Quote Originally Posted by Alhanelem View Post
I'm very happy about this, as new/returning players get overwhelmed very easily compared to other games because FFXI really doesn't hold your hand at all, and the game probably loses returners very quickly these days. FFXIV has this and it proved to be a (mostly) positive impact on the new user experience.
Yes. In FFXIV, when you once lose your new/returning icon (next to your name after a period of time) you no longer able to see the channel unless you are a mentor. In FFXI, I'd like to see the dev team to implement something that prevents users from creating new characters just to spam the new channel. Of course, feedback is what they want to look into it.