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The interface is really bugging the hell out of me.

1.Interface items are listed and searching through them even with the group item buttons is time consuming and a chore when you have lots of items.
(Of course I Have dyslexia.. which makes attempting to read lists 10 times harder then for most people)

2.Lack of ablity to put excess items anywhere keeping that list filled which you need to scroll through is a pain in the ass.

3.Potion formula should disappear once you *READ* it, OR you should beable to sell them.
OR you should atleast beable to create potions from blank assuming you personaly know the formula.
SO I CAN GET RID OF ALL THOSE FUCKING FORUMULA.
That 99% of the time are AT the top of lists unless you click item group buttons you need to scroll through.
Why do they stay in your ITEMS there is no reason to add the clutter.
Simply buying them they disappear you can make potion=10 times better.

4.Signs
Instead of keeping the orginal 1-5 buttons for signs they have switched from 3 skip 4 then 5-8 or some crap.. infact I dont even know which button does which becomes sometimes number 3 brings up a entirely diffrent sign then it did the time before that.. while the rest are NOT in the same order they are ordered in quick menu.

Sometimes pressing the SIGN button will actually cast the sign when all you wanted to do was switch to it ready to cast it... other times it WONT cast it... but switch to it.

Not to mention you have to take your fingers OFF the movement keys to actually change to most signs... because they were moved up the other end of the keyboard.

Which brings us to the Quick Menu.
Stoping the fight every few seconds(If you are going sign heavy) to switch signs is NOT fun.
Infact the quick menu for the PC should be called the Slow interupt fight and be annoying Menu.

Instead of sign use being smooth and normal part of play it directly interupts battles.


Every time you do ANYTHING with the interface its like its laughing at you
Having fun?
Think this game is awesome?
Hi im MR.Interface. my entire job is to BLEED all that fun and awesomeness out of the game in a dicky time consuming and annoying interface.


Did I also mention the MANUAL doesnt bother telling you what button is for what sign.

I know this sounds like a rant.. and I guess it is in part.. but the interface feels so god damn clunky its directly impacting my enjoyment.

Of course doesnt seem like anyone else is really having trouble(cant see other threads)
So it could just be completely me.
Input Settings does not allow for every conceivable key combination, but you might be less frustrated buy customizing it a bit.
Yeah I think the major gripes with the game are with the console features..one can only hope a pc friendly interface and menu design is put out at some point
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Phoynix: Which brings us to the Quick Menu.
Stoping the fight every few seconds(If you are going sign heavy) to switch signs is NOT fun.
Infact the quick menu for the PC should be called the Slow interupt fight and be annoying Menu.

Instead of sign use being smooth and normal part of play it directly interupts battles.


Every time you do ANYTHING with the interface its like its laughing at you
Having fun?
Think this game is awesome?
Hi im MR.Interface. my entire job is to BLEED all that fun and awesomeness out of the game in a dicky time consuming and annoying interface.
The quick menu is certainly a pain and totally unnecessary on the PC.

My main UI complaints:
Dull, bland and so much wasted space. The latter is especially annoying when I'm forced to wait for full descriptions to scroll onto the screen or when I need to exit one UI mode to check stats in some other mode. In short, I can think of nothing good to say about the new UI.
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Phoynix: Which brings us to the Quick Menu.
Stoping the fight every few seconds(If you are going sign heavy) to switch signs is NOT fun.
Infact the quick menu for the PC should be called the Slow interupt fight and be annoying Menu.

Instead of sign use being smooth and normal part of play it directly interupts battles.


Every time you do ANYTHING with the interface its like its laughing at you
Having fun?
Think this game is awesome?
Hi im MR.Interface. my entire job is to BLEED all that fun and awesomeness out of the game in a dicky time consuming and annoying interface.
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ecat: The quick menu is certainly a pain and totally unnecessary on the PC.

My main UI complaints:
Dull, bland and so much wasted space. The latter is especially annoying when I'm forced to wait for full descriptions to scroll onto the screen or when I need to exit one UI mode to check stats in some other mode. In short, I can think of nothing good to say about the new UI.
The description/ingredient scrolling was modded within a week of release. Works great.

Scroll wheel for changing spells, like TW1 sure would be nice. I use a mouse-over modification, which makes it much more fluid. It is kinda nice to have the semi-pause function to take a breath but not totally halt combat.
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BlazeKING: Yeah I think the major gripes with the game are with the console features..one can only hope a pc friendly interface and menu design is put out at some point
Totally support this.
The fun of the game is slowly being ruined by the constant pain from the interface.
The only problem I have with the game is the interface and it is a big problem since one have to deal a lot with it. The whole UI is downright ugly. It may make sense when you plug a gamepad but for a kb/m is just an unnecessary hassle. And the mouse btw is laggy on menu. Is it software and not hardware like FFXIV did it?
Post edited June 02, 2011 by oEDLIo
I agree that the UI is very annoying. Luckily the game is good enough to overcome this blemish. I played through almost an entire game before I realised I had junk in my inventory! I also agree the mouse and UI do not interact as well as they should. Took me awhile just to get my mouse sensitivity down to where it's just barable.

Give us a PC UI please.
I am actually playing the game with an xbox controller because it's clearly been design that way.

I'd live for the old quick keys to work like pressing J to go to your quests, I for inventory, etc. Going through layers of menu isn't fun.

I would also live if we could still press the 1 through 5 key to switch signs.
Damn guys. Open the launcher click on options, at the bottom of that window , click on input settings. It will tell you what all the number keys do.

1. draw steel sword (clicking again will sheath your sword)
2. draw silver sword (clicking again will sheath your sword)
3. switch to next sign
4. switch to next item (the ones in your pockets)
5-9 cast your various signs
0. sheath your sword

Hope this helps.