Reverting Title Screens?

[Riardon]

I would also prefer the desktop icon of the game to be the one from the SB benchmark (the red-black one which has a flatter design) by default.
The ability to change the log in screen to any of the older ones would be very nice.
And as we are at it an option to cycle between them randomly at every start up.
There is a strong feeling of nostalgia for older log in screens in all MMORPGs I've played which change them at every large update.

[alimdia]

HW > ARR > SB for me as well, the long wind up before the FF prelude makes me dislike SB, we're more likely to press start long before hearing the prelude. Also wish there was a way to completely disable the expansion CGI if you don't press start fast enough, it's way too loud.

[Corue]

I'm sad that this isn't a thing.

Nothing can beat the original Prelude in my opinion.

[89eru]

I'd like that feature too. I never got to see the heavensward logo either!

[WilhelmWhite]

Well, you could always deliberately not install the expansions at first and just have the base ARR installed, in which case it would revert to the default ARR title screen.

What? I literally have no idea what you mean by this.. You can't uninstall expansion packs from MMOs, nor would anyone do so just to revert a title screen. People who don't have SB/HW installed aren't reverting back to anything.... it's simply what they still have.

[LeoLupinos]

The music from HW was really epic, I would like to choose.

[Enkidoh]

What? I literally have no idea what you mean by this.. You can't uninstall expansion packs from MMOs, nor would anyone do so just to revert a title screen. People who don't have SB/HW installed aren't reverting back to anything.... it's simply what they still have.

I mean when you install the game (such as on a new PC or if you have to wipe your hard drive and reinstall the game from scratch), just install the base game and not the expansions (of course, this is only possible if you were like me and have been playing the game since version 1.0 and have the game and expansions as separate copies that have to be installed individually - you also have to turn off the function in the launcher's Config that automatically downloads any expansion packs you've purchased and registered as part of the patching process). Also I have no idea how the PS4 handles expansion data and updates (I only have the PC version) so I don't know if that would work with the PS4 version.

As long as the expansion data is not installed (or just the expansion data for Heavensward and not Stormblodd) it will revert the title screen to the default ARR one (or alternatively HW's one if there is just HW data). You can also tell if this will be the case when logging in as after logging in on the launcher, the FFXIV logo will change to either ARR's logo or HW's logo instead of SB's.

So I do admit it is tricky and only possible if you have the base game and expansion packs as separate copies, but it is possible to do. Of course one may think this is probably more trouble than it's worth just to see the ARR/HW title screen and the earlier versions of Prelude, so maybe being able to revert the title screen to an earlier version in Config is not such a bad idea after all.

[einschwartz]

This is a great suggestion! I'd love to pick and switch around different title screens.

Also wish there was a way to completely disable the expansion CGI if you don't press start fast enough, it's way too loud.

THIS. SO MUCH.

[Iscah]

In a similar vein to this.... I am really looking forward to getting a new PS4 "game loading" screen instead of the extreme closeup shot of Lyse and Generic Midlander that looks like I'm playing some super-detailed-graphics fighting game and not an RPG.

I started *just* before Stormblood came out and remember it was initially a logo picture for Heavensward; also when I was installing the full game from disc I briefly got this image which looked amazing.

[WilhelmWhite]

In a similar vein to this.... I am really looking forward to getting a new PS4 "game loading" screen instead of the extreme closeup shot of Lyse and Generic Midlander that looks like I'm playing some super-detailed-graphics fighting game and not an RPG.

I started *just* before Stormblood came out and remember it was initially a logo picture for Heavensward; also when I was installing the full game from disc I briefly got this image which looked amazing.

That does look amazing! :O. I've never seen that artwork until now.