Idea 3: Upgraded eternal ring

The ethernal ring teleportation timer should be shortened to the length of a normal teleport so you can teleport to your partner more often (wich would strengthen the bond). Also, this ring should also make it possible for a partner to autojoin the game of their partner if for example someone left their game and they are in need of a replacement. Right now the eternal ring looks like a punishment where they let you know what "could" have been, but wich you aren't getting. That curse should be removed, afterall... marriage is supposed to be a blessing.

Making the cooldown the same as return will not gives any harm to no one.

Aeoncs I thought about putting them all together, but that would make it hard to discuss them since I have like 20+ idea's. The only reason why I posted several at the same time is cuss I posted them in the wrong section, getting no replies. So don't worry about it. As I don't plan to repeat this amount every day. And thanks for your respect btw, I'm not asking anyone to agree with my idea. Although I wish to be free to share my thoughts on what I think could improve the game, even if in general most people find those idea's worthless. Freedom of speech is a wonderfull thing, I only hope that people like Crysten will never get a leadership role or that could soon change... I wonder what she dislikes most... Miqo'te or males... eitherways.. to stick to the idea.. Won't be spamming like this again, I promiss you that.

Now let's look at it another way. A player makes their way to an end of an instance, kicks random play #2 from the group and invites their partner in and it's guaranteed to let them in. If you want to play with your partner, you could go into the dungeon with them in the first place. :)

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Originally Posted by Dustytome

Now let's look at it another way. A player makes their way to an end of an instance, kicks random play #2 from the group and invites their partner in and it's guaranteed to let them in. If you want to play with your partner, you could go into the dungeon with them in the first place. :)

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I didn't say it was a kick situation, and I agree with your point. It should only be available if another player quit the instance, not if there was a kick, because then it would absolutely be open to abuse.

The other situation is this allows them to skip the queue. If they're a dps and #50 in line and everyone has selected to join a party in progress, they shouldn't suddenly get to cut in front of everyone else.

I don't see the problem Dustytome because im talking about situations where someone leaves and no one joins the party (some dungeons have a problem finding members at certain hours). So this queue you talk about, it doesn't excist!

Wouldn't mind if the Ring itself could absorb the stats of other rings, that way you can update it to be on-par with the latest equipment and never have to take it off for the sake of functionality.

I wouldn't mind shorter time on ring but honestly the other ideas is a no for me. I get people want to spend more time with their in game partner or IRL partners more in game, by TP faster (less cooldown I guess) but replacing people inside instance? Wont happen, they actually need time and money for that like actually fix duty finder with other words, which wont happen.

id be just happy with having 2 function on the ring , one is a port to wife the other one would be summon wife :P

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I don't see the problem Dustytome because im talking about situations where someone leaves and no one joins the party (some dungeons have a problem finding members at certain hours). So this queue you talk about, it doesn't excist!

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Then they could just join a party in progress for that dungeon and it should put them in the group unless multiple groups for that dungeon are missing a member in which, first come first serve. If it's a completely pre-made group then I'd agree they should allow you to add members as you see fit to the run (out of combat), but in no way attached to a cash shop item.

Lowering the recast time would be great. Let it happen on their anniversary, shorten the timer every year to 5 minutes lower. It should stop at 10 minutes and not go any lower.

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Originally Posted by Evayaneth

Best. Post. Ever.

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More like... Most. Unoriginal. Post. Ever.

Its the FFXIV equivalent of Elf Haters in WoW. It serves no function other to foster a vaguely hostile atmosphere among the community. Its the mark of an immature mind looking for gratification and aiming at the lowest common denominator. It should not be praised, it should be ignored.

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More like... Most. Unoriginal. Post. Ever.

Its the FFXIV equivalent of Elf Haters in WoW. It serves no function other to foster a vaguely hostile atmosphere among the community. Its the mark of an immature mind looking for gratification and aiming at the lowest common denominator. It should not be praised, it should be ignored.

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You sound a little upset, buddy. Are you okay?

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Originally Posted by Grey-Satyr

You sound a little upset, buddy. Are you okay?

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Quite fine. Just getting tired of seeing what was once a very pleasant community slowly going downhill. Can't stop it forever, but sitting there and doing nothing doesn't slow the process.

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Quite fine. Just getting tired of seeing what was once a very pleasant community slowly going downhill. Can't stop it forever, but sitting there and doing nothing doesn't slow the process.

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I started playing the game just a little before you did if your join date is accurate, there is no difference between the community now and before. If you're judging the community by the forums alone, you're in for a very rough time. And honestly, if somebody making a harmless joke about the race you play is enough to get under your skin, you need some serious perspective. Lighten up. Play whatever race makes you happy - some are always going to come with stigmas. The exact same thing can be said about classes/jobs like dragoons.

Edit: Just for clarification, I think the FFXIV community is amazing. It's the best of any MMORPG I have played and I have tried out most of the bigger games over the last 10 or so years. People that are constantly whining about the community going downhill are often part of the problem

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Originally Posted by Grey-Satyr

I started playing the game just a little before you did if your join date is accurate, there is no difference between the community now and before. If you're judging the community by the forums alone, you're in for a very rough time. And honestly, if somebody making a harmless joke about the race you play is enough to get under your skin, you need some serious perspective. Lighten up. Play whatever race makes you happy - some are always going to come with stigmas. The exact same thing can be said about classes/jobs like dragoons.

