I did a quick search of the Lounge posts, and beyond one mention of it in the NDA thread, it seems this hasn't gotten much talk. Surprising considering this is the de facto primary RP community for the game so far.
Still, if this topic has already gotten its own thread, or has become a main topic in another thread, by all means lock, load, and blast this out of one of the canons flanking Limsa Lominsa's towers.
We're going to be exactly a month out from Collector's Edition release as of tomorrow, and I've not really seen anything anywhere, much less the beta test site, about Square-Enix giving thought to implementing the ability to emote outside of having to file through the emote menu.
One of the biggest things that a roleplayer needs, especially when they are trying to actually express themselves with a tangible character, is emotes. You know that. I know that. Your Moogle knows that. I bet that Goobbue you're hiding underneath the table knows that, too. While writing our actions and thoughts by just slapping on some asterisks or brackets or what not is very important and usually the primary method to expressing one's self, they still don't replace the actual, physical, visual expression a character makes with emotes.
But here is the rub with the current setup: there is no way to type your emote out. The ability to type in an emote is, in my opinion, of the utmost level of importance. You can't be stuck having to diddle around in the emote menu, scrolling madly to find what you need. As it stands, the menu is too long for you to just scan the list without having to scroll. Additionally, the menu is not in alphabetical order, either (it is to a degree, but weirdly not at the same time, depending where you scroll in the list).
Also consider that as of this moment, the emote menu closes automatically once you have chosen an emote from the list. So at the moment, it is something you keep needing to open, then open again, if you are in a situation where your roleplay might ask for more emotes coupled with your written actions.
Now, I'm not exactly expecting a return to FFXI in regards to the freedom we had. When you think about it, despite FFXI having perhaps one of the weakest RP communities compared to other MMOs out there (I am so not trying to offend anyone who did RP there, however it was quite a small group compared to others), we had things such as the ability to write custom emotes by just typing "/em" followed by what we wanted to do. Or how we could make it so our pre-existing emotes in the game could be turned in to just the action, sans text notice, by adding "motion" after writing something (i.e. "/laugh motion", "/cheer motion", etc.).
Would those coming back be awesome? You bet your keester they would. But at this point, I just want some sort of confirmation that we will not be forced to browse through a cumbersome and not efficiently laid out emote list for what we want to do, and actually be able to write out those actions.
So I ask you. Do you think this is an important issue? Yes? No? If so, how would you handle having to fumble through an emote list with the way the UI is currently clunking about? If not, is there any particular reason? Just not too big on in-game emotes, or are you fine scrolling through a menu to find what you want to do?
As for me, I got some dairy creamer to go out and buy for my tea. I'm going crazy without my English Breakfast, so maybe I'll have some responses when I return.
Still, if this topic has already gotten its own thread, or has become a main topic in another thread, by all means lock, load, and blast this out of one of the canons flanking Limsa Lominsa's towers.
We're going to be exactly a month out from Collector's Edition release as of tomorrow, and I've not really seen anything anywhere, much less the beta test site, about Square-Enix giving thought to implementing the ability to emote outside of having to file through the emote menu.
One of the biggest things that a roleplayer needs, especially when they are trying to actually express themselves with a tangible character, is emotes. You know that. I know that. Your Moogle knows that. I bet that Goobbue you're hiding underneath the table knows that, too. While writing our actions and thoughts by just slapping on some asterisks or brackets or what not is very important and usually the primary method to expressing one's self, they still don't replace the actual, physical, visual expression a character makes with emotes.
But here is the rub with the current setup: there is no way to type your emote out. The ability to type in an emote is, in my opinion, of the utmost level of importance. You can't be stuck having to diddle around in the emote menu, scrolling madly to find what you need. As it stands, the menu is too long for you to just scan the list without having to scroll. Additionally, the menu is not in alphabetical order, either (it is to a degree, but weirdly not at the same time, depending where you scroll in the list).
Also consider that as of this moment, the emote menu closes automatically once you have chosen an emote from the list. So at the moment, it is something you keep needing to open, then open again, if you are in a situation where your roleplay might ask for more emotes coupled with your written actions.
Now, I'm not exactly expecting a return to FFXI in regards to the freedom we had. When you think about it, despite FFXI having perhaps one of the weakest RP communities compared to other MMOs out there (I am so not trying to offend anyone who did RP there, however it was quite a small group compared to others), we had things such as the ability to write custom emotes by just typing "/em" followed by what we wanted to do. Or how we could make it so our pre-existing emotes in the game could be turned in to just the action, sans text notice, by adding "motion" after writing something (i.e. "/laugh motion", "/cheer motion", etc.).
Would those coming back be awesome? You bet your keester they would. But at this point, I just want some sort of confirmation that we will not be forced to browse through a cumbersome and not efficiently laid out emote list for what we want to do, and actually be able to write out those actions.
So I ask you. Do you think this is an important issue? Yes? No? If so, how would you handle having to fumble through an emote list with the way the UI is currently clunking about? If not, is there any particular reason? Just not too big on in-game emotes, or are you fine scrolling through a menu to find what you want to do?
As for me, I got some dairy creamer to go out and buy for my tea. I'm going crazy without my English Breakfast, so maybe I'll have some responses when I return.
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To the edges of the earth, to your rescue when you hurt,
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~Giant Panda - Strings
I walk through the sea, swim through the sands.
To the edges of the earth, to your rescue when you hurt,
Only thing I learnt is I'm not Superman.
~Giant Panda - Strings
