Possibility to open FFXIV up to a moddable UI?

[Warp]

This will never happen due to PS3.

[Jinko]

I really hope we don't get moddable UIs. All I ever heard from friends playing WoW was that you couldn't play if you didn't have x, y, and z, mod, and you had to have it set up in such and such a fashion to even enjoy the game. Let the UI designers do their thing.

As I said above there is a big difference between letting modders change the UI and giving them the access to manipulate game mechanics to their advantage.

Think of it as someone with the addon having the same information just arranged differently on the screen.

[Jennestia]

This will never happen due to PS3.

PS3 can allow mods but it is more trouble than it's worth to keep the equality because the PC will get quicker and more community driven mods while the PS3 would only get sanctioned ones.

[Eekiki]

Let the UI designers do their thing.

There it is. If the UI is designed properly to begin with, there will be no need for UI mods.

[Jinko]

PS3 can allow mods but it is more trouble than it's worth to keep the equality because the PC will get quicker and more community driven mods while the PS3 would only get sanctioned ones.

Not if they are submitted to SE for testing and cross platform optimisation.

[Warp]

PS3 can allow mods but it is more trouble than it's worth to keep the equality because the PC will get quicker and more community driven mods while the PS3 would only get sanctioned ones.

I should have elaborated, but that's what I was thinking as well.

[Warp]

Not if they are submitted to SE for testing and cross platform optimisation.

SE is going to hire and/or create a team to check community UI Mods? Get real, it's not going to happen. I honestly cannot even think of any other info that needs to be displayed on the UI.

[Jinko]

SE is going to hire and/or create a team to check community UI Mods? Get real, it's not going to happen.

LOL yea your right, I was obviously thinking of a company who wanted their game to succeed.

[Reika]

I think there should be more UI aspects implimented, like... real world clock perhaps.

[Warp]

LOL yea your right, I was obviously thinking of a company who wanted their game to succeed.

If you think that a mod-friendly UI is something they need for it to succeed on the PS3, you're grossly mistaken. It's banking on the PS3 release and it's players.

If you want to have a new widget, just bitch about it enough on the forums and maybe the UI team will look into it (lol).