Stop the WoWificaton (ui mods)

[Vahlnir]

You just fail to deliver any arguments that doesm't get shot down by a 3 year old. No wonder you are frustrated and feel like I have a superiority complex. Jesus.

I'm not the one who is frustrated here. That's probably because I'm not the one who's having everything they say shot down within minutes of posting, but you have fun projecting and lashing out. You'll tire yourself out eventually. I'll sit and wait it out.

[MintnHoney]

So how about them UI mods? I still feel that anyone who uses them is rolling the dice with their account. That's basically what the devs have said.

The allure of customizability is undeniable. I look at it as kind of a good thing that XIV can be so customizable, because it means there's room for accessibility.
And anyway, since the only real issue is the possibility of harassment, as long as we are diligent and report those who are abusing these mods and harassing others for it, like we should be doing regardless, there really shouldn't be a problem if Jackie Smackie in Balmung has his menus pink with gold text and a sidebar that reminds him to "think thin!" as he plays, or whatever other cool new UI bits and bobs are being released lately.

[MilkieTea]

Contrary to popular belief, it's not always that guy. Not getting TitanMen vibes from this one, personally. Kinda wish it was though. Never thought I'd say that. This guy is just insufferable. At least with TitanMen we can react with "Oh, you!" and move on with our day. Some people just have really bad takes and a superiority complex.

This 100%. TitanMen makes me laugh when I have the Scooby-doo realization, this is just… sad.

[Caurcas]

Smh, yall arguing about weird stuff when what we should discussing is parsers being greenlit.

[RitsukoSonoda]

Smh, yall arguing about weird stuff when what we should discussing is parsers being greenlit.

Nah make parsers illegal. force ppl to actually do the math themselves :P

[Lily_Skye]

WoW players be like "yooo this gameplay is lit!"

[Vahlnir]

The allure of customizability is undeniable. I look at it as kind of a good thing that XIV can be so customizable, because it means there's room for accessibility.
And anyway, since the only real issue is the possibility of harassment, as long as we are diligent and report those who are abusing these mods and harassing others for it, like we should be doing regardless, there really shouldn't be a problem if Jackie Smackie in Balmung has his menus pink with gold text and a sidebar that reminds him to "think thin!" as he plays, or whatever other cool new UI bits and bobs are being released lately.

Oh, I know. And personally I'd love to have more UI customization options. Just not at the expense of potentially having my account banned.

WoW players be like "yooo this gameplay is lit!"

I've used the basic UI in WoW for about 12 years now. I tried using all the fancy UIs them raiders use off and on, but I like a more simplistic UI. This is like having all the spell effects for everyone visible in a 24 man raid. Lots of pretty colors, but where's the dang boss?

[RitsukoSonoda]

I've used the basic UI for about 12 years now. I tried using all the fancy UIs them raiders use off and on, but I like a more simplistic UI. This is like having all the spell effects for everyone visible in a 24 man raid. Lots of pretty colors, but where's the dang boss?

Train your eyes by doing Eureka and Bozja fate bosses with all effects turned on in a full instance. :P lol

Or whatever the next superfate boss will be in Endwalker. Those had a whole lot of bright sparkly flashy lights too when I did them because I've always had all the effects turned on since 1.0.

[Lily_Skye]

Oh, I know. And personally I'd love to have more UI customization options. Just not at the expense of potentially having my account banned.



I've used the basic UI in WoW for about 12 years now. I tried using all the fancy UIs them raiders use off and on, but I like a more simplistic UI. This is like having all the spell effects for everyone visible in a 24 man raid. Lots of pretty colors, but where's the dang boss?

I kinda miss my elvui it was pretty clean (I should have disabled the right chat box though)

[OMEGAlomania]

WoW players be like "yooo this gameplay is lit!"

LMAO
Pictures like this are why i'm glad there's no built in UI mod support, for sure. In WOW you're EXPECTED to download addons to make your experience tolerable. I remember trying it myself (not any time recently) and absolutely hating how archaic the whole thing felt... only to be given a list of 10+ community made addons I needed to make it good. And of course it made it look very "graphic design is my passion" and difficult to see what was actually happening.

Contrast that with the system we have in XIV and I think it's night and day. They have expressed, many times, the reasons we don't have DPS meters. The UI having to conform to certain limits forces SE to display all of the information we need as cleanly and easy to understand as possible. And I didn't need to rely on 4DAHORDE720 for a good party list or hotbars. + I like that everyone (without using unendorsed 3rd party programs) is working with the same set of tools. Though more built in customisation for the sake of accessability would always be welcome.