Can we finally please have a proper game client launcher in 2019?

[Fynlar]

a sarcastic reply serving no purpose

There was enough needless sarcasm dripping in your OP that I figured maybe you would appreciate it.

In any event, if you don't care to actually play the game, just want to see who among your friends is online, and also happen to have a battery on your device that's older than Jesusaurus, things like Discord exist. They really don't need to waste time and resources for launcher bells/whistles. If you and your friends cared enough to stay in contact without needing the game to do it, you'd find ways.

Incidentally, I looked at your WoW launcher screenshot, and one big question came to my mind: What do I hit to actually play the game? You'd think that out of everything featured in a launcher, it would at least make THAT clear.

[Berethos]

Incidentally, I looked at your WoW launcher screenshot, and one big question came to my mind: What do I hit to actually play the game? You'd think that out of everything featured in a launcher, it would at least make THAT clear.

That update button will change once you can play (ours updates as soon as you log in to your account, Blizzards has you indicate when you want the update to happen since launching the Blizzard app to that point requires logging in). It's actually pretty easy to use, though it's worth pointing out that it's not just a launcher, but a full fledged app meant to support all of Blizzard's modern/online titles, and a couple Activision ones as well. It's closer to a mini-Steam client than a launcher, honestly, mixed with being a mini-Discord.

I've also not found it to be used all that much out of game, especially since Discord really became popular. It's nice, and if FFXIV were to liberally be inspired by it if they chose to redo their launcher that would be great, but I don't think many consider the ability to chat when not in the game to be quite as big a deal as the OP.

[TheVigilant]

That update button will change once you can play (ours updates as soon as you log in to your account, Blizzards has you indicate when you want the update to happen since launching the Blizzard app to that point requires logging in). It's actually pretty easy to use, though it's worth pointing out that it's not just a launcher, but a full fledged app meant to support all of Blizzard's modern/online titles, and a couple Activision ones as well. It's closer to a mini-Steam client than a launcher, honestly, mixed with being a mini-Discord.

I've also not found it to be used all that much out of game, especially since Discord really became popular. It's nice, and if FFXIV were to liberally be inspired by it if they chose to redo their launcher that would be great, but I don't think many consider the ability to chat when not in the game to be quite as big a deal as the OP.

All of my friends would chat with me out of the game before logging in or after logging out, many times I received questions like when will I finish the raid (cause it can be seen through the app where I am in the game) or even questions like am I in a PvP premade and if there is a spot for them so they login and join? Or even friends who logout to watch some youtube but still continue their conversation with me so as far as I remember everyone other than me pretty much uses it except for friends who login and logout when they come to their PC and when they leave it. It's true that Discord has become very popular but unfortunately many on my friends list don't wish to use it for their own reasons and I don't feel like convincing any of them to.