Gamerescape Interview: Summons, Chocobos, Train Tracks and Rocks

[Delsus]

I didn't notice this before because I was too in awe of the nice screens of 2.0, but now that GE zoomed up the new UI icons up close and personal... I have to say I don't care for them. They look exactly like SWTOR. I think the icon style we have now is much more elegant.

The icons I saw are exactly the same as what we have now, just more defined (could be the new engine)

[Fusionx]

The icons I saw are exactly the same as what we have now, just more defined (could be the new engine)

lol an engine wouldn't just polish up icons like that. They're new icons, but with the same imagery as the ones in the game right now.

[SirOleas]

They are going for a global standard though, rather than elegant.
Really some of the icons appear to be the same as the ones we have now, they are just in square boxes.

It doesn't really bother me much.

[Fusionx]

Gonna bump this up for a second because... I can!

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[Okipuit]

Greetings,

We would like to gather your thoughts about jump and how you would like it to be used (In combat? Getting around obstacles?) so we can pass them along to development team. Please let us know what you think. Thanks!

[Chinook]

Greetings,

We would like to gather your thoughts about jump and how you would like it to be used (In combat? Getting around obstacles?) so we can pass them along to development team. Please let us know what you think. Thanks!

Yes, these forums don't have enough lengthy threads about jump.

[Zyph]

Greetings,

We would like to gather your thoughts about jump and how you would like it to be used (In combat? Getting around obstacles?) so we can pass them along to development team. Please let us know what you think. Thanks!

Traversing the environment is the only thing I'd like to see jump used for other than aesthetics (which I think is a dumb aesthetic but whatever).

Implementing jumping in PVP would just turn this into an action game.

The only way jumping excites me is that no longer will players be magnetized to the ground in the sense that if they walk over a cliff they're immediately moved down to the ground on the other side, it looks dumb.

Falling damage should be strict. Anything over 10 yalms high should be instant death.

[prymortal]

Traversing the environment is the only thing I'd like to see jump used for other than aesthetics (which I think is a dumb aesthetic but whatever).

Enough said, full agree

[KraggyKor]

Traversing the environment is the only thing I'd like to see jump used for

This! More importantly BLOCK IT IN TOWNS!

Just look at games like WOW, Rift, LOTRO etc. Towns that are popular are filled with retards jumping about on their oh-so-kewl mounts like demented 5-year-olds on beany-bags.

We don't need that idiocy in FFXIV thank you.

[Radnar]

This! More importantly BLOCK IT IN TOWNS!

Just look at games like WOW, Rift, LOTRO etc. Towns that are popular are filled with retards jumping about on their oh-so-kewl mounts like demented 5-year-olds on beany-bags.

We don't need that idiocy in FFXIV thank you.

I haven't really seen this happen to the extent you're describing in the MMOs you mentioned. Are you sure you aren't stereotyping?