Things that FF14 needs to improve upon

[Jin-]

Right click targeting should not exist on mobs and players, atleast not by default without any way to turn it off. It doesn't make any sense. Also right click move dialogue and so on, same stupid design. Especially annoying in group content when you turn camera, you use right click and it selects friendly player -.- . Then tab targeting madness back to the correct enemy

[Izar_Chillen]

To start with, they need to at least catch up with modders in regard to basic QoL:[/LIST]

Big time




Currently we can because they dont


Add:

The ability to hide map/mini map icons of your choosing

The ability to shows your personal debuffs and their time counters on your target enemy list, target and faceplate/hp bar

The ability to make your debuffs on the target hp bar larger than others so its easier to see

The ability to auto attack your target when non selected actually work

The ability to auto dismount when using an action

The ability to move the individual bars on the parameter bar HP/Mana and the HP/Mana text

The ability to move the text on enemy/target cast bar

The ability to show the HP of your target and your focus target

The ability to show shields on your parameter bar and to choose the colour of the bar

The ability to show timers on the party list for buffs/debuffs

The ability to show with an icon size of your choosing who needs cleansing on each player on your screen, and to show how is raising who on the party/alliance list with the option to choose the colour of bar that highlights said raise actions over a party listee

The ability to move the "toast" and Battle" messages anywhere you wish eg: Battlemessages : White bar dialogue you see in combat like in praetorium in the middle and upper area of the screen or the BnW text (toast) you get when say a retainer returns

The ability to show the actual time left on your retainer ventures eg 24:00:00 rather than 1Hr it would show otherwise

The ability to show what role is required as the ADV In need and for which duty as a chat/system generated message



and many more


the sorts of things this game should have as option anyways

[Deceptus]

"Are you sure you want to use this mandatory quest item on this mandatory quest interactable?"

The ability to /target specific players and NPC's via text command /target Deceptus

The ability to place markers on the map via text command. /placemarker 1 Dravanian Forelands (1,2) etc etc

The ability to only show ALL debuffs on a target only. Right now it's all of them or yours only. Most of the time I only care about status debuffs.

The ability to lower mob flashy spell / ability effects. We can do it for players but not for mobs and sometimes theirs are even worse.

The ability to lower the flashy effects of Limit Breaks.

[Izar_Chillen]

"Are you sure you want to use this mandatory quest item on this mandatory quest interactable?"

Also:


Are you sure you want to use the transporter?


No I would like to stand here like an idiot in Praetorium getting hammered by the adds, that also dont disengage like normal adds when you get far enough away.

[IdowhatIwant]

They should also remove the quests, where you follow people, or walk with someone. Pretty much every EW quest.
Also remove all quests where I have to type a word or sentence.

[Izar_Chillen]

They should also remove the quests, where you follow people, or walk with someone. Pretty much every EW quest.
Also remove all quests where I have to type a word or sentence.

You mean you dont like typing "O Loveliest of branches, please offer me your succor!"

[Raikai]

FF14 is a great game and we all know it but there are some small things that need fixing.

One would be things that make the gameplay not feel smooth. One example that really annoys me is the face target feature. An example would be how you follow a pack and attack it while moving and if u are sideways you suddenly change direction to attack it and then fall behind and can't attack the mob even if you are close by. With casters you would 180 to heal someone behind you when the spell doesn't even need you to face your teammate. One could argue you can just change the setting in the options but then placing dots with that same healer becomes clunky just because you are at a slight angle and so does dpsing with melee. Perhaps a change to the degrees in which you can perform attacks would be a very simple and easy solution.

Another gripe I have is the PvP. In my personal opinion I feel like FF14 PvP shouldn't have more than eight players per team and I think there should be only two teams instead of three. The game mods don't have to be convoluted, they can be simple. Mods like capture the flag are always loved by PvPers even if they are very simple. The spells and the rotations need some more love too and the balance with the healers feels a bit off.

Lastly some more polish on the UI would be nice to make it a bit more modern and easy on the eyes. Things like making the health bars on your party frames bigger and maybe remove some cluster of useless info.

These are a couple things that I personally believe can go really far into making FF14 the GOAT of MMOs

My big peeves:

1) Glamour System being too restrictive for no good reason;

2) UI is still pretty bad, period. The only good thing about it is the fact that we can reposition everything on our screen. We have way too many menus that could be condensed as options of the same popup interface, and the action spellbook could be much better organized, like for example, condensing the <you cannot put in actionbar> actions as a group with their father actions. Chat UI is insufferable with the constant autoscrolling when you're trying to read back stuff.

3) Action sync... or the lack of. I understand the issues that it might cause, but there must be a solution... I refuse to do old roulettes with any job but healers, because not playing your 90 rotation when most of your gameplay revolves around a 90 rotation is simply counter productive and in some cases even hard to get used to (what is my rotation again at 50?!).

[Shibi]

"Are you sure you want to use this mandatory quest item on this mandatory quest interactable?"

Oh that one is a pet peeve of mine.

Along with (fanfare) (big gold letters) "Venture Accomplished" (fanfare) (big gold letters) "Venture Commenced"

yeah yeah, he's stolenbrought back a Bom Boko or a single ice crystal, it really doesn't need the fanfares.

[Catwho]

They just need to shorten the length of the targeting cone to half(?) its existing length. The logic is that when you are tab targeting you are cycling immediate threats which are usually right next to you, if you really want to target that mob standing off a mile away a simple mouse click is enough (not sure how this would affect consoles).

Some of us don't use a mouse or a controller in combat. FFXI keyboard only layout weirdo checking in!

[Raoabolic]

They should also remove the quests, where you follow people, or walk with someone. Pretty much every EW quest.

If it's good enough for nearly 90% of triple A games then it's good enough for XIV!

Also remove all quests where I have to type a word or sentence.

This is a good idea though.