Thread: All the little FFXIV annoyances, what are yours?

most of these annoyances also apply to single player story "mini instances".


Not being allowed to change jobs inside dungeons. Another seemingly pointless restriction. I've had my share of groups where a tank has ditched, and I could easily have swapped roles and kept us going - but no, can't have that for whatever reason. There's already a 2+ minute CD on all abilities after class changing in the field, I don't see how there's any exploit here.


Not being able to change gear/open certain menus with AH or Merchant or other windows open. Sure it's a minor annoyance, but it's still an annoyance. Particularly when looking for dyes, keep having to exit out of everything to open the dye menu to find what the actual color is of certain color names. Again, not sure why this restriction exists. If I want 20 (hyperbole) different menus open while standing at a merchant or market board... well that doesn't really harm anything.



I said I wasn't going to talk about gil sellers but, I will question why I can't mass-deny friend requests. I've got at least 20 of them right now, all gilsellers. Of course a better more universal solution to the actual problem would be better, but at least this minor change could treat a symptom.


Level Sync, the idea is a great one and helps keep content somewhat relevant. That said, i really really wish it did not lock out abilities. Low levels are tedious, partly because you have very few things you can actually do. My monk spent 20+ levels essentially hitting 1 > 2 > 3 in that order over and over again. It would be nice if we could keep access to everything we learn, just have their values lowered like everything else is. Yes you'd be a bit stronger than intended, but it'd also be a hell of a lot more fun and I imagine it wouldn't be to much different than having properly itemized gear - even if those stats are lowered its still blows anything you "should" have at lower levels out of the water. Plus it would be nice having the option to practice new ability rotations even if roulette decides to put you in Satasha.



Dragoon has no wyvern. Yes the wyvern sucked. Yes Squenix's inability to balance pet classes is why Dragoon sucked for so long. I don't care, I want my cute flying lizard back dangit.



Finally. less an annoyance and more just a wish. Namely the party co-ordination and co-operation of FFXI's Skill Chains. Few things were as satisfying as lining up a Freeze Magic Burst perfectly with a group of people you just met. XIV's "Limit Break" system feels so passive and just meh in comparison. It's actually just part of my general dissapointment in how much less depth XIV has. It would have been awesome if XIV's classes could play off eachother in some similar way.

When I decline a friend request I want it to actually decline the friend request, not put it on hold. Grinds my gears.