Option to Remove the Circle Image on Skill CD

[Mykll]

I'll give up idle camera, autoattack marker and group pose to free up memory for this.

Yeah who exactly needed that auto-attack marker? Is the enemy in combat? What extremely rare circumstances do we need to know that an enemy fighting us is currently NOT auto-attacking?

Who exactly needed the extra clutter of "Market Prohibited" on the bottom of item specs, when up top we already have UNTRADABLE"? 100% of Untradable items should be Market Prohibited. And if you can trade it, you should be able to market it. otherwise, individual items need to be updated.

Yeah seems like some wasted memory by the way they programmed the UI and things added we don't really need or ever asked for.

You can revert back to the old hotbar cool down timer graphic by simply unchecking the following...

That only changes the little number counting down, not the circles.

[Rowyne]

Who exactly needed the extra clutter of "Market Prohibited" on the bottom of item specs, when up top we already have UNTRADABLE"? 100% of Untradable items should be Market Prohibited. And if you can trade it, you should be able to market it. otherwise, individual items need to be updated.

^I can't like this enough! When I read the prelim patch notes, I definitely had WTF-face. Is 'Untradeable' not enough clarification that it can't be sold on the market board? Please, make sure my coffee lid says, "Caution, contents HOT"!

[Bebekurenai]

Yeah who exactly needed that auto-attack marker? Is the enemy in combat? What extremely rare circumstances do we need to know that an enemy fighting us is currently NOT auto-attacking?

Actually, that new autoattack marker is for when WE are engaged. Not like we already have a big circle marker on the target to tell us we are autoattacking... And to make things less useful, one would think this new addition works when soft-targetting other monsters, but nope. So it's just a dupicated marking which is occupying a memory slot they could use for what they say they can't o_O

Edit:
I've tested it today cause I was curious if it really was something useless or if I misunderstood it. I was doing the level 15 archer quest on my alt kitty (where you have to fight a load of ixali together with that elf npc in north shroud) and I had a bunch of them hitting me. It only marked the one I was hitting with that marker, the rest had none. And yes, all of them were autoattacking me.

[Mykll]

I've tested it today cause I was curious if it really was something useless or if I misunderstood it. I was doing the level 15 archer quest on my alt kitty (where you have to fight a load of ixali together with that elf npc in north shroud) and I had a bunch of them hitting me. It only marked the one I was hitting with that marker, the rest had none. And yes, all of them were autoattacking me.

Well, ok. That is a little different. But, eh, still seems duplicated especially if you are in range and are able to auto-attack (unlike the BRD and MCH stances which don't auto-attack). Next time I am out I am going to have to get on one of those jobs, turn on the stance, and see if it changes that little indicator.

But aside from that, if you are in range (be it melee or BRD/MCH) and are in a stance that allows auto-attack, I don't see the situational times you need to know that. Yeah there are times when you tab through targets and you do not want to auto-attack the wrong one (non-aggroed group behind what you are fighting, something that is rooted, or asleep) but by the time you tab to those targets, the auto-attack already did its thing. And yeah I wish they would properly fix tab targeting.

So while that is interesting testing, and nice clarification, and I may do more later on, I am still failing to see why they gave very strict resources to this seemingly useless UI piece.

[Bebekurenai]

Well, ok. That is a little different. But, eh, still seems duplicated especially if you are in range and are able to auto-attack (unlike the BRD and MCH stances which don't auto-attack). Next time I am out I am going to have to get on one of those jobs, turn on the stance, and see if it changes that little indicator.

But aside from that, if you are in range (be it melee or BRD/MCH) and are in a stance that allows auto-attack, I don't see the situational times you need to know that. Yeah there are times when you tab through targets and you do not want to auto-attack the wrong one (non-aggroed group behind what you are fighting, something that is rooted, or asleep) but by the time you tab to those targets, the auto-attack already did its thing. And yeah I wish they would properly fix tab targeting.

So while that is interesting testing, and nice clarification, and I may do more later on, I am still failing to see why they gave very strict resources to this seemingly useless UI piece.

Yeah exactly, why add something that we already have (which coincidentally already worked better anyways and didn't need a "fix") and clutter the target bar even more? And then they give excuses on how they cant implement what we ask for cause the ui memory is already full.

[WhiteWings]

Main reason why people find it distracting is because it's new and unfamiliar. Like the first time you see a white mage cast holy, RIP eyeballs.

I can get behind toning down the circles a little by fading them further. But it upsets me to see the overeaction towards something that will very likely feel like a natural upgrade if you give it a chance. Like some are saying this new method allows you to scan the status of long cooldown skills with a glance or from your peripheral vision.

And if you think the general opinion is that this new feature is bad just by reading this thread keep in mind that people against something are always the most vocal. If you think my opinion is harsh consider it the coinflip to those who say "It's bad! Burn it".

Edit: I can get behind what Reinha is showing. Though it seems centering the numbers is a no go, but maybe increasing the current fontsize would be ok. Still, I find the current change better than nothing.

[Shiin]

I like new circle animations. Made much easier to keep track of ready to use skills.
WHM and SHC from my FC like them too..

[Toguro]

+1 for hope...

[MrTherm]

Judging by this thread, it doesnt seem that 90% of players enjoy this.

[FallenArisen0990]

Judging by this thread, it doesnt seem that 90% of players enjoy this.

There's always threads about something new added to the game. Look at when TP bar was added... It's best to let people get it out of their systems and vent now.