Server-wide /shouts

[chubrocka]

Great, now we get all the /sh BS and the gambling houses. There are to many stupid people who have nothing to do better then /sh crap all day. I turn of my /sh function all the time unless I need to hit Port jeuno and find others needing what i need. I guess now it will always be off. What an idiotic Idea, really

[Kavik]

Really guys, if it's that much of an issue for you there are 4 zones RIGHT out of jueno. Personally i think this is a wonderful ide. And to those of you who claim that there are too many people shouting nonsense, this is true, there is a lot of nonsense that goes on in shout, but i ask... why are you sitting in port jueno listening to their nonsense when the other zones provide the same things? as a subdivision of the last statement... if you don't want to hear whats going on in jeuno GO TO YOUR HOME NATION! They now have the EXACT same AH, or go to tavnazia (same ah for yrs if your not so lazy that you never did CoP, w/o the lvl cap that is now the only reason not to have done it) If for some reason you need to go to jueno for something, turn the filter on before you even get there, run and turn in your gobbie bag or whatever you need to do there, grab a choco or whatnot, zone, and turn the filter off. Or just leave it on all the time. All this bickering does is make the dev's think that all people will do is abuse this, but it WILL help players who are trying to get something done, For instance, now when i'm changing to whm and using the porter mog in lower jueno, i can see that person in port jeuno that is /yelling for a teleport - altep and not getting one. I can be in lower jueno or upper, where the lag is less and see those people yelling for the body seals i need. What we need for the yell/shout nonsense is a stupid filter, like the one that filters gillseller tells and other spam messages. Really though, if you don't want to interact, don't.

[Aleste]

Looking forward to being able to hear shouts in the nearby jeuno zones. It might help ease the amount of people who sit in port just so they don't miss shouts; however whether it will be a help or a hinderance will depend on both the way it is programmed, and the people using it.

Here's hoping for a /yell feature that covers all of jeuno, whitegate and the 3 starter nations. Maximum 1 yell every minute.

[Rafien]

Bad idea. no server wide shouts. This would be abused and there is no real logical reason to have it.

[Unleashhell]

Personally I don't see how this will cut down any lag in Port Jeuno. People hang out in Port Jeuno because they want to join shout pts for Abyssea. One way or the other the abyssea NPCs are still in Port Jeuno. Why would anyone hang out in other areas waiting for Abyssea related things to happen when they have to go to Port Jeuno anyway to warp to the maw. This makes no sense to me. People leave Port Jeuno to get away from all that shouting. Sometimes you just want to read the shouts for a couple minutes to see what is going on, then move on with your day. Why should someone have to constantly turn on and then off shouts or yells?

Server wide shouts / yells will be terrible, especially in mog houses. You want to hear shouts exit your mog house. People go into the mog house to get away from all that crap outside so they can craft, move items in inventory etc etc. Once again why should someone constantly turn on and of these features. Its more annoying then anything. So every time someone wants to bazaar they have to turn on the filter, then when they are done bazaaring they have to turn it off? Its much nicer having people bazaar in upper Jeuno and keeping chat separate from each zone. But it really doesn't matter what we all say because SE is obviously implementing this whether we like it or not.

[Aleste]

One way or the other the abyssea NPCs are still in Port Jeuno. Why would anyone hang out in other areas waiting for Abyssea related things to happen when they have to go to Port Jeuno anyway to warp to the maw. This makes no sense to me.

Actually, they implemented additional versions of Horst and Joachim in a number of locations since the last update.

Traverser Stones may also be obtained from Gilburt in Port San d'Oria, Erich in Port Bastok, Fabricius in Port Windurst, Jerrett in Heavens Tower, and Fabien in Ru'Lude Gardens. - Wiki

[Unleashhell]

Actually, they implemented additional versions of Horst and Joachim in a number of locations since the last update.

Traverser Stones may also be obtained from Gilburt in Port San d'Oria, Erich in Port Bastok, Fabricius in Port Windurst, Jerrett in Heavens Tower, and Fabien in Ru'Lude Gardens. - Wiki

I'm aware of that but hardly anyone hangs out by those NPCs. There has been no decrease at all with those NPCs put in place. There are still seldom system messages that come up saying Port Jeuno is too crowded, and to please move to another zone. So back to what I said above, people still will crown Port Jeuno. I makes more sense to stay in Jeuno either way, because after you do an Abyssea run you still have to go back to Jeuno to turn in your armor. Now if they put trial moogles in the towns, maybe that would help congestion a little bit being people will have no reason to go back to Jeuno or set their home point there.

[Aleste]

You do have a fair point with all the Magian Moogles being located at Jeuno (specifically ru'lude); I forgot about that scenario. They did place a abyssea-warp NPC in Ru'lude, but people don't appear to hang out around him and I'd assume that's because all the shouts seem to happen in Port.

I usually leave a mule sitting in Port for the sole purpose of catching /shouts, whilst my homepoint usually resides at North San d'Oria for convenience. It's usually less laggy, and I've better access to teleport/warp NPC's, at the cost of taking a few moments longer to reach the AH... However, I still find myself running through back through Jeuno to complete trials and gain access to my assorted seals/crests.

I feel that there is room for this new feature to be abused, but it's a another (referring to abyssea-npcs located in home towns and linking of AHs) step in the right direction to freeing everyone from Port Jeuno.

[Myrrh]

I GREATLY APPROVE OF THIS NEW CHAT.

[Gwynplaine]

Looks great so far It will make putting together parties and pickups to finish your goals a easier and cut down on congestion.

To everyone who thinks this is a bad idea because "annoying people" will use it; the fact that this thread being discussed on the internet, of all places, is proof positive that the usefulness of a tool far exceeds any consideration for what irrational types might care to misuse it for.

Many people will surely find it to be a useful and more convenient way to accomplish goals that are difficult to find groups for (hello addon scenarios or WotG). But of course that's more abstract, not readily visible or immediately apparent. The idle chatterers you see everyday are right-there immediate and easy to notice so they seem to get more attention. Douchebags are eternal, just turn yell filter on you dregs.