Quote Originally Posted by Kaze3434 View Post
going to say it again, but party finder is for a person(or group of people) to get together and do X thing. what that X is is up to them. as for the "I never go to the Party Finder with intent of looking for sales" part, a good portion of the crafting friends i know sell on both the market board and use party finder. also, really? punish people for using PF "wrong"? who gets to decide how i use it besides myself?(and SE, but thats another thing entirely).
Your friends use Party Finder, because that is the best currently available option. Part of the purpose of this thread is to suggest SE create a BETTER option, one that provides a clear venue for shoppers versus party finders. And yes, if people continue to use Party Finder incorrectly even AFTER SE provides this alternative, they should be punished:

SE: We have now added an advertising board! Users, you are warned not to use Party Finder to Advertise any longer.
Seller: Pff, screw you, SE, I'm gonna advertise on your new board AND continue spamming Party Finder, cuz I get more exposure that way! So suck it!
SE: *BANHAMMER*

Quote Originally Posted by Risvertasashi View Post
On that note, the FFXIV PF does have filters. So maybe a separate system isn't really necessary.
I haven't played around with the PF filters much, but if they really are that verstile then perhaps no change is needed. If they are NOT that versatile, though - well, making them so fits within the scope of this discussion.