Some Little Suggestions

[Dzian]

got a few little things i think would make the UI work a little better.

Distance display:- an idea kinda ripped from the windower mod for ffxi. it would be nice to see how far away your chosen target is when engaging in combat casting spells and especially trying to combo on archer.

Z-Axis :- i typically find it incredibly annoying that a mob can be relatively close to me yet i can shoot or cast cos they are too far above or below me. i can kind of understand this if i'm at the top of a cliff and the mobs at the bottom but on a generic hill that is no obstacle at all it really does become frustrating.

Auto Stack inventory :- i find when i craft i can for example buy 2 stacks of an item. i go to craft something and then craft more using the recent recipes list as a lot of people do. but i tend to find at the end of my crafting session if i have say 20 items left they are nearly always split into 2 small stacks and the only way i currently know of to restack them is to dump them on a retainer and take them off again which is quite a chore to say the least. it would be great if they simply auto stacked into 1 stack.

horizontal lock:- not sure what this would really be called but i refer to occassions like where you die on an incline and your characters lies dead in a perfect horizontal angle.

Customize Action bar abilities :- really just a simple prefix that lets you designate a kind of stnpc tag on abilities. i notice that for mages its already present but i often think it'd be usefull if i could designate a stnpc on my arcs shadowbind.

target dead objects:- just kind of be nice if i'm casting firaga on 1 mob in a group of 12 and that one mob dies it wouldn't stop my cast from hitting the other 11 rather than simply cancel my cast alltogether.

think i'll leave it at that for now lol.

[Nakiamiie]

got a few little things i think would make the UI work a little better.

Distance display:- an idea kinda ripped from the windower mod for ffxi. it would be nice to see how far away your chosen target is when engaging in combat casting spells and especially trying to combo on archer.

That would be good to have, it would also help people get more familiar with how long is an actual malm and how far is 100 malms. It adds to immersion if we get to know the world more, haha.
As for the archer ability, it would help for combo, but I believe a unified coloured marking on the abilities when the requirement for combo is met should be more useful.

Z-Axis :- i typically find it incredibly annoying that a mob can be relatively close to me yet i can shoot or cast cos they are too far above or below me. i can kind of understand this if i'm at the top of a cliff and the mobs at the bottom but on a generic hill that is no obstacle at all it really does become frustrating.

Very annoying and it makes little sense. The only reason I believe it is in the game is for the same reason there is no truly flying monsters (only hovering over the ground), the devs did a very bad job at making this a 3D strategic game (aside from the graphics, everything in the mechanics are 2D).

Auto Stack inventory :- i find when i craft i can for example buy 2 stacks of an item. i go to craft something and then craft more using the recent recipes list as a lot of people do. but i tend to find at the end of my crafting session if i have say 20 items left they are nearly always split into 2 small stacks and the only way i currently know of to restack them is to dump them on a retainer and take them off again which is quite a chore to say the least. it would be great if they simply auto stacked into 1 stack.

A little option for that, next to sorting, would be nice. Especially since people are crying for inventory space.

horizontal lock:- not sure what this would really be called but i refer to occasions like where you die on an incline and your characters lies dead in a perfect horizontal angle.

It could be done, at the very least client side only.

Customize Action bar abilities :- really just a simple prefix that lets you designate a kind of stnpc tag on abilities. i notice that for mages its already present but i often think it'd be usefull if i could designate a stnpc on my arcs shadowbind.

Wouldn't that be annoying to click twice your target when you already picked the right one? Even for spells it is slightly annoying at times. My suggestion for you is to use a macro with <st> in it. Regular action click should be instant, macros for target confirmation/selection with <st>.

target dead objects:- just kind of be nice if i'm casting firaga on 1 mob in a group of 12 and that one mob dies it wouldn't stop my cast from hitting the other 11 rather than simply cancel my cast alltogether.

think i'll leave it at that for now lol.

Rather than stop casting or cast on a dead body, maybe it should automatically change to the closest (closest to the defeated monster) engaged target?

[Raldo]

the only way i currently know of to restack them is to dump them on a retainer and take them off again which is quite a chore to say the least. it would be great if they simply auto stacked into 1 stack.

I completely agree with everything you've said, I just wanted to point out that you can just put the item in your bazaar then take it out. Not an optimal solution, I know, but at least it doesn't require your retainer.

[ESAR]

target dead objects:- just kind of be nice if i'm casting firaga on 1 mob in a group of 12 and that one mob dies it wouldn't stop my cast from hitting the other 11 rather than simply cancel my cast alltogether.

having it switch to the next closest target could cause issues, rather, maybe it should continue to cast even though the target is dead, if you're still incurring enmity from another target.
(the enmity part is just so people don't complain that they are wasting MP on dead mobs, though i'm for it)