Small QoL Improvements

[LalafellDown]

[*]Enemy List Targets As a tank, knowing who's pulled a certain mob off me would be incredibly helpful.

I like this and if they maybe color coded it. For example the names of the adds would change color depending on how much aggro you have on them. So red would me most aggro and youllow half way but might loose the aggro and green/blue you have no aggro on the add.

Would be nice if it was all on the add itself and not off screen.

[Shurrikhan]

But why? What system level keybinds would you change only for certain jobs?

Why not? Many MMOs have some manner of "direct binding", where you can choose to bind an action rather than a matrix space (X button of Y hotbar). It's useful for keeping the most common binds in comfortable locations while having what you most need to track (but not necessarily hit often) in the most visible locations.

I'd go one further, though -- Retained Mod States option: held keys remain in the mod state they were first pressed in. Sounds obscure but it's literally the difference between having easy access to Shift/Alt/Ctrl QWEASD, all prime real estate, where you would otherwise have your movement cancelled mid-hold by hitting any of those mod keys. MMOs that allow for that can generally have many more skills than XIV without seeming to suffer from an overwhelming number of buttons, just because they still aren't spread any further or any more uncomfortably.

You can already accpmlish that. Just put the action in question on one of the static hotbars and hotkey that.

...That's literally the opposite of direct binding. That's "matrix-" or "space-" binding, as just described. And as every hotbar's binds, shared or job-specific, are mutually exclusive with one another, it would be incredibly limiting, where direct binding is not.

Direct Binding = mouse over the skill in Actions & Traits menu, right click or config command -> Bind, hit bind key. Now place it wherever you like and the hotkey is still shown as what you've bound it to. Where a conflict exists, you are thus informed and can either separate them by conditionals, e.g. "In combat", "Mounted", etc. or by rebounding the previous holder of that keybind. You can now move your bars about however you like for visual convenience without messing with muscle memory or even skip placing skills that you have no need to track on your hotbars without losing access to them. It's a simple enough system and while it might not significantly benefit that many people, it's nice enough to have.

[Brightamethyst]

Why not? Many MMOs have some manner of "direct binding", where you can choose to bind an action rather than a matrix space (X button of Y hotbar). It's useful for keeping the most common binds in comfortable locations while having what you most need to track (but not necessarily hit often) in the most visible locations.

You can already accpmlish that. Just put the action in question on one of the static hotbars and hotkey that.

[Boyzby]

Search function in Character Configuration

So many times, especially as a new player years ago, it took forever to find one specific setting I thought was in one section but was in another. It would absolutely amazing if we could have a search box at the top to find key words of a setting we're looking for.

[Dr_Cheesesteak]

I'd just like tooltips on class icons on ppl's profiles (and anywhere else applicable) and not having to click "Hand Over" twice when turning in quest items.

Dismounting when attacking would be amazing, too. But I've come to accept that'll likely never happen since they keep dreaming of mounted combat.

But for the love of god, the plz change the first two mentioned.

[Rongway]

Dismounting when attacking would be amazing, too. But I've come to accept that'll likely never happen since they keep dreaming of mounted combat.

Requiring explicit dismounting is a safety feature. Since you can't mount again once you're in combat, it's better to require you to tell the game "I mean to dismount now" before you attack. It's not about mounted combat.

[Dr_Cheesesteak]

Requiring explicit dismounting is a safety feature. Since you can't mount again once you're in combat, it's better to require you to tell the game "I mean to dismount now" before you attack. It's not about mounted combat.

But that would seem to be counter-intuitive to the point of attacking to dismount. We WANT to get into combat. Why would we want to mount up during combat if it was our intention to get into combat? Seems to sorta be an illogical and unnecessary failsafe.

Besides, wouldn't the "right clicking on a target" be us telling the game we want to dismount? It's just much more intuitive than having to press a shortcut on the kb or click something on the hotbar.

[Rongway]

But that would seem to be counter-intuitive to the point of attacking to dismount. We WANT to get into combat. Why would we want to mount up during combat if it was our intention to get into combat? Seems to sorta be an illogical and unnecessary failsafe.

Besides, wouldn't the "right clicking on a target" be us telling the game we want to dismount? It's just much more intuitive than having to press a shortcut on the kb or click something on the hotbar.

Someone could press an offensive action button unintentionally, dismount automatically, and then have to fight the thing they didn't mean to attack.

The current system requires you to actively indicate you would like to dismount and fight the thing.

[JarenCorax]

Just a few small QoL improvements:

• Separate UI Elements HP, MP, TP, Buffs, Debuffs, Target Status, Focus Castbar, and Target Castbar should all have separate UI elements that can be manipulated independently.
• Tab Target Have the target icons dictate tab target order, or give us the option to choose tab target priority method. Would also be great if icons set enemy list order!

I would love to see my parameter bar items displayed vertically, either one atop the other, or side by side. Setting the length/thickness of the bars would also be nice. I remember using an addon in a prior MMO that would put my health & mana in two big vertical arcs on my left, and my target's in two big arcs on the right. It made tracking these stats during combat effortless.

I would also be nice to have an option to show these bars only if below max, and have them be hidden otherwise.

For tab targeting and target icons, I wrote a macro to approximate what you are asking for.

[Dr_Cheesesteak]

Someone could press an offensive action button unintentionally, dismount automatically, and then have to fight the thing they didn't mean to attack.

The current system requires you to actively indicate you would like to dismount and fight the thing.

Again, is right-clicking on a target not actively indicating you want to dismount and fight the thing?

And if they can accidentally press an offensive action button, then they can just as well accidentally press the mount/dismount button.

There really is no reasonable justification behind this design choice. It makes 0 sense. I understand the goodwilled intention behind the mechanic, but it's greatly misplaced.