The current find/setup party system is great

[solracht]

There are reasons why you can't join or leave parties while engaged (and it'0s like that in many MMOs), as the possibility opens the way for exploits.

Actually I think it's done this way because cutting the arm off was easier than bothering to work around it. There are workarounds without inconveniencing players the way the current system does: you can simply look at games like WoW or even FFXI. What you do is you isolate the rooms or encounters where there should be no interference once the battle has started.

Not every encounter needs to be like this, so you don't completely have to remove the ability to invite people like they did here.

If you need some examples: In WoW's case, the boss's door to his room usually closes, or something along those lines. In XI's case, the event either transports you to an isolated event area where new party members can't enter, or puts a debuff on the party at the time of engaging in order to let you attack the enemy (the Confrontation system).

I implementing these things takes time, however, which seems obvious they didn't have. I'd be surprised if you still can't invite people mid-battle by the time the year ends (not counting those specific times where they actually don't want you to).

[Abriael]

Actually I think it's done this way because cutting the arm off was easier than bothering to work around it. There are workarounds without invonveniencing players the way the current system does, and you can simply look at games like WoW or even FFXI. What you do is you isolate the rooms or encounters where there should be no interference once the battle has started.

Not being able to join a party when engaged is a very minor inconvenience, that can be easily solved with communication (which is what MMOs are all about, after all).
I'd much rather have the team focus on working on actual ways to improve the game, instead of having to track down and apply individual fixes for each kind of exploit people can pull out from open party joining while engaged.

People dont use it . So yes we NEED it.

Actually I use it daily. Others do as well. So yeah "people" use it, when they know it exists.

[Zkieve]

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Actually I use it daily. Others do as well. So yeah "people" use it, when they know it exists.

You gotta be 1 of the most lucky persons in the game then . Couse everytime i do a sea the only people looking for party are to join linkshells.
I cant comprehend why you guys keep saying people dont know about it.
everyone knows about it , but there are two major reasons is not used.

1 - Is not as good as it should be (i explained it before why)
2 - There are barely any reasons to party.

that sums it up well.Please stop saying everyone else but a hand full are intelligent or are informed how ffxiv works. is an insult to everyone else .