Chat Bubbles

[Allegor]

It'd be nice if it were something you could toggle on/off. I do miss chat bubbles, and sometimes, or rather, anywhere outside cities, it's easy to miss when an emote/npc speech/game notification/whatever else pops up and forces it out of the screen *looking at you, alliance raid loot*



PS: I've been playing WoW since TBC and was today years old when I found out you can turn them off

[Fawkes]

This has come up a lot since forever. The answer has always been no.

No plans for chat bubbles for player characters.

こんばんは。
Good evening,

吹き出しに関するフィードバックありがとうございます。
Thanks for your feedbacks in regards to chat bubbles.

自分は吹き出しに関しては、表示したくない理由が、
あれって、看板みたいな不透明な板に文字を並べて表示するじゃないですか。
それだけ、景色が板で隠されてしまうんですよね。
For me the reason I don't want to have chat bubble display is because they are like billboards. You got a flat board with message in it. By doing that it hides the background.

上記ご意見にもありますが、プレイヤーキャラクターから吹き出しが沢山表示されてしまうと、
画面が見辛くなってしまう可能性があります。
そのため、現時点ではプレイヤーキャラクターの発言に吹き出しを表示する予定はありません。
Above comment is one, also if there are many players talking in chat bubbles it's possible that the screen will be very hard to view.
For that reason, currently we have no plans for displaying player character messages in chat bubbles

[SniperCT]

I can understand why they think that though I disagree that that's a problem. But like, that response is literally 7 and a half years old. Decisions can change over time. Never take anything said that long ago as gospel.

[Imora]

I hate them and they'd be the first thing I turn off.

I also hated fights in wow where the raid boss addon would have your character announce critical information, so you'd be required to turn them on.

They block my view. I need to see what's going on, not what someone is saying.

[SniperCT]

I hate them and they'd be the first thing I turn off.

I also hated fights in wow where the raid boss addon would have your character announce critical information, so you'd be required to turn them on.

They block my view. I need to see what's going on, not what someone is saying.

Thats why they should be an options, so everyone wins.

actually as long as minimum PC spec requirements are a thing, it's actually that that's holding some things back. Not the PS4.

Definitely not chat bubbles. Chat bubbles were in wow at launch, Lotro, ESO, GW2, the list goes on. There's no PC that runs FF14 that would be that low in spec requirements.

Also the thing about minimum PC specs is they don't hold back as much as you think (like how PS3 held things back). Since you can simply...disable those features on a lower spec PC. (heck, games with high res texture packs don't even install those textures on low spec pcs)

[Effeth]

Would like it as an option as well.

[Warlyx]

chat bubbles are nice , so u dont have to stare at chat box , and is better for harder content if some 1 call for a mehcanic or something u see the bubble pop

[Sotaris]

You can use plugin for it. XIVlauncher includes it. Very easy to use and setup. Graphical UI

Encourage using a 3rd party application on the official forums :')