The new concept screenshot is a real-time in-game render!

[Kostya]

For those who don't want a moddable ui and say it'll add clutter and here look at the worst wow UI I've found ever that uses the default hotbars and map and 3 mods that haven't been resized or anything... look at this: http://www.wowuigallery.com/topic/tukui-v10

Addons don't necessarily mean clutter.

And maybe I just haven't looked at the screenshot hard enough but I see NO change in art style and it still looks pretty damn realistic. I want to know where this "it looks like a downgrade I don't like the style" is coming from.

I think that screenshot looks amazing and I'm excited.

[lenn1]

The beauty of add-ons is that no matter how much SE changes the UI someone can make a mod to look like our current UI so nothing changes for you. And about the clutter UI, Why do people always assume they will do the worst given the option to do so? Sounds to me like this is just complaining for the sake of complaining.

[Crevox]

To all the people saying the second action bar is the Chocobo's action bar...

It isn't. It has gladiator skills, War Drum, Cure, and Raise on it. You can see this clearly if you zoom in on the higher resolution version of the screenshot.

[Akumu]

I have to say I am glad Yoshi-P is running things now because the new art direction is much better to me(not that the current one is hideous or anything).

[Yellow]

I hope add ons don't become necessary like WoW..

I quit WoW because it was too mechanical and boring.

ANYWAY

I love the screenshot It looks amazing!

[Len]

I hope add ons don't become necessary like WoW..

I quit WoW because it was too mechanical and boring.

ANYWAY

I love the screenshot It looks amazing!

UI add-ons are only available to PC users, so they would never become completely necessary.

[Zumi]

Nah it looks nothing like WoW. Thats my WoW UI below, although I have stuff hidden like my recount (damage meter), and omen (threat meter).

http://i.imgur.com/wWJTN.jpg

Anyway in most games there really not to many required addons. To play WoW you really only need deadly boss mods if you do raids and thats about it.

If anything the FFXIV UI looks a lot more advanced then WoWs.

[ellohwell]

People play hardcore servers in CoD without minimap etc because less information allows for native skill and intuition to stand out more.

Sometimes the UI becomes a cushion and a crutch for players without skill, and puts them on an elevator to perfection without actually getting there on their own merits.

The game shouldn't just be a level grind. It should be a skill-grind instead. Practice makes perfect.

They need to be careful about how much information they give players and also how much skill-related stuff they decide to automate. Automating the entire combat system might be more convenient, but there is clearly a point at which the player behind the user interface is no longer even relevant.

[Venat]

Seems kinda more concept then actual game.
Screen looks very cludered with options.

Ingame stuff seems overdone to be made more for the photo then for the game.

Few things I dislike about the photo is attack number "font" display.

[Jennestia]

Seems kinda more concept then actual game.
Screen looks very cludered with options.

Ingame stuff seems overdone to be made more for the photo then for the game.

Few things I dislike about the photo is attack number "font" display.

The interface is the more concept look you're thinking of, the rest though you could tell is real time rendered, especially if you compare how the Chimera model looks. If you load up models in a view (from any engine) they don't look as good compared to if you were to look at it in game with all shaders and etc applied.