Positional attacks, indicator is bad.

[Rongway]

It is better UI/UX practice to mark FAILED positionals differently, not successful positionals. If you mark successful positionals, there is still no way to tell just by looking at the numbers if a normal colored attack is a missed positional or a non positional. If you mark failed positionals instead, then it's really easy to see which attacks are failed positionals.

Take a look at these two schemes:

Marking successful positionals:

Twin Snakes 429
Demolish 421(+)
Bootshine 660
True Strike 499
Snap Punch 439
Dragon Kick 309
Twin Snakes 418
Snap Punch 459(+)
Bootshine 628
True Strike 503
Demolish 435(+)
Dragon Kick 318
Twin Snakes 400
Snap Punch 420
Bootshine 655
True Strike 518
Snap Punch 504(+)

Marking failed positionals:

Dragon Kick 325
Twin Snakes 429
Demolish 421
Bootshine 660
True Strike 499
Snap Punch 439(-)
Dragon Kick 309
Twin Snakes 418
Snap Punch 459
Bootshine 628
True Strike 503
Demolish 435
Dragon Kick 318
Twin Snakes 400
Snap Punch 420(-)
Bootshine 655
True Strike 518
Snap Punch 504

How many failed positionals were there? Without knowing the attack names or monk rotation, would you be able to tell which actions were failed positionals? The second example, with the failed positionals marked, is clearly much easier to interpret.

It is also bad UI/UX to indicate things only by a change in color. There needs to be something different about the text. For example, add (-) to the end of a failed positional.

[Arohk]

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While you are correct on a technical standpoint, if you want to check your combat log there are external tools like FFlogs or xivanalysis to do that in great detail.

The Floating Combat text has a different purpose, to quickly show information to the player what is happening in that moment, going through the combat log in the game is very tedious.
Also it shouldconvey a feeling of reward for showing a different color when doing the attacks correctly, not punishing for doing it wrong.

[Rongway]

While you are correct on a technical standpoint, if you want to check your combat log there are external tools like FFlogs or xivanalysis to do that in great detail.

The Floating Combat text has a different purpose, to quickly show information to the player what is happening in that moment, going through the combat log in the game is very tedious.
Also it shouldconvey a feeling of reward for showing a different color when doing the attacks correctly, not punishing for doing it wrong.

Whether you are reading the numbers in a log or as flying text is irrelevant; it is still easier to see in the heat of combat that you missed a positional if you mark missed positionals, not successful positionals. Choosing to mark successful positionals to establish a sense of reward is detrimental to the function of such marking as an interface. It is more important to be able to read quickly that you missed a positional.