Edit: Just for clarification, I think the FFXIV community is amazing. It's the best of any MMORPG I have played and I have tried out most of the bigger games over the last 10 or so years. People that are constantly whining about the community going downhill are often part of the problem

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My join date is accurate. The community feels different these days. Or it feels so to me. Before Stormblood and its jobs were announced the divide between Healers, Tanks, and DPS never felt so problematic. Feels like lately I've run into more self-entitled jerks in DF than before as well. The forums feel like they've gone downhill a bit too. I know forums are rarely pleasant places for MMOs, but this one felt a lot more helpful a while ago than it does today.

A harmless joke doesn't get under my skin, and as for race, I recently switched from Midlander to Miqo'te so... doesn't matter to me too much. What matters to me is the sentiment behind it. Its a pretty ugly thing, and if its allowed to get out of control, it generally does. Ever heard the tale about the Blizzcon where some fan stated they liked the Alliance and found his car had been scratched by a key to read, 'Alliance Fag, Horde Rulez,' or some phrase to such an effect? Granted WoW is an unfair comparison given they actively aimed to pit the playerbase against itself and fed the flames of that inferno all the time.

FFXIV does have an amazing community and I'd like to see it remain as such. As time goes by it gets more popular. New players come, they come from games like WoW, and they bring their attitudes with them, and it begins to detract from the community.

But I'm getting a bit off topic I think... My point was, I don't feel like its worth letting something slide by as a, 'Joke,' when there really isn't anything humorous about the post to begin with.

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Then they could just join a party in progress for that dungeon and it should put them in the group unless multiple groups for that dungeon are missing a member in which, first come first serve. If it's a completely pre-made group then I'd agree they should allow you to add members as you see fit to the run (out of combat), but in no way attached to a cash shop item.

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The ring isn't a cash shop item, or have you forgotten that the base ceremony is free and the ring is made by the player during the quests that lead to the ceremony.

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Originally Posted by Dustytome

The other situation is this allows them to skip the queue. If they're a dps and #50 in line and everyone has selected to join a party in progress, they shouldn't suddenly get to cut in front of everyone else.

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How does it differ from creating a partial pre-made group running in DF? I see no difference and no unfairness. If anything it might actually get people moving through the Q's faster since it might being more people to DF overall.

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Originally Posted by Vexander

My join date is accurate. The community feels different these days. Or it feels so to me. Before Stormblood and its jobs were announced the divide between Healers, Tanks, and DPS never felt so problematic.

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My join date is accurate also (well, would have been July 2013, but I believe that was the beta forum, and I didn't create my real account until the game itself arrived). To be honest, the tension between the roles has existed for some time. The worst might have been with the 1st tier of Alex Savage and the far too highly tuned DPS checks that made healer DPS and Strength tanks a thing. Before that though, there was plenty of tension in the community with the original Coil tiers, and then savage and EX primals, and let's not forget the Lord of the Crag himself Hard Mode Titan version 2.0 who was a total and complete bear to get by, producing much drama.

The MOAR DPS meta has been around since Coil, and the tensions are more or less the same as they always have been. Every now and again someone will post that the game is in decline and dying because of this, and yet we continue to lurch from patch to patch with a pretty steady player count. There are many posters here who have been here even longer than I, dating back to 1.X, who might offer more perspective. But in general, I don't think the community is any worse now than 1 year ago, 2 years, 3 or 4. It is what it is, a self selecting group with a critical interest in FFXIV. As you might expect that predisposition results in a decent amount of argumentative posts, not untypical of an online forum. Actually If I compare this against Reddit, this is a center of civilized thought and discourse.

My attempts to summon a sammich maker have yet to succeed so far.

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To be serious though, I suppose the ring could increase in usefulness depending on a bonding lvl that only increases as you party with your significant other? Teleport is obviously first ability, others could come after? Gives new bonders something to do and maybe a more rewarding experience? I dunno. Changing the teleport timer is kinda moot when you can get to your partner within a few minutes tops anywhere in game except for duties anyway. Being able to summon a partner to a duty would be neat though.

Please stop making that ring something that is not. Its only purpose is go to your partner. stop. Don't even try to put bonding in your minmax game.

Funny to see how I get called the enemy just for mentioning things I think could use improvement. Diffirence is that I made this post because I thought there were others that would consider this "improvement". I am trying to HELP the community. Joining a topic just to get attention by acting hostile against whoever made this post isn't helping anyone. As for the others stating their genuine "neutral" opinion, thank you. Im just sharing what I think without disrespect to the rules just like you are. I do not expect you to follow in my suggestion but I'm just trying to figure out if there's more people that agree so maybe SE can make a change if they see everyone wants it.

But admit that it would be nice if they shortened the teleport time to that of the home point teleportation.

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But admit that it would be nice if they shortened the teleport time to that of the home point teleportation.

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15 minutes instead of 30? Yes

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Originally Posted by SXTC

The ethernal ring teleportation timer should be shortened to the length of a normal teleport so you can teleport to your partner more often (wich would strengthen the bond)..

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No

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Also, this ring should also make it possible for a partner to auto-join the game of their partner if for example someone left their game and they are in need of a replacement.

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Hell no for abuse reasons. Vote-kick is already bad enough.

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Originally Posted by SXTC

Right now the eternal ring looks like a punishment where they let you know what "could" have been, but wich you aren't getting. That curse should be removed, afterall... marriage is supposed to be a blessing.

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It's a blessing because people can marry who they want in game. Like my boyfriend and myself for example. It just sounds like a trinket that 'doesn't do enough' with the way you're explaining it.

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Originally Posted by Vexander

Wouldn't mind if the Ring itself could absorb the stats of other rings, that way you can update it to be on-par with the latest equipment and never have to take it off for the sake of functionality.

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Seen this suggested before, and it flopped pretty hard. It makes gearing up just that much easier, giving you basically 2x BIS rings the moment you get only one.