New to the game and just some observations

[Shuuli]

2. Forced dungeons/flashpoints as part of the progression. NOT a fan of this at all. I am more of a solo player, so having to depend on a "Duty" to pop while leveling is no fun. I understand that it is a part of the storyline and is that way to explain what is going on in the FF14 universe. Still, not a fan of it.

3. The crafting skills are pretty good. The only complaint about those I have, is the cooking skill. Just seems like the recipes require a ton more items to create the foodstuffs, than the rest of the crafting skills do. Just seems a little lopsided and needs to be trimmed down some.

4. The biggest issue by far that I think needs to be added, is the ability to save your HUD and GUI settings. So that way you can apply those to any new or alt character.

I can't comment on the first point cause I agree, but I can comment on the rest
2nd point: They are working on it. There will be a trust system for each of these which means u dont need to play with others. Just do the dungeons with the Scions or whomever the game lets you.
3rd point: THis is pretty normal as food is almost always required for all raiders. There needs to be a trade of so that gatherers can get some income too from this.
4th point: Eh? But you can save it? - its true initially you need to set up yours skills, but it makes sense as it is highly recommended to read your tooltips once while doings so. Then after it its there and stays forever. Or what do you mean?

[Nezerius]

4th point: Eh? But you can save it? - its true initially you need to set up yours skills, but it makes sense as it is highly recommended to read your tooltips once while doings so. Then after it its there and stays forever. Or what do you mean?

OP is talking about saving the UI from one character, and applying it to a different character. Not setting up skills for different jobs on the same character.
While this is currently possible on PC, it requires digging into the game's directory, finding the correct folders for both characters, and copying one character's folders to the other.

[Ransu]

OP is talking about saving the UI from one character, and applying it to a different character. Not setting up skills for different jobs on the same character.
While this is currently possible on PC, it requires digging into the game's directory, finding the correct folders for both characters, and copying one character's folders to the other.

Documents > My Games > FFXIV > Character folder.

You don't have to do any kind of crazy digging lol.

[Nezerius]

Documents > My Games > FFXIV > Character folder.

You don't have to do any kind of crazy digging lol.

Yes, that's where the character folders are located. However, depending on the amount of characters one has, it still requires digging through the log files to ensure you have the correct folder to copy over.
That said, I've never mentioned any "crazy digging", or that the process is in any way difficult once known. However, it's still not nearly as user friendly as a simple feature that would automate this process.

[Ransu]

Yes, that's where the character folders are located. However, depending on the amount of characters one has, it still requires digging through the log files to ensure you have the correct folder to copy over.
That said, I've never mentioned any "crazy digging", or that the process is in any way difficult once known. However, it's still not nearly as user friendly as a simple feature that would automate this process.

The one with the most recent log time stamp is the character you last logged into. The 16 character hex code doesn't ever change for your characters so just create a copy of each one by adding .copy (character name) at the end of the copied folder name.

Simple as that.

[Nezerius]

The one with the most recent log time stamp is the character you last logged into. The 16 character hex code doesn't ever change for your characters so just create a copy of each one by adding .copy (character name) at the end of the copied folder name.

Simple as that.

You're completely missing the point. I never claimed the process is difficult once known. As I had already stated, this process is still not nearly as user friendly as a simple feature that would automate this process.