"Advertising" Board - Have Devs Ever Addressed This?

[zeth07]

No, because that would decrease visibility.

How would it "decrease visibility"? Buying / Selling of things would have their own place, which seems logical. I want to buy an item from a possible crafter, I look there. Not I want to buy an item, let me look for a party that wants to run dungeons.

The Party Finder functions correctly for this.
It's not that big of an issue.

If there's 20 entries, 7 of which are crafters, 3 of which are mercencary groups, the latter being various content.

It is two entirely different things, and the buying and selling probably are NOT intended to be in there going by the Recruitment Criteria. People are just using it that way because they can, doesn't mean there can't be a better and separate system for it.

[Shioban]

It is two entirely different things, and the buying and selling probably are NOT intended to be in there going by the Recruitment Criteria. People are just using it that way because they can, doesn't mean there can't be a better and separate system for it.

It was never intended for any sole-single purpose.
That's why a custom party-finder option was added, if you want to advertise your moogle suit dance party you can.
If you want to advertise your 4-star crafting, you can.
If you want to sell your house you can.

Think of it less as a party-finder and more like a bulletin board.


If there was an alternative system, it would require even more system resources (a problem they had with the party-finder in the first place) and even more importantly less exposure.

Diluting the party-finder would solve one problem, but create more in the process.

If they separated it, people would not use it and end up shouting EVERYWHERE.