PM people in dungeon

[Victus]

Devil's Advocate: Not being able to talk to those outside of the dungeon keeps you focused on the task at hand. It keeps players focused and moving forward through the dungeon rather than trying to chat/fight/run at the same time. In addition, the sound notifications some players may have could confuse them thinking the sound was a trigger caused by a boss attack or something in game.

My solution: Make it optional to not be bothered while you're in a duty. Those who start falling behind from not paying attention can be vote kicked. Problem with this, like anything, it can be abused. It's reliant on player maturity and discretion to use the tool responsibly.

[Niamh_Rillemaugh]

Devil's Advocate: Not being able to talk to those outside of the dungeon keeps you focused on the task at hand. It keeps players focused and moving forward through the dungeon rather than trying to chat/fight/run at the same time. In addition, the sound notifications some players may have could confuse them thinking the sound was a trigger caused by a boss attack or something in game.

But we can still chat with our linkshells. I know I've gotten distracted because of that.

[Victus]

But we can still chat with our linkshells. I know I've gotten distracted because of that.

Now that you mention it.. you can also talk in FC chat as well. (I've been on a break for a few months and just came back this week so my mind isn't full wrapped around the game again just yet.) This makes me think that the way /tell communications function with instanced servers (Dungeons/Primals/Raid/Etc.) could be the issue. They perhaps didn't build the required bridge code for personal messages to be sent to the characters current state (server wise). So while they're not in a home world zone the /tells can't even reach the players. Free Company and Linkshell's still work because of how they're designed to spread to all characters in the FC or LS.

Just my $.02~

[Riepah]

Devil's Advocate: Not being able to talk to those outside of the dungeon keeps you focused on the task at hand. It keeps players focused and moving forward through the dungeon rather than trying to chat/fight/run at the same time. In addition, the sound notifications some players may have could confuse them thinking the sound was a trigger caused by a boss attack or something in game.

People can already talk outside of dungeons via Linkshells, so what you're saying doesn't really apply. I don't see people "falling behind" from being too busy chatting in their Linkshells.
And your solution is also pointless, as there is already the "Busy" mode, which makes people unable to whisper you. That's really all that would be "required" here.

As such, I completely agree that it's about time they give us the ability to whisper normally during duty.