Mobile app for squadrons.

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10-26-2016, 04:09 AM
Hanz

Mobile app for squadrons.

Good evening all,

Just a thought, I think the squadrons would benefit greatly from being implemented into a mobile app. Would it be possible to incorporate something like this?

World of Warcraft have added something similar for sending the minions there away on missions while your away, at work, travelling etc, and it works really well.

Not really sure who to pop the questions to, guess when i see the next live letter questions page ill ask again there.
10-26-2016, 04:25 AM
ErdrickLoto

Definitely would be a fan of this. I'm very frequently unable to access the game, so I'd love for the ability to manage my squadron when I'm away from the computer.
10-26-2016, 04:37 AM
Dualgunner

I want this for squadrons and retainers please.
10-26-2016, 06:20 AM
SenorPatty

I can agree to this idea so long as the devs continue to maintain squadrons a "dispatch" type of activity in the game.
10-26-2016, 06:25 AM
KitingGenbu

Given how barebones squadron is and how look it took wow to come around on their class order hall (dumbed-down garrison mode), I don't see this happening any time soon.
10-26-2016, 06:33 PM
Culfinrandir

Once you get them all to lvl50 there's not really anything worth doing with them anyway - yet.
10-26-2016, 07:21 PM
KazuneHypnotik

I wouldn't mind having an app for that. I would absolutely love to have an app for FC chat or maybe LS chat as well? :)
10-26-2016, 10:26 PM
Dzian

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Originally Posted by Culfinrandir

Once you get them all to lvl50 there's not really anything worth doing with them anyway - yet.

Yeah I was a bit disappointed with the rewards from the rank 3 stuff. scrolls that make gear durablility last 20% longer or mgp prizes 20% higher, nothing of much use generally.

can get some nice rewards from the chemistry bonuses. few decent mateiras but getting the chemistry bonuses is rare.

be nice if I could sendthem out for unidentifiables or umbrites or anything like that.

app for retainers would be awesome if it let you manage ventures and market boards on the go.
10-26-2016, 10:50 PM
cyborgmermaid

While it would be nice, I fear this would lead to a slippery slope. If you can manage squadrons, then why not retainers as well? And if retainers, why not check the market board? Why not crafting? You know how this forum is; people will ask for more and more and more, and SE as always will cave in. And before you know it, half the game can be played on a mobile (which of course is incredibly unfair to those who cannot have or afford one)
10-26-2016, 10:58 PM
ErdrickLoto

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Originally Posted by cyborgmermaid

(which of course is incredibly unfair to those who cannot have or afford one)

If you're paying for a game with a subscription instead of having a device that's very useful in today's world, I think your priorities miiiiiiiiight be skewed a bit.
10-26-2016, 11:52 PM
Antonio_Xul

An app would be cool. To get the maximum training for your recruits require minimum 3 hours of free time in your daily life. Sometimes I don't have that. It would be nice to have something I could use to help me with this while I'm out & about. If it's possible to do this with retainers as well, then I'm all for it. I didn't think this was possible until my friend told me what WoW did.
10-27-2016, 12:18 AM
Annah

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Originally Posted by cyborgmermaid

While it would be nice, I fear this would lead to a slippery slope. If you can manage squadrons, then why not retainers as well? And if retainers, why not check the market board? Why not crafting? You know how this forum is; people will ask for more and more and more, and SE as always will cave in. And before you know it, half the game can be played on a mobile (which of course is incredibly unfair to those who cannot have or afford one)

So you're paying 15 a month on an MMO on a computer or a PS4 but you are saying this may not be fair because this would require someone to have a mobile phone or tablet?

I'm lost here.
10-28-2016, 11:15 AM
cyborgmermaid

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Originally Posted by Annah

So you're paying 15 a month on an MMO on a computer or a PS4 but you are saying this may not be fair because this would require someone to have a mobile phone or tablet?

I'm lost here.

Cell phone plans cost five times a month what XIV does.

And I was also thinking of younger people with less control over what they have.
10-28-2016, 02:54 PM
Klamor

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyborgmermaid

Cell phone plans cost five times a month what XIV does.

And I was also thinking of younger people with less control over what they have.

So this is a "You people can't have nice things because my own adult game is weak." And regarding kids: If their parents don't allow them a smart-phone (which they shouldn't, because kids don't need smart-phones) then that is their prerogative as adults whose adult game is stronk enough to make that decision for them. It isn't as if any features available via the app would be game-breaking as if people couldn't do the exact same thing by simply being logged into the game on the machines they're supposedly already playing on and supporting the subscription.
10-28-2016, 11:25 PM
ErdrickLoto

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyborgmermaid

Cell phone plans cost five times a month what XIV does.

And I was also thinking of younger people with less control over what they have.

Again: cell phones are far, far more useful in more areas of life than Final Fantasy XIV is. If you chose to pay the subscription for FFXIV over getting a cell phone, that's entirely your own problem.

By that same token, I'm not sure that a parent would prefer to routinely pay for a subscription for a video game, rather than routinely pay for something that helps contact their child...