Server-wide /shouts

[Yinnyth]

Yay for hyperbole. While we're at it, the common cold will KILL US ALL, tax money has NEVER DONE ANYTHING GOOD EVER, and trolls are CONSIDERED HUMANS as long as they call other people a troll in their post. Worst idea ever? Have you ever watched jackass?

Yell will be abused just as shout, /seacom, and bazaars are abused, but it will serve an important purpose for many of the people who are willing to sift through the turds to find a diamond.

[Scuro]

I think a good idea for this, is instead of creating a yell that is heard through out the area, and being barraged by things, also so that you can be in god knows where Castle O or something and still hear shouts in PJ. Of course it would be annoying as hell to be in such an area and getting yells for tele's, noobs asking if they can buy Beastman Seals, and people shouting for yaanie. My solution? Release an item in the game that acts as a vanadiel chat room of sorts that is accessible in game. Much like the Magian Specs. Allow this item to be used freely so that one can see all the shouts within vanadiel and allow this to be regulated so that you can pick certain areas or continents to hear shouts from. This way people can stop crowding up PJ, and maybe actually spread out. I know if I had this type of item i would gladly set my HP back to Windurst and be a lot more happy. I think this would solve crowding in areas, as well as allow people to pick and choose which events they would like to, with out having to sit in PJ all day and be selective on what shouts they jump into.

Also people might actually find better turn outs on shouts if they don't have to be in PJ in order to hear them. I would love to see such an item implemented and I can imagine how many people would love to have such an item. This kinda ranks up there next to my idea of having a home nation warper (much like Windurst's War Warlocks) being stationed in every nation within your home nation's respective embassy so this way you can get back to your home nation. EX: in Bastok a W.W warper in Windurst's Embassy, in Jueno a W.W warper in Windurst's embassy, etc.

I feel these suggestions would greatly increase travel in the game, reduce hassle, reduce congestions, and increase participation within the game.

[katz]

Yells wont make more or less trolls, trolls can do that for themselves under the current shout systems.

[Monchat]

The yell feature is welcome because it will divide Port jeuno lag by 2. I like PJ because it has home point, AH, Abyssea NPC and mog house very close to each other. I hate if for the crap shout of idiots who chat in ./shout, or of pseudo elitist beliitteling people doing rightfull /shouts for help, or bragging about how they can duo X NM when that guy is shouting for 6 members, as if kiling any mob in abyssea ( with 2 or 10 ) was an achievement.

Along with this feature I'd like a blacklist capacity upgrade. the 200 or so limite is insufficient, tired of emptying the list every month.

[Raxiaz]

Yo we hear you liked shouting so we put a yell in your shout so you can shout while you shout.

[Zoner]

I'm hoping for a delay between each use, something like the global chat in Aion

[katz]

Not a bad idea. I know when I shout, I set my own timer between shouts. Messages 5 mins apart with a cut off for when the event will or will not happen. So recently I was killing Sedna looking for members I told people I was starting in 30mins and shouted 5 times reducing the start time as I shouted. I do wish other people would use this. Id rather not be standing in port jeuno in a hook up party for hours waiting for the said party to start their event.

[Runespider]

The yell feature will start with support in Jeuno so that we can monitor the effects it has on server lag. After examining the situation for a bit (and assuming no problems arise), we'll expand the yell feature to cover area-wide communications within San d'Oria, Bastok and Windurst.

Now you'll be able to yell for parties while keeping your chocobo fed, expanding your Gobbiebag, or just listing up your bone chips on the Auction House!

This means 4 seperate yell zones right? That is a total waste of time, nobody shouts in starter cities anyway. The only way extending it to starter cities will be worthwhile is if it is 1 combined /yell for all zones.

[Earwig]

If you could add language filters and make a 15 second "cooldown" before you can shout (or yell) again, I think a region-wide shout wouldn't be an issue, but I don't like the idea of a server-wide shout. Port jueno is very annoying, and I would not want to have to deal with that in every zone in the game.

[Zyeriis]

Applying this to just one city is relatively silly, as it doesn't actually solve the problem it's trying to fix (not entirely).

I don't see why they can't just make the yell command reach all the "Ports" in the game: Port San d'Oria, Port Bastok, Port Windurst, and Port Jeuno. I'd add Whitegate to that list, as it is also a "port" (in fact, it has 2 ports) but neither port is an airship port and I'm keeping it down to 4 options in this suggestion as thats the max number of zones per city (and how many Jeuno has, so it wouldn't stress the servers any further than it would if they only added it to the 4 Jeuno zones).

Summary: Don't do it for Port Jeuno, Lower Jeuno, Upper Jeuno, and Ru'lude Gardens, make /yell apply to Port San D'Oria, Port Bastok, Port Windurst, and Port Jeuno instead. This way, everyone can be in whatever city they want, and hear it.