Crossworld linkshells improvement (increased player count and "last online" activity)

[Exploria]

Hi to everyone reading this,

Currently, cross-world linkshells (CWLS) are limited to 64 players. Regular linkshells (LS) are limited to 128 players.

I’d love to see quality of life improvements made to CWLS in particular:

- Increased player count
- Ability to see when someone was last online (LS lack this too, but can be bypassed by checking jobs in players’ “view search info” every major patch)

These two alone, particularly the activity visibility, would be very helpful when managing CWLS or LS. The activity being added to Fellowships would also be beneficial, on a related note.

I don’t know if there are limitations. LS and CWLS used to have limitations to test the server stress, but they have since been expanded somewhat. It’d be great if we could continue to see improvements, especially as cross-DC might be a thing.

I’m currently managing a community for a specific time zone with over 200 players using a Fellowship and CWLS, but it’s difficult as everyone is spread into different CWLS and there’s no way to know if people are still playing. We are currently at 4 CWLS, and it’s just not feasible if we want to keep an active in-game chat. Instead, we have to rely on external services which isn't ideal.

So, I’d love to see expanded CWLS!
(this section is seemingly where you put suggestions, and I'd be happy to see if more people wanted these improvements - so please comment if you want this!)

[Jeeqbit]

Yes please. I own 4 CWLS and am a leader in 3 others.

I cannot even manage inactives in my CWLS. It's too much work navigating to their lodestone profiles to see if they have recent mounts, minions or gear, so they have remained full of inactives.

[Teraluna]

+1 here. As above, running several cwls and the player inactivity is a much needed feature

[Jandor]

Yeah these would both be nice additions.

[Exploria]

I'm glad to hear more people chime in!

Speaking of linkshells, I also noticed I strange disparity between LS and CWLS. The latter has the ability to change "linkshell number", meaning you can reorganize your CWLS order. But regular LS lacks this feature.

Yes please. I own 4 CWLS and am a leader in 3 others.

I cannot even manage inactives in my CWLS. It's too much work navigating to their lodestone profiles to see if they have recent mounts, minions or gear, so they have remained full of inactives.

I didn't even consider the fact you could look at the lodestone. That's so much of a hassle!

[Jeeqbit]

I didn't even consider the fact you could look at the lodestone. That's so much of a hassle!

You can actually find your CWLS on the lodestone, along with a list of everyone in it, making it easy to get to their lodestone profiles. It's a lot to go through though when you just want to remove inactives quickly and play the game.

[Exploria]

You can actually find your CWLS on the lodestone, along with a list of everyone in it, making it easy to get to their lodestone profiles. It's a lot to go through though when you just want to remove inactives quickly and play the game.

I took a look at it now, and yes, that's quite slow. And it's also not perfect, as people might be active and just not get the newest mounts.

So let's hope for changes