Im not quite sure really. Its just I start twitching when people lavish praise on SE for something as vapid as a ready check feature, while they simultaneously put down anyone else who criticizes the other changes SE entertains for 2.0.
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Some of my friends use in game movement instead of "/".
Example: "everyone who is ready come to me". you can easily see who is not moving - AFK.
Where if you use traditional "/" typing in order to see who is AFK you have to check all the names and that is a lot harder/time consuming :D
Hope this helps for all of you guys who are not happy with the ready check, at least until they implement it.
People do manage because the end-game content difficulty in XIV is subpar. Also the way instances are made currently makes ready check not really a must have.
Right now, only challenges are : 17-18min speedruns / Garuda.
Speedruns: No time for ready check during the run, have to move fast. Also only one mini-boss and one boss, so you keep on moving constantly.
Garuda: Short battle as well, only "one" pull, then you remain engaged and focused the whole fight. Ready check would only be useful before entering, but since once you enter, Garuda doesn't attack, it's not a big issue, because the 30min time limit is barely a restriction.
Then, party are only 8 players, 7 minus the leader. Even if not convenient, it still possible to check manually if players are there or not as long as the party is small.
Using that argument of yours "how do people manage without this idea", we could simply remove everything that was implemented in the game during the past years. Who need improved market wards! We could manage without on XIV 1.0! Who needs mounts!? Who needs improved looking for repair? Who needs... Let's go back to XIV 2010 shall we.
More importantly, who needs players that refuse to comply to leader's orders in a raid? No one. So again, don't use the feature, enjoy being removed from groups, no one will ever miss you. You are expandable.
Haha yeah I mean expendable :p
Ready check can be usefull for hamlet. You can't change your weapon/tool in the instance if you enter it with the wrong weapon/tool because someone in the party talked too early to the npc.
Yeah this would be nice. maybe it would put an end to someone in the party going
BIO
BIO
BIO
then the next second some joker enters BoE xD