3 Small Requests for A Realm Reborn

[Onizuka]

Hello.

I had written this post with 3 minor requests I'd like to see in A Realm Reborn, I'll post it now that I've finally remembered what the 3rd one was. Thanks if the community reps could forward them to the dev team.


1. Reintroduce the Blue Menus.
Is it possible to have the in-game menus of the classic FF-style blue rather than the current sad grey? If we could customize them of the color we wish, it would be even Greater, but I don't know if this is possible in a MMORPG.

2. Improve taking Screenshots, now with a Gamepad.
In FFXIV 1.0 I used a PS2 gamepad and with the “Select” button I could read the descriptions of the buffs/debuffs (top of the screen in my UI). However, since I had activated from the micro menu the option to disable descriptions, the Select button was useless, so I was thinking: Could there be a mappable key on the gamepad that is like the Scroll Lock key, the one that hides the UI, and then enable another button on the gamepad to take a screenshot?
Example: with my PS2 gamepad, with the Select button I hide my UI, admiring the landscapes without having a keyboard nearby, and with the R1 button I'd take a photo (screenshot) of it, kinda like a real camera.

3. Have NPC dialogues appear in the chat log.
In the released alpha videos, I noticed that NPC dialogues don't appear in the chat log. Since I'm very interested in the lore of Eorzea, I always saved the NPC dialogues after completing a quest or reading something of interest, widening my chat log, activating all the filters and taking a screenshot of it. Example:



I've all the saved dialogues in a dedicated folder, so I can always read them again (it's hard to remember everything).
If in A Realm Reborn dialogues won't appear in the chat log anymore, then I'd have to take a screenshot of every single one, which wouldn't be very comfortable.
Therefore, is it possible to introduce an option (that could be triggered On or Off, for those who want it or not) where the NPC/Quests dialogues appear in the chat log, too?


That's all. Thanks a lot if you could take into consideration to implement these suggestions.

[Cedri]

1. Reintroduce the Blue Menus.

Cool idea and would fit into the throwback scheme of 2.0.

2. Improve taking Screenshots, now with a Gamepad.

Never played with a game pad but this sounds super annoying. I never thought hiding the UI worked correctly in 1.0 anyway. Did it?

3. Have NPC dialogues appear in the chat log.

I'm sure there will be chat filters eventually. Let's wait and see what beta has in store.

[Alhanelem]

1) someone will make an addon for it
2)im sure there will be a way
3)screenshot the talk bubbles or read it on a website.

[Wolfie]

The UI for 2.0 needs to be improved vastly imo, what I've seen from screen shots and the videos is kind of... weird. It has three distinct themes and over a dozen colors that feel just kind of thrown in. I hope they don't wait for UI modders to create a good UI theme.

[Seirra_Lanzce]

My request is for real... Add in Sky Diving in ARR xD

[Klefth]

Like this?

[RoxyLalonde]

My request is for real... Add in Sky Diving in ARR xD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umDr0mPuyQc

[Wolfie]

Like this?

This is what it should be, yes. A single common theme and color palette for all UI elements.

Right now the 2.0 UI has a futuristic style for the unit frames and health/resource bars with neon colors and sharp edges, a steampunk-metallic look for the map and minimap with yellow-gold colors, and a stock/modern UI with rounded edges and monochrome gradients for the chat menu and inventory/craft menus. It's kind of an eyesore.

[Gokulo]

This is basically the same UI just with changed color and the response to the blue-UI request.

[Wolfie]

This is basically the same UI just with changed color and the response to the blue-UI request.

I think functionality wise and the layout for the 2.0 UI is great.

I just don't like the completely mismatching colors and themes. It's not really a huge deal if they don't get to it, but at the same time, re-skinning the UI should not be a huge undertaking either.