Simple, Clean, and Final Fantasy XIV. More UI Updates Detailed For Patch 4.1

One more week, folks, one more week. Final Fantasy XIV will soon release Patch 4.1 on October 10th, and with it will come a lot of changes and updates. But until we get the full patch notes, the FFXIV Dev Blog has posted an update - regarding some of the Job Gauge changes coming in Patch 4.1!

Ever since Stormblood's launch, the new Job Gauges have received a sort of...mixed reception among the playerbase. At best, a few people love them. At worst, a great deal of others hate them. This update should help serve to act as a sort of middle ground - job gauges are here to stay, but Square Enix will make them more manageable.

My own thoughts is that this is a positive change. I played FFXIV during the hayday of Patch 2.0, without ever taking a break (except for when I went on vacations away from home), and I think this is a positive change. I much preferred seeing all my job timers on my buff hotbar, and the Stormblood gauges take a lot of space. This new update should make the gauges much more manageable, and will perhaps warm people towards the idea of job gauges - those who didn't like them, anyways. I am sure people who didn't mind them will be indifferent to these changes.