The ! and ? are staples now. However, the itty-bitty heads are not. Next.

looks like final fantasy to me

I agree with Ozo... Maybe an option to turn them off would be beneficial for those that complain.. but I'm willing to bet those that complain about them will be the first to shout "Where is such and such quest giver".... To which my reply would be, turn your damn icons on.

Meh why do the ! and ? matter that much. I'm fine with talking to people to find quests, but the majority anymore asks for this system. I can live with it, though hopefully they don't hold your hand through ever quest too.

I mean they could at least use a different Icon like Aion did.... I hate how everything uses the Exclamation mark. But even so, that way of quest giving has worn on the players, people want stories and voice acting and scenarios...because that's the point of an RPG, even if it is an MMO... something along the lines of Guild Wars?

Am not sure what players would like to see to indicate a quest giver ?  - Why not offer a suggestion instead of just 'ohh I hate that'  - In the 'old days' you had to talk to everyone in a town to find one quest then talk to everyone to find the follow on... if there was one. etc etc.... Perhaps a game option to turn that icon off.. ?  - I like the quest icons and feel that they help newer players a lot.

This one screenshot managed to kill what little interest I had in this game.

Please no WoW quest icons...