Free Company Customization Things Rank/Etc

So first and foremost I love Free Companies, Good job guys.

I do have some minor issues though that I think need resolving and if people want to "Like" or bump this is they agree it be fantastic, also if you have any suggestions I'll tag em onto this post so we can get a nice list of things.

So for starters:
1. a button that sets the default rank when someone joins the FC, that would be handy.
2. include in rank permissions the ability to talk, that way if someone is being obnoxious, BOOM demoted to the shut up rank.
3. THIS ONE IS IMPORTANT Make it so there is a permission for using the company chest that allows a person to deposit items BUT NOT withdraw.
4. a goblin to be useable for the symbol on the crest (more of a personal thing for me but hey might aswell) would be good if they added a design for each enemy type, seems weird some of the choices they decided on and not others.
5. change the names of the chest permissions, "Leader" doesnt really help in terms of figuring out what it allows.
6. The ability to label the chest boxes. So we can label one as Meds for example or dungeon consumables etc. be handy so it's easier for people with leader permission to see and if you open up some of the boxes it's neat.
7. I want to be able to sort the members list by the column headers.
8. Choice of Company Crest size and placement.
These tiny and seemingly random place Company crest's are not worth the Gil to add them. I added my company crest to my chest plate and shield. My shield has it in the lower right hand corner no more than two to three inches big in equivalent size and for some really bazaar reason my company crest was placed on the back towards the neck line of his armor. Just as tiny. I understand that the Devs are limited to how much control over this they can give us before it becomes broken in the sense that it does not look right.
9. Officer chat, a channel of the free company chat that only certain ranks can see/talk in
10. DO NOT ALLOW anyone with promote/dismiss permission allows them to promote past their own rank, demote above their own rank, and if they have a dismiss option they can even dismiss above their own rank
11. Free Company Crests - why are they not visible to other players? why are they only visible to the player wearing them? I can see mine, but no one else can, they can see their crest on their armor, but I cannot see their crest. Seems like a minor oversight perhaps? I play on the PS3 version, not sure if this is any issue for PC players. -Kosmos

Decided that in addition to request that we should also ask questions for confirming things so feel free to ask aswell :p

1. What is company reputation for?
2. Can you get max reputation with each Grand Company?
3. Will you add more company ranks?
4. How specifically do you raise your company's rank?

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Originally Posted by Mazi

So first and foremost I love Free Companies.

So for starters:
1. a button that sets the default rank when someone joins the FC, that would be handy.
2. include in rank permissions the ability to talk, that way if someone is being obnoxious, BOOM demoted to the shut up rank.
3. THIS ONE IS IMPORTANT Make it so there is a permission for using the company chest that allows a person to deposit items BUT NOT withdraw.
4. a goblin to be useable for the symbol on the crest (more of a personal thing for me but hey might aswell)
5. change the names of the chest permissions, "Leader" doesnt really help in terms of figuring out what it allows.

So there is the start of my list, anyone else wanna chime in? :p

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Indeed, I am loving Free Companies so far. But as you said, the major problems for me is 1, 2, 3, and 5. I should hope Square Enix will look into the matter in the immediate future and make managing Free Companies more easy to handle.

Agreed on the chest permission definitely.

Also I was going to post about crests as well, I wanted a dodo, would be good if they added a design for each enemy type, seems weird some of the choices they decided on and not others.

I would like to add another to your list:

The ability to label the chest boxes. So we can label one as Meds for example or dungeon consumables etc. be handy so it's easier for people with leader permission to see and if you open up some of the boxes it's neat.

I want to be able to sort the members list by the column headers.

Agree with those points.

Another thing, please add some new crests because there are so few to choose.. :/ I saw many different ones in a Live Letter lately.. where are them? :p
(i need a 'nomal tree' crest but not a 'pine' one for my FC lol)

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Originally Posted by Mazi

So for starters:
1. a button that sets the default rank when someone joins the FC, that would be handy. THIS NEEDS ADDED ASAP LIKE NOW NOW NOW.
2. include in rank permissions the ability to talk, that way if someone is being obnoxious, BOOM demoted to the shut up rank.
3. THIS ONE IS IMPORTANT Make it so there is a permission for using the company chest that allows a person to deposit items BUT NOT withdraw.
4. a goblin to be useable for the symbol on the crest (more of a personal thing for me but hey might aswell)
5. change the names of the chest permissions, "Leader" doesnt really help in terms of figuring out what it allows.

So there is the start of my list, anyone else wanna chime in? :p

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The mind literally boggles that [1] and [3] aren't already implemented. [1] is so annoying I can't even see straight. Seriously, guys, let us set what rank people who join are set at. Otherwise, why bother letting us have custom ranks? I haven't been able to set my hierarchy settings because if I did every new inductee would be an officer and be able to do all sorts of crazy stuff before someone thought to demote them. Please hot fix asap, thanks.

Updated the list, keep showin your support guys :p

Ok these are just my personal additions to the list.

(Disclaimer) I am only level 21 so I may have missed these features in the game or I have just not reached the point yet where I can access it.

1: (and this one bugs me to no end) Choice of Company Crest size and placement.
These tiny and seemingly random place Company crest's are not worth the Gil to add them. I added my company crest to my chest plate and shield. My shield has it in the lower right hand corner no more than two to three inches big in equivalent size and for some really bazaar reason my company crest was placed on the back towards the neck line of his armor. Just as tiny. I understand that the Devs are limited to how much control over this they can give us before it becomes broken in the sense that it does not look right.

