Excuse the tangent dev tag, it's the closest thing I could find that related to what I'm talking about. If there is a more proper dev tag, please feel free to direct me to it.
So, search. /search, /sea, whatever you wanna call it. I feel like I've never really seen people talk about this too much (or at least not a hot topic about it), and I wonder why not. The search function we have in XIV now is just horribad. For those of you that don't know/couldn't figure it out, the gist is basically this: Party forms, Party advertises their party vacancies on the search function, Player searches and finds parties, profit. In this system, the player must seek out the party, and can only do so if the party leader remembers to update their advertisement once an hour. This is incredibly ineffective, as it's a backwards system to how people usually think. Parties should look for players, not the other way around.
The search function in XI was great: you could set up parties, help track friends ETA, and generally examine who was in the areas. I think that adding an effective search function to FFXIV would pull server communities together. Players would become more familiar with the names they always see online and could ask those in their level range if they were interested in playing together.
Some players, however, may not want to be searched all the time. They may want to go be "invisible." That's where you would have a /anon or /invis or other command to make your character unsearchable. You would still be able to anonymously check the player and see their rank/LS/equipment if you find them in game. This way, players would not have to feel stalked if they are trying to avoid another player or just have alone time. This may defeat some purposes of the search, but at least having search with anon would be better than no search at all.
Ideas? Suggestions? Comments?
Would love to hear from a dev on this subject. :)
[Dev1065] How About That Search Feature?
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06-06-2011, 03:39 AMSeraphite[Dev1065] How About That Search Feature?
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06-06-2011, 03:47 AMWarlyx
the /search funciton was removed 2 months ago......
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06-06-2011, 03:48 AMFironNo we never had an search function they just removed the player count on the serverQuote:
Originally Posted by Warlyx
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06-06-2011, 03:53 AMSeraphiteNo, it wasn't. The search feature is still in the game, you just can't see how many people on the server are online.Quote:
Originally Posted by Warlyx
And there has never been a text command /search in the game. -
06-06-2011, 03:55 AMElexiaHow can they remove something that never existed?Quote:
Originally Posted by Warlyx
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06-06-2011, 03:58 AMDreamer
I personally hope they don't add this feature. I find it rather annoying to have to respond to tells from people constantly asking me if I want to join their random party.
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06-06-2011, 04:03 AMSeraphiteIt's like people don't even read the OP. :\Quote:
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06-06-2011, 04:52 AMBlackomegaKingofwaffles
No way they would add a search if they did that we would be able to see how many people are playing. Think of how demoralizing that would be. I'm sure well get one after ps3 and they have deemed the population large enough to let us see.
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06-06-2011, 04:59 AMVolsung
As long as they EVENTUALLY re-add this feature with party seeking functionality I will be happy. This feature did exist at one point then /sea was removed along with the ability to see population. Right now it is almost impossible to find a grind party because we have no lfp and /sea abilities. I know a ton of people that could find it useful. If it comes with ps3 release or before, thats fine, but it better happen. And if you don't want to be bothered use /anon.
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06-06-2011, 05:11 AMviion(/anon) (Do you need it?)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreamer
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06-06-2011, 05:26 AMRinsui
Something that actually allows us to actively invite people to a party?
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06-06-2011, 05:39 AMDreadnought
yeah /anonymous it if you dont want random tells.
other than that whether or not a search function would be demoralizing to SE for having such low populations, it isnt something i care about when i log in to start up a day of grouping...... -
06-06-2011, 06:26 AMDreamer
Yes, I realize that there are anon/invis modes for games that usually do that. It's annoying to remember to do it every.single.time.you.log.in though. If it could be made a toggle that persists between logins, however....
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06-06-2011, 06:37 AMHioki
/anon to hide levels and such
/invis to hide from friends list
/dnd(do not disturb) to take off search list maybe? :confused:
I know anon could be toggled on and off in XI and lasted through all play sessions til you turned it off.
But yes /sea and /sea all 1-50 mrd inv etc. should be added. They don't have to give a message or anything of a total count and can truncate at 25 people. I don't feel it really is to much to ask to have this done.