I do like this new feature. I don't like the one on live at the moment, were all buffs are just hidden.
Nothing new for people who read beta patch notes.
Yay for more built-in UI features!
Personally I'd prefer to have the option to un-consolidate it like you can on live, having to mouse over it to check on my buffs instead of being able to see at a glance what I have and what's missing kinda irks me, but it's okay as-is.
since you already said it i won' repeat it's really annoying havong to mouse over to check what ya got isntead of jsut being able to see and there is "currently" no way to turn off but that could change or... they could jsut as "pips" to the colsolidator which would represent each buff so you know the missing one jsut from the gaps.
Really not a fan of this, tbh.
If it was on all the time (i.e. not mouseover) and smaller, maybe, but for now it's a step backwards. Anyone who raids for more than a week or two soon learns what's available, this is handholding to the point of getting in the way.
How long ago it seems that buffs were three-rows long.
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FFXIV - Maduin (Dynamis DC)