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Hallo everybuddy,

I was asking myself whether the communication for

* Linkshells or
* Free Companies

will be improved for FFXIV:ARR, as there is no news on that topic yet (as far as I know).

Regarding Linkshells:

It has always been a problem in v1.x when you had multiple Linkshells, forcing you to switch every time you wanted to chat across different Linkshells.

My suggestion:

Using two keys (like the Macro System), triggering different Linkshell chats.

(e.g. ALT GR + 1)

Not sure if this is easy to implement technically, not enough base knowledge ;..(

What do you think?

/l1
/l2
/l3
/fc1
/fc2
/fc3

dont need to macro it just make it easier. sure its doable.

My only issue is how many can you have before you run out of colors to distinguish one ls/gc from another and then distinguish them from /sh /yell /tell /say /etc

during 1.2x, we can map our certain keys to /l1, /l2, etc etc.

That's a good point!

- In v1.x there was an option to use different colors for each LS.

- The Linkshell crest was also displayed for the LS you currently had equipped.

Yea, I think the /l /l2 etc commands are by the best idea. I don't know how many times I've tried that in the last year when I really started playing a lot. If I'm fighitng something, I don't want to be doing macro combos and shit then type. id rather just type, get my shit out, n get back to giving my current mission my attention. Idk about you, but I've hated dieing in MMOs since XI (pre-CoP).

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Originally Posted by MicahZerrshia

My only issue is how many can you have before you run out of colors to distinguish one ls/gc from another and then distinguish them from /sh /yell /tell /say /etc

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This is going to actually depend on who you're asking. You can have 20/20 vision, but the guy next to you might still see slight variances in colors that you do not. I do it to my brother all the time and he thought I was nuts. I proved that with photoshop though. Thanks Adobe. Lol.

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Originally Posted by MicahZerrshia

/l1
/l2
/l3
/fc1
/fc2
/fc3

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Yes that is a very good idea but dropping Linkshells must be taken into consideration too. Numbers changes may cause trouble.

How about an interface that lets you lock numbers to Linkshells by personal choice?
(in v1.x the max amount of Linkshells was 9 if I remember correctly)

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Originally Posted by SidRheingold

Yes that is a very good idea but dropping Linkshells must be taken into consideration too. Numbers changes may cause trouble.
How about an interface that lets you lock numbers to Linkshells by personal choice?
(in v1.x the max amount of Linkshells was 9 if I remember correctly)

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In my opinion, if you can't keep track of your Linkshells well enough to know which is which, you should probably stick to one! Also, if you drop a linkshell, all those after it would naturally get -1 to their slot, and those before it remain the same number.

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Originally Posted by ChiyoKatsui

In my opinion, if you can't keep track of your Linkshells well enough to know which is which, you should probably stick to one!

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It is not particularly a question of differenciating one's Linkshells, more like avoiding mistells through different LS chats.

But yeah.

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Also adding that if I remember correctly, players can only join one Free Company at a time.
That erases the discussion on FC chat.

What I always imagined was an overlay that you can open while you're in FFXIV.
Every Linkshell automatically gets a Lodestone sub-Forum (obviously invsibile to others) and a DKP System like site which can be opened over the Linkshell Menu.

I had keymapped switching different linkshells to Ctrl+F1, F2, etc. It worked out pretty well.

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Originally Posted by SidRheingold

Yes that is a very good idea but dropping Linkshells must be taken into consideration too. Numbers changes may cause trouble.

How about an interface that lets you lock numbers to Linkshells by personal choice?
(in v1.x the max amount of Linkshells was 9 if I remember correctly)

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In 1.0 in the linkshell tab you could move ls around to be designated as 1 2 or 3 and change the color of each freely. All you have to do when you drop a ls is to look to see which ls is 1 2 or 3.

Shouldnt cause too many issues unless you are bad mouthing ls 1 to ls 2

I hope they fix the "SPY" feature of the LS chat but I would miss not being able to see what other linkshells are doing so I can jump in the action or being able to know a buddy in another ls needs help with something. Maybe you can block yourself from being read and still be able to see what everyone else is saying. Well whatever!!!!

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Originally Posted by Seraphe

What I always imagined was an overlay that you can open while you're in FFXIV.
Every Linkshell automatically gets a Lodestone sub-Forum (obviously invsibile to others) and a DKP System like site which can be opened over the Linkshell Menu.

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Sounds like a future add-on with the SDK they'll be releasing...