Your customized UI

[Simaril]

Ever since Phantasy Star Online on the Dreamcast and FFXI, I've been a controller+keyboard user whenever I could be. So I always have at least one hotbar of either keyboard abilities or macros.

YAY!!!!!! !!!!!



Well, since I posted; I'm not going to share my UI, but a few observations...

1) You need to always look where you're standing, so other important things should probably be visible at the same time.
-If your health/mana bar isn't nearby you can't watch both
-If you're healing and your party frames are far away you can't watch both

2) There are some things you don't always really need to look at... and they should be further away
-Hotbars; you should know your buttons without looking; sure it's good to be able to see them but you should know what's there without looking too closely
-Minimap; there are some encounters where it's pretty important, but most encounters can be handled without a minimap at all
-There's a lot on the edges of the screen that seem like usefull space, but you need to balance that with being able to see what's hppening around you

3) Aesthetics
-Aesthetically pleasing "pretty" UIs seem nice, and improve gameplay experience, but ultimately functionality should trump aesthetics.