Speech Bubbles - Thoughts?

[Onidemon]

The chat log in XIV sucks I will admit that much. They should remove those colors too I'm tired of seeing purple text everywhere.

I'm down for anything that would make reading easier and more enjoyable. I find myself skipping everything right now...

[DeadRiser]

the only 'eyesore' would be in crowded areas... I like the speech bubbles. I don't like to scroll through text and stuff.

[Zacko]

the only 'eyesore' would be in crowded areas... I like the speech bubbles. I don't like to scroll through text and stuff.

Perhaps give us some options like show bubbles only from your party, linkshell, close vicinity, friend list...etc, that should take care of crowded areas

[Onidemon]

Perhaps give us some options like show bubbles only from your party, linkshell, close vicinity, friend list...etc, that should take care of crowded areas

Well they could make bubble only visible by yourself. Other people's bubble won't be visible to you. That would be needed for heavily crowded areas.


I really hope the SE or the community reps take a look at this thread and fwd it to the dev team. Speech bubble would make talking to NPCs and reading in general a lot more enjoyable.

[Demacia]

In a game like PSO it's awesome but in an MMO, no thanks. Even if it was implemented it should have an option to toggle on/off.

[Akuun]

Onidemon, you've stated your opinion, and others will state theirs, you don't need to slam everyones opinion that isn't your own. Move on.

As for your example, you're showing the same thing FFXIV uses when you talk to an NPC
There is already a special dialog window. It would seem you have forgotten.

[Corpse]

No to speech bubbles. But they should have the characters mouths moving when we type stuff down, so our characters look like they're actually talking x)

[Majidah]

I copied and pasted some of the lodestone graphics and put together some terrible looking bubbles, just to illustrate things a bit.

http://i53.tinypic.com/ajv2at.jpg

Say bubbles could change in size and opacity based on how far away from the character they are located. This would simulate depth.
Shout bubbles could pop in full size and full opacity. I'm thinking they should last less time in screen than Say bubbles.

If you ask me, it already makes that random googled screenshot I found a lot more lively than the chatlog.

edit:
Some more ideas.
When a character is targeted or a bubble is mouse highlighted his opacity could be set to full. Maybe even the bubble say if we are dealing with say.

[Ceons]

I copied and pasted some of the lodestone graphics and put together some terrible looking bubbles, just to illustrate things a bit.

http://i53.tinypic.com/ajv2at.jpg

Say bubbles could change in size and opacity based on how far away from the character they are located. This would simulate depth.
Shout bubbles could pop in full size and full opacity. I'm thinking they should last less time in screen than Say bubbles.

If you ask me, it already makes that random googled screenshot I found a lot more lively than the chatlog.

edit:
Some more ideas.
When a character is targeted or a bubble is mouse highlighted his opacity could be set to full. Maybe even the bubble say if we are dealing with say.

That looks great!
I think chat bubbles would be awesome. They don't have to look like bubbles, but its so much nicer being able to see and to visualize the voice of the character. I would be all for this. With a toggle of course like:

*Say --- ON/OFF
*Shout --- ON/OFF
*NPC ---- ON/OFF
*Tell ---- ON/OFF
*Party --- ON/OFF
*Linkshell --- ON/OFF (only works if a person from the is close by of course, this applies to all the above..)

etc

I want to see NPC chat bubbles as I run or walk past NPC's. It would feel like I'm overhearing their conversations.. Think of all the possible things you could overhear!

[Kailok]

I copied and pasted some of the lodestone graphics and put together some terrible looking bubbles, just to illustrate things a bit.

http://i53.tinypic.com/ajv2at.jpg

Say bubbles could change in size and opacity based on how far away from the character they are located. This would simulate depth.
Shout bubbles could pop in full size and full opacity. I'm thinking they should last less time in screen than Say bubbles.

If you ask me, it already makes that random googled screenshot I found a lot more lively than the chatlog.

edit:
Some more ideas.
When a character is targeted or a bubble is mouse highlighted his opacity could be set to full. Maybe even the bubble say if we are dealing with say.

Lovin' those bubbles you made. That's just about exactly what I'd hope for if they released speech bubbles, which I really hope they do. I'm hoping to see if one of the community reps will comment on this threat.