Update on Future UI Changes.

[Rukkirii]

Bump for UI changes!


In the current version of the game, the action bar and macro palette are independent from each other; however, in A Realm Reborn both the action bar and macro palette will be unified as a hot bar.

It will be possible to set actions, user macros, emotes, and other things and execute them by clicking on the hot bar. We are also planning to have a large amount of slots available for you to play with!

Sounds good, huh?

[PSxpert2011]

This whole "UI improvements" seems like a waste of RPG game potential when all I need to know is the obvious.

I'm sorry Am a FFxi Vet (sinse 2004)and most of this intel on screen is situational but not worth the time when your suppose to focus on the action. I'll be checking all this garbage 'off' when I finally log into 2.0, the fun for me in discovering the new world(and NOT afraid of getting lost).

How are we going to play through a full HUB with all these distractions of numbers, colors and meters when we need to type, run, click and every other thing we're having a challenge doing on our own already?
I can see the same as:
driving in fast/heavy traffic and you know other drivers could easily be distracted by either cell-phone or GPSs. It's already hard enough to discern who knows what their doing.


I really feel these UI friendly functions are upgrades to a player base but a downgrade to Final Fantasy quality and skillful community.
What would really improve this game is to know if SE is planning to extend our display/ HUB value!

[Ingolf]

This whole "UI improvements" seems like a waste of RPG game potential when all I need to know is the obvious.

I'm sorry Am a FFxi Vet (sinse 2004)and most of this intel on screen is situational but not worth the time when your suppose to focus on the action. I'll be checking all this garbage 'off' when I finally log into 2.0, the fun for me in discovering the new world(and NOT afraid of getting lost).

How are we going to play through a full HUB with all these distractions of numbers, colors and meters when we need to type, run, click and every other thing we're having a challenge doing on our own already?
I can see the same as:
driving in fast/heavy traffic and you know other drivers could easily be distracted by either cell-phone or GPSs. It's already hard enough to discern who knows what their doing.


I really feel these UI friendly functions are upgrades to a player base but a downgrade to Final Fantasy quality and skillful community.
What would really improve this game is to know if SE is planning to extend our display/ HUB value!

The more information you have, the better player you become.

[Jennestia]

The more information you have, the better player you become.

We all know how to get rich quickly but that doesn't mean squat in execution :P In WoW there's still plenty of bad players with pretty much everything laid out for you.

[Ingolf]

We all know how to get rich quickly but that doesn't mean squat in execution :P In WoW there's still plenty of bad players with pretty much everything laid out for you.

I never said anything about good or bad players.

It's all about having everything you need visible, and learning from it. Turning these things off only promotes mistakes and sloppy actions, therefore limiting your potential.

[PSxpert2011]

well you'll still use the same shortcuts, just the bars are all visible at the same time. works for me lol

That cool and all but I can deal with the option to make it appear and disappear when I'm not using it.

[Nikita]

That cool and all but I can deal with the option to make it appear and disappear when I'm not using it.

If they don't give you the option in the stock UI I am sure that someone will make an addon that will do that for you.



In fact, If the addons are like "that other MMO", players will be free to go as far as making their UI look exactly like FFXI.... if... they really wanted to... xD

[Allistar]

Bump for UI changes!


In the current version of the game, the action bar and macro palette are independent from each other; however, in A Realm Reborn both the action bar and macro palette will be unified as a hot bar.

It will be possible to set actions, user macros, emotes, and other things and execute them by clicking on the hot bar. We are also planning to have a large amount of slots available for you to play with!

Sounds good, huh?

Any word on a text based menu UI and a macro system like XI for someone like me who really dosen't care much for the action bar???

[Ricky]

Bump for UI changes!


In the current version of the game, the action bar and macro palette are independent from each other; however, in A Realm Reborn both the action bar and macro palette will be unified as a hot bar.

It will be possible to set actions, user macros, emotes, and other things and execute them by clicking on the hot bar. We are also planning to have a large amount of slots available for you to play with!

Sounds good, huh?

yep, sounds good, I don't really mind hitting alt or ctrl to bring up the macro menu but if we can remove one extra keystroke then why not
Will be nice

[Kiara]

Bump for UI changes!


In the current version of the game, the action bar and macro palette are independent from each other; however, in A Realm Reborn both the action bar and macro palette will be unified as a hot bar.

It will be possible to set actions, user macros, emotes, and other things and execute them by clicking on the hot bar. We are also planning to have a large amount of slots available for you to play with!

Sounds good, huh?

Hi Rukkirii,

Thanks for the update.

If you could pass along some feedback to Yoshida-san and the Dev Team regarding this UI change:

• As a Keyboard-Only user, I hope they consider a fast method to access Macros vs. your Action Bar Abilities with a Keyboard Only for this change:
  
  Right now, I can hit any number (e.g., "1" or "5" etc.) and directly use an Action on the Action Bar, *and* I can quickly hold "CONTROL" or "ALT" key + any number and very quickly fire off a Cure Macro or whatever is needed in battle.
  
  I fear that if we combine Action Bar and Macro Bars together... we'd get, say, 5 - 10 ROWS of Slots to use, but to get the equivalent of what I described above in 2.0, I would have to then:
  
  Hit a number key for whatever Action / Weaponskill I need, then press UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW (presumably to move the active Action Bar) until I got the right ROW of buttons I needed with my Macro on it, and then hit the corresponding Number on the keyboard.

This is much slower than just hitting, say, "7" on your keyboard, and then quickly holding "CONTROL +7" to fire off a Macro on the Macro bar and get back to your Action Bar.


Not all PC players use Mouse; some use Keyboard Only, so I hope the UI / HUD Team takes this into consideration when they're redesigning 2.0's UI!


Thank you!