Comments on: 10 Days of FFXIV

By: flosch

flosch — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 05:48:41 +0000

I’ll claim I actually knew that I wanted some old-school feeling. 😉 I’ll admit that I didn’t know in which way I wanted it, though, so FFXIV is still a pleasant surprise in the details.

By: flosch

flosch — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 05:47:21 +0000

Ah, that’s what those are for! I’ll have to check them next time. Thanks for the hint. You’re right though, I’m not sure how useful they’ll be. They’re very small, and so far out of place of the rest of interesting information. The UI isn’t very well in that respect: interesting information is scattered all over the place. At some point, I might have to experiment with moving elements to get the important stuff close together.

I also wish there was a better introduction to the less self-explanatory UI elements. I know how HP and MP works, I don’t think you have to tell me. But I would’ve loved a resource that tells me what different icons and bars mean, instead of slowly figuring it out myself.

By: carson63000

carson63000 — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 00:35:07 +0000

I got home from dinner and drinks with a friend from out of town last night, saw a forum post with a 25% off coupon, and did a tipsy-impulse-buy on FF XIV.

I have no experience with any FF game other than the 2 week trial of FF XI – which I didn’t like at all. But I’ve seen so much good feeling on the blogs I read, I figured I’d be silly not to try the game for $22.50. Hell, I like to play every major MMORPG that comes down the pipes, anyway.

Only had a chance for a quick burst before work this morning, but I have to say, first impression is that this game has some undeniable and distinctive charm. And like a lot of bloggers I’ve read, there’s a determinedly old-school feel to it that I didn’t know I was wanting until I got it.

By: Rohan

Rohan — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:23:15 +0000

Regarding threat, this is pretty subtle, but there is a built in threat meter on the group party frames.

If you look under the class icon of each character (left of their name), there will be a small white bar in combat. That represents how much threat that character has on the current target. As the tank, your white bar will be full when you have aggro. Everyone else’s threat is shown as a percentage of the top threat.

I’m not entirely sure how useful it is, especially at the start of a hectic fight. But if you need to hold a couple of mobs, you can tab through and see how close everyone else is to you.