Small QoL Improvements

[Luxpheras]

Hello, adventurers!

Luxpheras here with a couple updates for QoL improvements planned for implementation with Patch 3.4: Soul Surrender!

Improving the Combat Log
We're planning to implement a feature where players can mouse-over their battle logs to view the details of a buff / debuff they have received during a fight.

For example, say a player uses Rampart, "You gain the effect of Rampart" will be displayed in their battle log, and by hovering over the text "Rampart", the description of that buff will be displayed above the chat window as a tool tip like "Rampart - Damage taken is reduced".

This goes for debuffs as well. When a player receives the "Staggered" status for example, hovering over the "Staggered" in the battle log will display the description of that debuff: "Staggered - Unable to execute actions."

With this feature, players can go back and check their log to see how these buffs & debuffs may have impacted their group's performance in an instance, providing an additional tool for strategic efforts. I'm sure this will prove particularly useful during raids and extreme trials!

New Party Member Notifications
Have you ever found yourself taking screenshots or /mdancing in Idyllshire while waiting on a Party Finder group to fill, only to find that new members have joined while your focus was elsewhere? We plan to implement a way for parties to be notified when a new member joins to avoid any future confusion... or embarrassment

[Kurogaea]

good stuff

Could you also find a way to implement mid-dungeon Party-Finding and allow savage modes to be ran in Duty Finder?

[KariArisu]

Could you also find a way to implement mid-dungeon Party-Finding and allow savage modes to be ran in Duty Finder?

Savage is in Raid Finder, basically the same thing with a bunch of unnecessary options.

[Kurogaea]

Savage is in Raid Finder, basically the same thing with a bunch of unnecessary options.

Raid Finder locks savage modes before others are completed. So if I wanted to practice for my group that wants to run the latest savage mode with me, I have to run it only with them and I wouldn't get any practice before hand in DF or RF. So again, can you remove the locks from all savage modes?

[gothikka]

Savage is in Raid Finder, basically the same thing with a bunch of unnecessary options.

Speaking of the Raid Finder, it's a shame that it seems like almost no one uses it (at least on Hyperion) I've queued in it before quite a few times, and not once did it actually pop for me.

[Khalithar]

QoL improvement? Still waiting for the "character still logged in" error to be fixed. We need to be able to immediately log back in if we're disconnected, having to wait is really irritating.

[Eorzean_username]

Add the current Return location to the Teleport menu's History and Favorites tabs, add an icon to indicate that a location in the Teleport list is your Return point, and allow Return to be used from the Teleport menu.

Teleport Menu is basically the one-stop shop for all world travel needs, and having Return stuck off the side as its own totally-separate thing is logistically awkward when it is basically just "Free Teleport with a Cooldown".

[Eorzean_username]

Allow /alliance to automatically become /party when in a Light Party or Full Party, or at least still display (rather than just giving an error).

Currently, there are some announcement macros that I want everyone in the instance to be able to see. If I use /a, it gives an error in Light/Full Party. If I use /p, it only displays to 1/3rd of the raid in 24-player content. And if I use /a and /p, it gives double-spam to my personal Alliance in 24-player content.

It would be cleaner if /a just became /p when the content is Light/Full, or if /a just always worked (even in Light/Full instances).

Oddly, it already does this in Frontlines: macros with announcements written in /a still work in 24-player Frontline (despite having only one allied Full Party).

[Luxpheras]

Hello again!

A wandering Tiny Tapir has stopped by the thread to provide more updates on QoL adjustments coming our way.


Planned for Patch 3.4

• Multiple Time Display
  We're planning to add a feature which would allow displaying Local Time, Eorzea Time and Server Time simultaneously.
  This feature will be implemented for the Windows, PlayStation®4, and Mac versions.
  
  
• Doze Emote
  Players will be able to use the doze emote on beds inside the inn. We're also planning to add few beach chairs in Costa Del Sol, so you'll be able to sleep on those as well!
  
  
  
  
• Group Pose
  I'm sure everyone here is up to date and following our Dev. Blog, right? If not, the group pose feature is getting a big update, and players will be able to do quite a few things with their screenshots! For more details, be sure to check them out here!
  
  
• Mentor Icon Size in Chat
  We've received reports that the mentor display icons in chat do not properly scale to the font size when players select sizes other than the default settings. We're going to adjust this so that the icon size will change depending on the font size used in the chat.

Future Possibilities

• Duty Completion Status
  We're going to see if it would be possible to make it visually easier to see which dungeons players have completed from the Duty Finder. This would help out those who may unlock multiple dungeons or trials at once, and see which ones they have/haven't completed.

[S-r-ex]

Multiple Time Display
We're planning to add a feature which would allow displaying Local Time, Eorzea Time and Server Time simultaneously.
This feature will be implemented for the Windows, PlayStation®4, and Mac versions.

Could you also add 24h time option to the English localization somewhere down the line?