers.

[SalMag]

I meant it like they might have, I'm just throwing numbers here, 300k HP in 10%. You might think they're at low health while the fight could last for more than a minute still. I mean y'know there's no way of telling how much they have HP you use the LB and the boss doesn't even flinch.

My point was you'd know when to save it or use it etc, etc.

Hope it makes sense.

[SalMag]

@Jinko:

I play this on PC and have not found a way to do this in my year of playing FFXIV. But if there really is a way, do tell! Cuz I don't know how to do it.

[TurboSol]

(imitation old man voice)

son, back in my day, we didn't even see what % health was at, all we had was a health bar.... up hill both ways, through the snow

[Magis]

(imitation old man voice)

son, back in my day, we didn't even see what % health was at, all we had was a health bar.... up hill both ways, through the snow

Best were the WoW addon mods which tried to guess mob health by percentage change. You got ridiculous numbers like 231312 HP. But yeah, I don't see the point, they already give you a %.

[AlexionSkylark]

Again, I really don't see why that would be useful...

It'd only add to the min-maxers. Really not a positive thing.

[Tiggy]

The percentage meter the game already has is adequate enough for these purposes. Bosses in this game always transition at set times or set %'s. So % is plenty.