Hi everyone! Has it been announced if the dev team are working on implementing social features to the game's launcher? As I come from playing a similar game for over a decade which has social features within its launcher which do not just feel like a luxury but a necessity. It's things such as the ability to add players as friends, see the status of friends (online, busy, away and offline) and open a chat with them through it. Such an improvement to the game's launcher would not just be welcome, it would deserve a massage and a cup of tea and I insist. During my search for info regarding the matter, I stumbled upon this video of a concept by someone which scarred my heart, I swear on this by the life of my chocobo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FrnebaD5dM
The moment the video was played and the breeze of the future filled my surroundings and all of my hair stood firm like the mountains. If it has been announced please let us know. If not, our hearts yearn to know.
A Very Welcome Improvement To Game's Launcher
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01-18-2018, 10:57 PMTheVigilantA Very Welcome Improvement To Game's Launcher
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01-18-2018, 11:08 PMRufalus
At least for now the plan is for social features to be part of a new mobile app releasing within the next few months. Will include chat, organising FC events on a calendar, item management and more. Don't know about remaking the launcher, nothing announced on that yet.
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01-18-2018, 11:17 PMTheVigilant
Thanks for the swift reply, Rufalus. I hope to see the chat part at least on the launcher as well.
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01-19-2018, 04:37 AMCallinon
Aside from not knowing what a "manlual" is, that's gorgeous and I want it.
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10-31-2018, 05:05 PMTheVigilant
Yet almost a year later and...
https://media1.tenor.com/images/79fc...itemid=9362237 -
10-31-2018, 08:49 PMShurrikhan/patQuote:
Originally Posted by Husain
It's a pretty great mock-up, seriously. And I'd love to see handy social features like that, even if Discord has largely eclipsed the need... Maybe if/when considerations for megaservers comes under way they might give social features, the disgustingly long amount of time it takes even to sort online players to the tops of their respective lists, and the launcher UI their due reconsideration.
Edit: Ideally, this persistent and responsive social menu / friends list would have to be available on more than just launcher, of course, for the development to be worthwhile, though. -
11-01-2018, 12:18 AMRaldo
Given the few seconds I spend on the launcher, this seems like a giant waste of resources.
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11-01-2018, 01:05 AMNiwashi
It's not going to have social features available before knowing who you are, and once you log in, you're done with the launcher and will be entering the game anyway, where those social features already exist. What would be the point in having them on the launcher screen that you're done with by the time you could access them there?
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11-01-2018, 09:24 AMTheVigilantTo each their own.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raldo
I don't want to be forced to keep the game open on my laptop when I'm not charging it and busy with other things to suck the battery life out in a matter of a couple of hours just so I can chat with my FFXIV friends while I'm doing other stuff, this is the benefit I had in Blizzard's game launcher, and don't tell me Discord, even though I use it I also understand not every FFXIV player uses Discord and they're free not to. Please try to be considerate towards other people, thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niwashi
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11-02-2018, 04:03 AMDrWho2010
eh if you're gonna talk with ffxiv friends and not use discord then your options are kinda limited. how is the launcher supposed to know it's you? you may have multiple characters on a service account. there's being considerate and then there's being ignorant and oblivious to game limitations.
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11-02-2018, 10:27 AMTheVigilantAnd then there is reading the posts properly before replying. I mentioned Blizzard's game launcher, go download it and experience the future, which existed already on that side more than 5 years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrWho2010
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11-02-2018, 01:48 PMRamessesThere, there, now...Quote:
Originally Posted by Husain
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11-02-2018, 10:38 PMTheVigilanthttps://cdn.emojidex.com/emoji/px128...png?1425528805Quote:
Originally Posted by Ramesses
Funny name by the way ^^ -
11-03-2018, 10:14 AMRamesses*(Raises a quizzical eyebrow)*Quote:
Originally Posted by Husain
In order to please the masses, perhaps I should have stayed with Prince Nuada-- one of my test character's name in 1.0 beta? That was too literal and ostentatious but I did like the character in Hellboy 2.
The name "Ramesses" - From Ramesses II, one of the greatest Egyptian Pharaohs. Since childhood, I've been into old classical films and watched "Ten Commandments" starring Yul Brynner as Pharaoh Ramesses... loved the movie and everything about ancient Egypt ever since.
By the way, numerous research historians have confirmed he was not the Pharaoh indicated in the biblical Exodus ...(that was Amenhotep II); nonetheless the movie still remains one of the top ten most financially successful films ever made, grossing over $65 million back in its time which, adjusting for inflation, is over $2 Billion in 2017.
The surname "Atreides" - From House Atreides, one of the prominent Great Noble Houses of Frank Herbert's Dune universe (an epic series I first read when I was about twelve), also eventually watching both the six-part Sci-Fi movie version of 2003 and the old classic 1984 version. Origin of the Atreides name "Atreus" actually ties into ancient Greek history and Homer's "The Iliad" -
11-07-2018, 07:49 AMKrojack
Yeah I agree. FFxiv launcher is pretty horrible. The fact that it relies on Internet Explorer alone is pretty bad. In short the launcher is just loading a web page.
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11-09-2018, 07:38 PMTheVigilantOmG what...?Quote:
Originally Posted by Krojack
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11-12-2018, 07:24 AMRamessesMy sentiments exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Husain
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11-13-2018, 01:28 AMKrojackIf you've ever had problems with the launcher such as just an all black screen and not loading, you need to go into IE (or control panels) > Internet Options > Advanced tab and click "Reset" under the "Reset Internet Explorer Settings" to fix the launcher.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ramesses
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11-18-2018, 07:56 PMTheVigilantAnd yet nothing announced from the FanFestQuote:
Originally Posted by Krojack