/lsmes2 Can we have it?

[Grekumah]

We checked to see if allowing the secondary linkshell message to appear would be possible, but it seems we will not be able to address this.

FFXI was created with the concept that only one linkshell would be able to be equipped. With the January version update, while it appears that you are able to equip two linkshells, internally you are still actually only equipping a single linkshell.

As for a suggestion made on the Japanese side of the forums, to make it so you can switch the controls between LS1 and LS2, we determined that this would take a lot more resources to overcome hurdles that are higher and more complex than making it possible to check the LS message.

In order to check the LS message or make it so it’s possible to use the same features as LS1 with LS2, we would have to dig deep into the core of the FFXI system and totally revamp it so multiple linkshells could actually be equipped. However, this is essentially the amount of work required to totally build a new chat system from the ground up, so it’s not a realistic option at this point.

[Catmato]

we would have to dig deep into the core of the FFXI system and totally revamp it so multiple linkshells could actually be equipped. However, this is essentially the amount of work required to totally build a new chat system from the ground up, so it’s not a realistic option at this point.

This isn't the first time we've heard something like this. Maybe it's time to start thinking of making a new game client from scratch, as well as significant back-end work. After 13 years, these problems aren't going to get better, only worse.

[MilkMansKid]

This isn't the first time we've heard something like this. Maybe it's time to start thinking of making a new game client from scratch, as well as significant back-end work. After 13 years, these problems aren't going to get better, only worse.

They would never do this; look at the updated GUI it pretty much has been canned even if they haven't officially said it(maybe they have, I could of missed the post). The preview of it that was put on the test server was like 2 years ago and never updated once. That is less work then this would be.

I call total BS on the whole /lsmes2 though should not be much work to code that in but I won't go into details. Maybe what the Japanese were asking for would be but to display the message no.