2: Officer chat
While I love the link shell system, I really think officer chat should be already available as part of the game.

added to ze list, remember everyone reading this to do a nice little "Like" hit so we can actually show we want these

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Originally Posted by Hiruke

The mind literally boggles that [1] and [3] aren't already implemented. [1] is so annoying I can't even see straight. Seriously, guys, let us set what rank people who join are set at. Otherwise, why bother letting us have custom ranks? I haven't been able to set my hierarchy settings because if I did every new inductee would be an officer and be able to do all sorts of crazy stuff before someone thought to demote them. Please hot fix asap, thanks.

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its easy to do just set all ranks above the default member rank so it is the lowest then change names accordingly

Agreed!

By the Twelve, it took me a week to figure out what 'leader' chest permissions meant (apparently it's view-only). I don't know if this was something that was lost in translation or what, but if you've ever set up an ACL (access control list), you would know this is not clear terminology at all. Also, why are there no permissions for deposit-only? My FC members want to contribute gil toward our housing, but I just can't let everyone have the ability to withdraw at will. So, now I have to put everyone on my friend list and ask them to mail me the gil. I'm sure that won't get me flagged for RMT. :/

Plus, please give us a log so we can see what's going in and out.

SE has definitely brought us an improvement over the lackluster linkshell system. They've laid the groundwork for something quite great, but at the moment it's still a little simplistic. When they get the server issues straightened out, I really hope they'll do some tweaks to free companies.

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Originally Posted by Aunkah

its easy to do just set all ranks above the default member rank so it is the lowest then change names accordingly

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Unless they changed it since Open Beta, the little symbol next to the rank is not changeable, so sure if you want some important looking symbol super way down the list this would be fine. I consider this to be suboptimal design at best. If you could at least change the symbol next to the rank, that would be... better. This is not really how one would choose to intentionally design a UI, were one also a user of that UI.

On the bright side, they did say they were going to add a "deposit-only" setting, as well as a log of who deposited/withdrew what. Not until 2.1, though.

I made a post but I think maybe adding here will help with question
I'm leader of my FC and I just found out that anyone with promote/dismiss permission allows them to promote past their own rank, demote above their own rank, and if they have a dismiss option they can even dismiss above their own rank, which is ridiculous.

Anyone else have this? Or know anything about it?

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Originally Posted by GodKiller

I made a post but I think maybe adding here will help with question
I'm leader of my FC and I just found out that anyone with promote/dismiss permission allows them to promote past their own rank, demote above their own rank, and if they have a dismiss option they can even dismiss above their own rank, which is ridiculous.

Anyone else have this? Or know anything about it?

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Yeah that is a thing and it is incredibly stupid xP

Free Company Crests - why are they not visible to other players? The point of a company crest is to let folks know you belong to a particular Free Company - right? So why are they only visible to the player wearing them? I can see mine, but no one else can, they can see their crest on their armor, but I cannot see their crest. Seems like a minor oversight perhaps?

I play on the PS3 version, not sure if this is any issue for PC players.

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Originally Posted by Kosmos992k

Free Company Crests - why are they not visible to other players? The point of a company crest is to let folks know you belong to a particular Free Company - right? So why are they only visible to the player wearing them? I can see mine, but no one else can, they can see their crest on their armor, but I cannot see their crest. Seems like a minor oversight perhaps?

I play on the PS3 version, not sure if this is any issue for PC players.

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I actually haven't heard of this before so I might have to double check with people :o I know in duty finder it turns off your crest though

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Originally Posted by Mazi

I actually haven't heard of this before so I might have to double check with people :o I know in duty finder it turns off your crest though

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I checked with a friend who plays on PC, and hey confirmed that they cannot see the crests on my armor, and I cannot see theirs either.

1. Make permissions for ranks to deposit and withdraw a number amount of stacks of items per day as well as a set amount of GIL.
2. Make it possible for officers to chat exclusively to other officers in the FC.
3. Add a sorting feature to the FC, like clicking the top of the Members page where the Names are for Alphabetical, Jobs, Level, Area, Etc.
4. Add an FC Information page where you can add your Vent / Mumble / RC server information, website, and other important FC details for FC Members, so we don't have to use the Company Board section for it all.
5. Auto stack
6. A sort button: to sort by ABC, # of items, etc
7. A way to select multiple items from your inventory at once and put it into a chest (like a crtl+click listener)
8. Ability to purchase more slots
9. Ability to allow members limited promotion/demotion settings. So a Rank 3 member could promote someone to rank 2 or 1, but cannot promote them to the same rank or higher than themselves.

10. Can we change "leader" name for the FC chest setting to "View Only" or let us change the names of those permissions since Leader and None have pretty much the same meaning in this current build.
11. Tax or membership fee for the FC to go towards Housing, Pets, etc
12. Add right click to add items to the FC Chest instead of having to drag drop then confirm each time
13. Allow turning in quests and talking to NPCs while mounted on personal mount.
14. Better TAB targetting.
15. Enable more right click chat name options, for example drop down list when right clicking a name in chat should have "Add to...Linkshell, Company, Blacklist, Friendlist ETC"

As I think of more, or people post more, I'll add it to this list so we can get every FC suggestion in one place and the Developers can fix it on the big 2.1 patch.

There should be a logging system to show who is Adding/removing gil or items...... especially gil

I didn't read through all of the comments (read the main post) but it would be nice to have a place to put FC information. More then the company board. That just isn't enough. And the slogan is public, so that doesn't really help.