Let us watch others fight?

[HiirNoivl]

Would it be possible to allow us to view other's fight Instanced Bosses? Like Watch Fight would let us view Moogle or Ifrit battles?

[Jinrya-Geki]

That would be awesome!

[Bowen]

That would be cool.
I could watch my LS mates while they are doing moogle battles. . .
Owait my LS disbanded. . . Carry on.

[Ryuko]

Many people already stream their battles, or record them and upload them to youtube. I suppose it would be interesting to watch a group in 'real time', but what is the real 'point' of it besides curiosity? You can already look up videos to view different strategies, or watch a stream on a website instead of ingame.

[HiirNoivl]

Why would I want to do anything game-related on a website? o.o

I think FFXIV should have as much in-game content as possible. Besides, I play another MMO (no, not WoW) that lets you do this.

[Estellios]

I think it's a nice idea, the game needs to have as much information available in the game itself so that outside resources aren't a requirement. Maybe instead of watching a live fight, a random victory would be recorded (with names removed so there's no harassment or whatever?) periodically and anyone having trouble in the fight could watch it. It could be useful for groups with any sort of language barrier, too.

[Mychael]

I think it's a nice idea, the game needs to have as much information available in the game itself so that outside resources aren't a requirement. Maybe instead of watching a live fight, a random victory would be recorded (with names removed so there's no harassment or whatever?) periodically and anyone having trouble in the fight could watch it. It could be useful for groups with any sort of language barrier, too.

I want to say let it be a replay of the fastest win so it's like better version of the "The current battlefield record for "..." is 3 minutes 54 seconds." from XI, it could be like an option to see the record win. :] However, I don't know how much that would help with previewing a fight since a speed win would probably not be remotely close to a regular strategy.

I think Hiir has a great idea too. If you've ever had to alternate members in/out of a fight, you'd understand another reason for it--it'd be so much nicer than sitting outside an Aethyrite while you wait.

[Estellios]

I want to say let it be a replay of the fastest win so it's like better version of the "The current battlefield record for "..." is 3 minutes 54 seconds." from XI, it could be like an option to see the record win. :] However, I don't know how much that would help with previewing a fight since a speed win would probably not be remotely close to a regular strategy.

I think Hiir has a great idea too. If you've ever had to alternate members in/out of a fight, you'd understand another reason for it--it'd be so much nicer than sitting outside an Aethyrite while you wait.

That's the reason why I didn't want it to be the "fastest time only" because then you would only get to watch optimal setups and it would further reinforce class stacking. If it takes a random victory you will be more likely to get groups with varied setups and you can get more ideas on what kind of strategy to formulate with whatever group you have.

E: The comment above on wanting to watch videos based on Class is nice too.

[lackofwords]

Would be a neat feature. Imagine this would/could be expanded to Coliseum/PvP battles too, if that ever comes.

[Nakiamiie]

Would it be possible to allow us to view other's fight Instanced Bosses? Like Watch Fight would let us view Moogle or Ifrit battles?

What a neat idea! I like it!

It would be like using the echo to see real time events. :P