Aggro Icon

[Zorvan]

The icon is stupid.
I've not read a single post of someone who actually liked it.
End of the discussion.

Then you need to read again.

[Spencer]

This icon not only look dumb (etc, the ants in Copper Bell Mines), also took the fun out of the game.

[Shika]

There appears to be two very distinct groups of players- people that have solely/mostly only played FFXI and people that have played other MMORPGs either as well as or exclusive of FFXI.
As a FFXI player myself (and having personally not played any other MMORPG), who was used to the "way things worked" for the 5 years I played, it is sometimes difficult to distance my gaming experience of FFXIV from that of FFXI. The temptation (and probably human nature) is to compare it too much... I still do it now, and sometimes I have to force myself to take a step backwards.
My rambling point?
I think this is why those that have come only (or mainly) from FFXI are quite against having the aggro icon at all as they feel it makes the game too easy. I will admit, after not having this aggro icon feature in FFXI and having to get used to which mobs of which family aggro by what means, my first initial knee jerk reaction was that I didn't like it. Obviously people coming from other MMORPGs where there is a system like this in place will have the exact opposite reaction.

I can understand why they have put the feature in; do I like it? Not really. Would I ask them to remove it so that players "have to learn" about which mobs aggro? No, this is not FFXI. But, as with everyone else I hope that they either redesign and make the icon easier on the eye and smaller and/or allow the icon to be toggled on and off.

Last FFXI and FFXIV mob aggro comparison..... I personally would prefer to have a "Check" mob selection to see whether they are passive or aggressive, which would be less intrusive. I know it is not an instant visual feature, but if you are unsure of a mobs aggro range and behaviour are you really going to run straight up to it anyway?

[Darkrose]

I think someone already mention it, but the best way is just to add another icon next to the monster strength icon, which is already in the game right now when you target on a mob. Just need to change the icon to fit better in the game. Right now it a bit too cartoony for my taste.

[Rhianu]

if you are unsure of a mobs aggro range and behaviour are you really going to run straight up to it anyway?

Maybe not deliberately, but if I can see some kind of clear visual indication from far away, I'll be able to recognize aggressive monsters more easily, and will likely give them a wider berth than I would otherwise.

[Bharata_Senka]

I would be OK if the standard "Check" icon with the helmet was replaced with the "Star" symbol if the mob is aggressive. That way, they could still change the color to determine the strength of the mob. Cause right now, all I see is bright red, and I think Tough! If the icon was changed to the coincide with the check icon, you would see a blue star for an aggressive weak mob, a yellow star for an aggressive DC Mob, so on.

Anyone else like this idea?

*edit - when I posted this, didn't realize there were already 11 pages of replies, lol. So now I see that some others have had this idea as well.

[Payadopa]

I'm for removing it to be honest. It again takes away from the adventure one should feel when traveling Eorzea.

[Astral]

I think it's nice to have an agro icon, it may not be needed for veteran players but its nice for new players, and for future reference we know what will agro straight away rather than running up to a monster and finding out the hard way. It does look a bit much though, maybe adjust the size of the icon, or add it in to the '/check' window next to monster difficulty, and have it only display the agro icon if the monster is high enough to agro your current level.

[Archadius]

Colour-coding would work well for this. That starburst is not a very good way of handling the situation. In addition, I think a toggle feature would be nice too.

[Lancerz]

I think the icon is just ridiculous, I mean come on most of the FFXIV players came from FFXI. We aren't in Pre-K.