Option to Remove the Circle Image on Skill CD

[Riki_Namu]

Ya this change has me confused.

The circle is obnoxious and strains my eyes actually as they are drawn to it constantly.

The numbers in the bottom left are too small. They should have made the numbers bigger and put them in the center of the icon, with the option to remove the circle.

[Grayve]

I did not like the circles at first, but now after a bit of practice I got used to them. I would prefer the numbers to be larger, however. Seems its a PS3 memory issue, though.

[Bebekurenai]

I honestly don't understand how this got a fix but this is completely ignored amongst the graphic issues:

[Defias]

I agree...on that these features (like the new ouchie zones/red zones of doom).
Why not make them an option or give players the ability to set their own colors.
Destiny for example added in colorblind modes (of the few Good things Bungie ever did.) And it's awesome.
FFXIV could benefit from colorblind modes and say UI features for the visually impaired.

Edit:
The circle does NOT bother me. But I will never say no to having "options".
I completely missed the Dev post.
Well...an official response said making it an "option" is not impossible. So that's good enough for me.
In time it'll be addressed.

[bloodSp3c]

AGREED!!

just put the number from the tooltip icon onto the hotbar icon and get rid of that stupid circle crap = problem solved.
how hard can that be! the number is already there, just move it.

oh come on remove the circle and put the CD timer in the middle instead.... i beg u!



just using "that" game because more players know about it....but the CD timer on the middle has been a thing for what? 12 years?

some1 asked 2 years ago this on reddit..........the answer was : U CANT



now we have numbers....and are so small that u can barely see ....plus a circle moving that distract u from this cooldown timers...

im sad , the patch is awesome and im enjoying the game , but come on why everything needs to be so complicated or cumbersome in this game ?

[Tisharu]

Why doesn't SE implement Add-Ons to this game yet? It have been promised since A Realm Reborn. So as of right now, whatever changed we have to stick to it. With Add-Ons it will please every user and let them customize how their UI want to be.

Every large MMO already have it like WoW, Rift, etc.

[Mycow8me]

Too much motion and bright white on my hotbar now as drg. Its a bit harder to focus in fast paced raiding.

For something as important as this, you should have multiple options. It can literally affect gameplay. Were not talking about how pretty it is anymore, were talking about how distracting and focus disrupting it may be.

[Morzy]

Ive gotten use to it. I like it. Its just a simple glance and thought of "do i see white circle still?" And thats that.

[tymora]

I agree on the numbers on the CD...."KISS" design
Why waste time and effort thinking so much when it can be resolved in a more straightforward way?

[Ziger]

I'm not an expert on statistics, but I'm pretty sure you can't expand a finding like, "90% of our internal team approved it, so 1,000 out of 10,000 players won't like it" because not everyone had a chance to be "picked" to test it. That would be like asking only Republicans who they will vote for in an election, Democrat or Republican, and shocked to find that most are going to vote Republican.

It seems far too much time/effort went into the issue that could have been fixed with a simple adjustment: putting a CD timer on the ability like people have shown. It's almost like, "Man, I got a flat tire. Better replace the car."