"Real ID" Concept

[MageBlack]

It would be neat if SE could come up with a Chat system like this. A way to contact friends on different servers by way of an account to account chat sorta like the one Blizzard has. I have friends on another server but only log in when they are, would make it easier to know if they are on or be able to swap out when they want to run something.

Just a thought, what do you guys think?

[Cuervo78]

I would like it, but you know...
Server resources....

[Zenaku]

It would be neat if SE could come up with a Chat system like this. A way to contact friends on different servers by way of an account to account chat sorta like the one Blizzard has. I have friends on another server but only log in when they are, would make it easier to know if they are on or be able to swap out when they want to run something.

Just a thought, what do you guys think?

Wont really work due to the fact that each server are put in cluster. So let's say i'm on primal cluster and your not then i can't do dungeon with you or even talk to you with this said system. There 3rd party tools out there that allow you to talk ingame with other from what i heard from other but this is not allow and get you ban. So maybe with add-on come out SE can support this type of add-on.

[LionKing]

For a temporary solution, get yourself a TEamspeak3, Skype, Mumble, Ventrilo, etc... and use them to get in touch with your friends.

[Saccharin]

It would be neat if SE could come up with a Chat system like this. A way to contact friends on different servers by way of an account to account chat sorta like the one Blizzard has. I have friends on another server but only log in when they are, would make it easier to know if they are on or be able to swap out when they want to run something.

Just a thought, what do you guys think?

The FF14 servers just don't operate the way Blizzard servers do (now). There would probably be massive work undertaken to change the account server, game server ans the datacentre in general for very little benefit.

I'm just glad we're getting an EU datacentre soonish.

[raelgun]

The servers in 14 do function similar to wow...

SE calls its clusters, Blizzard calls it battlegroup, its the same thing, its like trying to do DF, you only get lumped in the same cluster, wow does the same thing with the battle group, just blizzard actually pumps a huge ton of money to make this work.

[Saccharin]

The servers in 14 do function similar to wow...

SE calls its clusters, Blizzard calls it battlegroup, its the same thing, its like trying to do DF, you only get lumped in the same cluster, wow does the same thing with the battle group, just blizzard actually pumps a huge ton of money to make this work.

Blizzard haven't had battle groups since about wrath. All servers can play with one another even in separate datacentres. battle.net is more than the game it covers all Blizzard games so it was worth their time investing presumably millions to integrate the battle.net stuff.

[Slappah]

The servers in 14 do function similar to wow...

SE calls its clusters, Blizzard calls it battlegroup, its the same thing, its like trying to do DF, you only get lumped in the same cluster, wow does the same thing with the battle group, just blizzard actually pumps a huge ton of money to make this work.

Actually I'm 99% sure they changed it to where PvP queues up with all battlegroups because queue times were getting bad, they did this to make it better.
I'm pretty sure they made the change apply to PvE as well.

So WoW has battlegroups(clusters) but they literally mean nothing anymore.


My source-I was playing whenthey made the change.

[Nikita]

What's really sad is that back in 2003 when I started playing FFXI we had POL which at the very least gave us cross server communication. Fast forward to 2015... It's hard to tell if they've made any advancements.

[kyuven]

What's really sad is that back in 2003 when I started playing FFXI we had POL which at the very least gave us cross server communication. Fast forward to 2015... It's hard to tell if they've made any advancements.

from what I understand, PlayOnline was a nightmare for both players and developers.
The former is at least true, given they used it as a download client and it was notoriously slow.