Group partys about time ???

[Jedicrew]

I think its about time they come out with group party's wheres there's tank / healer / DD / support role, to sign up just like (WoW but different to it) or we can all ways make a new account pay extra (£8.99 $9.99 what ever it is now and have 6 accounts and so on ) More and more people are playing as solo for this game part from the end game stuff. Linkshells are hard to get in when it comes to end game. I believe by putting this in it will get more people playing the hard core ending stuff. Or we can all ways do a /shout and hope someone will help you out lol.

[Camiie]

Are you talking about WoW's Dungeon Finder? On the surface it seems like a good idea, but I figure the queue times would be just as horrible if not worse than shouting for help.

[Caketime]

Are you talking about WoW's Dungeon Finder? On the surface it seems like a good idea, but I figure the queue times would be just as horrible if not worse than shouting for help.

Given that WoW's dungeon finder scans all servers for groups, you are correct in that it would be better to just shout or go solo.

Expanded loot distribution would most likely be the number one thing to encourage parties, like if NMs gave out more KIs or trigger items or whatever according to the number of people killing it. Until then, we're all going to spend our time snagging NMs from under one another and trash talking.

[Alhanelem]

They came out with these about 10 years ago.

"more and more people play solo apart from the endgame stuff" because the endgame stuff is what you need groups for. A lot of people don't even need to level up any more, so there's no way to force "traditional" parties to happen.

If you so badly want to bend over backwards for a 'balanced party" for leveling up, then search for some like minded people and just go do it! We see threads like this all the time, so there must be other people who want the same thing as you. Find them and team up. The rest of us who don't get their primary source of enjoyment from grinding normal mobs can continue enjoying everything else in the game.

One of the reasons many people are attracted to an MMO is because they want to be part of a world that feels alive- it doesn't mean they love grouping up and want to be in a 6 man party all day long- They just want an experience that isn't completely preprogrammed.

[Jedicrew]

You still didn't get what I said, I would like group party not for exp for end game stuff bit like WoW raiding but different to it.
and I don't see it happening due to the fact they won't change any UI in the game, but then again those that have the end game linkshell don't need to comment on this.

[Jedicrew]

Are you talking about WoW's Dungeon Finder? On the surface it seems like a good idea, but I figure the queue times would be just as horrible if not worse than shouting for help.

Yeah queue times would be horrible for DD's only lol

[SpankWustler]

Given that Auto-Group system presently in FFXI will happily make a party of 6 Warriors, a competent party-making system would be a huge leap. Also, I'm not sure if there's even any six-person content in FFXI right now that I'd want to "experience" with five random people, so something like mini-Voidwatch might need to be added to make that system worthwhile.

That sounds like a lot of work and the posts about Seekers of Adoulin's effects on other updates make FFXI's Development Bros sound overworked already. Not saying this is a bad idea, but you definitely shouldn't expect it to actually happen.

[Camiie]

Yeah queue times would be horrible for DD's only lol

Queue times would be horrible for most any job on any event unless you're pulling people from all servers which will never happen.

[Alhanelem]

You still didn't get what I said, I would like group party not for exp for end game stuff bit like WoW raiding but different to it.
and I don't see it happening due to the fact they won't change any UI in the game, but then again those that have the end game linkshell don't need to comment on this.

We have plenty of content for that... Meeble burrows, MMM, Salvage, Assault/NNI... Am I missing something here?

[Nebo]

I'll say this: I would spend a lot more time doing events and enjoying content casually if there was an auto group system that actually worked.

I don't think I'm alone in this either.

The greatest challenge in all of Vana'Diel is forming groups. If the game helped out with that in a meaningful way, I think it would change the game for the better.

Of course you would still want to form custom groups for really elite level stuff, but for stuff like voidwatch, meebles, limbus, salvage, nyzul assault, KSNMs, missions, Add-ons, etc.

Casually farm, craft or kill whichever kind of crab looks at you sideways and still be seeking for a specific event and get grouped up when you are ready to go....

That would be amazing...and it will never happen.

The grouping system in FFXI, imo, is one of its biggest, glaring flaws. I would love for this to not be its biggest, glaring flaw.

But I do not expect that, at this stage of the product life cycle, and with the company betting all their chips on FFXIV's reboot that anything as game changing as this will ever be added to FFXI's UI.