UI/action bar question...

[Allistar]

Am I the only one who prefers having a menu based UI setup as opposed to the pretty pictures action bar setup...I've read where most people believe that this is a sign of Yoshi taking XIV in the direction of modern MMO's...but I don't agree, I honestly don't see how this makes the game more modern...but thats just my opinion...my hope was that with 2.0 and the customizable UI, I would get to create a menu based UI or even the option to select which UI system I prefer because I really don't mind the windows...but most of all I don't mind reading text as opposed to looking at pics to make decisions....I do hate the whole pressing 111222345...and so forth...of course this might be a losing arguement but I just wanted to restate my thoughts on the matter.

[Coombah]

I prefer they way it is

[Bittereye]

Am I the only one who prefers having a menu based UI setup as opposed to the pretty pictures action bar setup...I've read where most people believe that this is a sign of Yoshi taking XIV in the direction of modern MMO's...but I don't agree, I honestly don't see how this makes the game more modern...but thats just my opinion...my hope was that with 2.0 and the customizable UI, I would get to create a menu based UI or even the option to select which UI system I prefer because I really don't mind the windows...but most of all I don't mind reading text as opposed to looking at pics to make decisions....I do hate the whole pressing 111222345...and so forth...of course this might be a losing arguement but I just wanted to restate my thoughts on the matter.

I miss the XI style list as well; it is and will always remain more Final Fantasy like through these eyes but sadly those days are gone and left in XI. Maybe the UI modding community will come up with a more old school Final Fantasy UI for ppl that are thirsty for that look.

[Majidah]

Am I the only one who prefers having a menu based UI setup as opposed to the pretty pictures action bar setup...I've read where most people believe that this is a sign of Yoshi taking XIV in the direction of modern MMO's...but I don't agree, I honestly don't see how this makes the game more modern...but thats just my opinion...my hope was that with 2.0 and the customizable UI, I would get to create a menu based UI or even the option to select which UI system I prefer because I really don't mind the windows...but most of all I don't mind reading text as opposed to looking at pics to make decisions....I do hate the whole pressing 111222345...and so forth...of course this might be a losing arguement but I just wanted to restate my thoughts on the matter.

You mean a menu skill like in XI? Because if I recall, in XI we'd all just make macros with single skills... which was basically the same thing as icons in a bar.

[Genjuro]

Can you imagine



That'd be way nostalgic but you'd definitely die quickly if you were being chased around by Golems.

[Majidah]

Can you imagine



That'd be way nostalgic but you'd definitely die quickly if you were being chased around by Golems.

Like... I'm pretty sure we can make a player made plugin once they release ARR that makes the UI look like that...

but objectively speaking, I don't see this being... comfortable seeing its not turn based.

[Allistar]

You mean a menu skill like in XI? Because if I recall, in XI we'd all just make macros with single skills... which was basically the same thing as icons in a bar.

sadly it is not...the way the whole system is setup it does not in any way feel like or resemble how it was in XI To me this system feels cumbersome, where as the one in XI jsut seemed like a natural fit...but like I said before thats just my personal opinion. Also I never made a macro with just one skill. It would be nice to have a choice tho.

[Allistar]

Like... I'm pretty sure we can make a player made plugin once they release ARR that makes the UI look like that...

but objectively speaking, I don't see this being... comfortable seeing its not turn based.

Yea this I don't see...was more referring to how it was in XI.

[Felis]

How many skill bar has the PC UI? Only 3 or 8 like the controller UI?
If it has more than 3 then you can use bar 1 for physic dmg skills, bar 2 for magic spells, bar 3 for support skills and bar 4 for items and emotes.

[madolyn]

Combat in XI was significantly slower which made a menu system more feasible. XIV is a bit faster and could potentially require quick button presses for combos and such as opposed to scouring your abilities menu.