Friend List Plus

[Kurokikaze]

Gonna go through the post and put in my 2 cents.

-Fix the issues people had and still have with the original system off the bat Instead of sharing your real name, let people assign an alias to their account.

These issues are the following:
- Alphabetized list
- Online players on top
- Show current class rank and zone
- Make it much smoother than it is now.
- Add "alias or nicknames" cause typing out someone's full name is annoying.

-Final Fantasy XI / Final Fantasy XIV (And possibly all other SE MMO) cross game chat Allow me to chat with my friends playing FFXI while I am playing FFXIV.

Excellent suggestion brought on by WoW that lets its players chat with friends playing Starcraft II and in the future Diablo III. This will bridge the communities of all your games.

-Cross Server Chat Friends transfer server, or pick a different one all together? Allow me to communicate with them cross-server through this feature.

Not exactly sure that this is feasible. It would have to find a way to be tagged along with the Dungeon finder below. Players within the dungeons can send each other tells (regardless of server) but once they leave they cannot interact anymore.

-Cross Server Dungeon Finder Integration I know that cross server dungeons are still being considered. It would be cool if I could form a group with people from my friends list that are on other servers and do dungeons with them, even prioritize friends over random people.

This again, is taking the Cross Server Dungeon Finder concept to another level by letting you prefer certain players. As I said above, it might be really hard to do and I'm skeptical that SE devs could do Cross Server Dungeons correctly at all.

-Forum Integration Ever meet someone on the forums that you would really like to chat with in game? Allow people to add others to their friends list from the forums.

Excellent idea. But go a step further with it; not just Friends List management on the forums/lodestone. How about some Linkshell management as well? Add, remove, promote, demote, etc etc.

-Expand the Black List/Ignore system Hey, you might want to put me on ignore just for suggesting something like this. If I ignore someone in game or on the forums, allow me the option to ignore them completely. Allow me to ignore their in game chat, forum posts, and don't assign me to their group in the random dungeon finder, all in one.

Not a bad idea, but not exactly a good one or important one either.

-Invisible Status If I don't want people bothering me, allow me to go invisible and not show me online on other people's friend lists.

Can't you do this now? I'm being completely serious btw. I mean I know SE left out some really basic features but... really?

-Mobile Friendly Website to Access my Friend List Plus Or even an app for iPhone/Android! If I want to chat with my friends at work or let them know I can't make it to an event, it would be cool to be able to communicate with my in-game friends from outside FFXIV/FFXI.

This goes back to what people are suggesting on the forums in the form of Authenticators for iOS/Android devices. Great idea. Lemme use the security code from my phone, access friends list management and linkshell management options. But im gonna go farther with it. How about letting me access my retainer's item list so that I can see what sold. Gonna go farther... Lemme set things to sell from that list.

-Chat Window with multiple friends Allow me to be able to open a chat window and invite friends into a sort of in game chat room.

Er... You don't need a window for that. Players just need the ability to create and enter chat channels (possibly password protected).

"/channel WTF"
Welcome to WTF Channel.

And only you and the friends in this channel can see text/respond.

In regards to the windows... I would love if Tells themselves popped out as IM windows and stacked along the left side of the screen. Can resize and remove etc. This of course would be a toggle for those that don't like it.

Semi-old WoW (January 11) screenshot of mine:
http://images.bluegartr.com/bucket/g...bafb78de32.jpg

Look on the left and you will see a chat window with Starflare (Star Flare on FFXIV). If someone else sent me a tell, another window with that person's name would show up above Starflare's window etc etc.

Anyways, thats all for now. I'm sure I've missed something so I'll follow the thread in case I remember.

+1 to OP.

Edit: Btw, I'm of the opinion that the more basic features and conveniences that SE takes from Blizzard, the better off this game will be. Such features don't need to be reimagined or reinvented, they work already - just implement it.