Fixing Port Jeuno Congestion

[Flowerlady]

I think SE has in the pipes already a fix that will allow players access to abyssea from the 3 main cities and linked Auction Houses to help remove the congestion in port jeuno but i really feel this will only remove a minimal amount of stress that this zone is seeing as it will still be the main zone to see shouts and as such the main zone to create pick up parties.

What I feel will certainly remove the stress from port Jeuno and will also make forming pick up groups so much faster is a server wide shout channel that can only be used once every 3 minutes and only after level 30 for the use of creating pick up parties. SE could make it as simple as just an ability that every job learns at level 30. If this is implemented along with linking the AHs and also adding abyssea teleport access in the 3 main cities i would be more then happy to spend my time sitting in Bastok, my home nation, rather then Jeuno or Whitegate. I feel this is something SE should really look into and at this point in the game i feel the players base and the game its self is ready for this change to take place in order to better the productivity of FFXI as a whole and in no way would hinder or break anything in existence at this current time.

So please SE, PS2 limitations permitting, consider this as an option for the better of FFXI as a whole.

[Savannah]

Oh how I could see this being abused....even with the 3 minute thing.

[Flowerlady]

Just like shout now is. wont be any different in abuse just be more limited b/c of the 3 min timer.

[Greatguardian]

Except now you can zone into your Mog House or simply not idle in Port Jeuno to avoid 99% of stupid shouts. I don't even want to think about how badly that could be abused.

[Flowerlady]

There is also a blacklist and filters and this certainly would not replace normal zone shouts. For you people who feel this would somehow ruin your peace have you thought about how much better it would make the game?

[Gwynplaine]

Oh, this is like what I posted...
It's not a fix to congestion per se. It's a huge help to everything requiring grouping up or trading.

[Alex]

I like this idea. Or perhaps just limit it to non-combative areas.

[Greatguardian]

"Somehow ruin your peace" is the understatement of the century. Sorry, I'll pass on 24/7 access to the Whitegate-Lemming-News-Show.

A more practical solution to the issue would be the enhancement of the /sea system. This is, of course, assuming people actually bother to use specific Seacoms. There are already Mission, Quest, and Buy/Sell seacoms in the game. They're simply not widely utilized because the process of searching for people with these seacoms is fairly obtuse. If /sea was tweaked to allow for additional query tags like:

/sea all invite Mission
/sea all invite EXP
/sea region invite Quest

They may end up worth using, and would serve the same purpose as your server-wide shouts.

[Alex]

So filter it then. I don't see how it'll be abused any more than the shout channel in Port Jeuno.

I like the search idea too!

[Vinc]

As long as it's filterable, this shouldn't be an issue - or provide Horst and Joachim 5 minute auto-MH warp aura <.<