Global Chat

[Adol]

You have global chat in the forms of LS, P and tell. No need for global shout basically.

Yes, those options are available but a global chat channel would allow players to meet new people in-game.
For example, what if none of your LS's armorers are online at that time and you need someone to make some stuff for you? You could ask over the global channel if anyone can make it for you. Chances are, there will be someone online out of the server's current online population that can help you at that particular time. Or at least the chances would be higher if you didn't limit yourself to the people you know all of the time.

There are so many examples of which global chat channels can be put to good use.

FFXIV also needs to become more social since players, 90% of the time, only ever talk in LS chat, making the game seem dead to new and old players alike.

[ChronicalSin]

Yes, those options are available but a global chat channel would allow players to meet new people in-game.
For example, what if none of your LS's armorers are online at that time and you need someone to make some stuff for you? You could ask over the global channel if anyone can make it for you. Chances are, there will be someone online out of the server's current online population that can help you at that particular time. Or at least the chances would be higher if you didn't limit yourself to the people you know all of the time.

There are so many examples of which global chat channels can be put to good use.

FFXIV also needs to become more social since players, 90% of the time, only ever talk in LS chat, making the game seem dead to new and old players alike.

I understand what you mean, but you dont need a global chat for that, since it will most likely be flooded with spam, instead they should make a repair-chat or something like that, so people can ask for services etc. The global chat doesnt have anything to do with that, there's better ways to implement the stuff you want.

[SHJcules]

While I wouldn't use the system, if it gets people off of the forums and into the game, then let's slap it on.

More than global chat though, I would love a global in game, and player made, message board. Just like a small one/two line banner across the top or bottom of the screen; showing the first sentence or so of random messages that players can create. You can click on the banner and filter through all the messages, from newest to oldest, and browse what people are saying. Would definitely need some limitations tho. Like one post per player at a time (and you can delete your post at anytime) and they get deleted when you log off, and why not even make em cost some money to make a post. And some kind of options to select who sees your message. So if your looking for some people for Limsa leves, just limit it so only people around Limsa could see and etc etc

[AngryNixon]

I'm totally with Mack on this one (in that I'm completely against global chat). However, that being said, if you do have it, I don't have any issues with it so long as I can turn it all off so I can play the game with the chat channels that make sense like P or LS and those who support the global chat can enjoy their endless flood of junk text and pointless nonsense. win win.

[Carmillia]

Well, if the FF community is so great, why anyone would be afraid of global channel abusive spamming? Afterall, the problem is not the feature in itself but how people use it.
OT: What I would like to see for the search party feature is actually a board where a player can register the classes and levels for which he's willing to look for a party so we can avoid rank50 people soloing/farming while seeking for party for their lower rank jobs.

[ChronicalSin]

Well, if the FF community is so great, why anyone would be afraid of global channel abusive spamming? Afterall, the problem is not the feature in itself but how people use it.
OT: What I would like to see for the search party feature is actually a board where a player can register the classes and levels for which he's willing to look for a party so we can avoid rank50 people soloing/farming while seeking for party for their lower rank jobs.

I dont even have an opinion on the community. Most likely there will be spam though. It doesnt have to be so black and white btw, you CAN have other options. It doesnt have to be global chat or not, theres alot of ways which you can have the things you like.
I dont understand what the quality of the community has to do with anything.

[Carmillia]

I dont even have an opinion on the community. Most likely there will be spam though. It doesnt have to be so black and white btw, you CAN have other options. It doesnt have to be global chat or not, theres alot of ways which you can have the things you like.
I dont understand what the quality of the community has to do with anything.

As you are quoting me, let me then reply to your post.

Did I say anywhere in my post that it has 'to be global chat or not'? Did I say there was no other options? My only statement was to say that a global channel is not the problem per se, it's what people make out of this feature.

I could also say the same thing about 'Most likely there will be spam though': there are a lot of ways you can have a global channel without spamming problems.

The fact that you 'dont understand what the quality of the community has to do with anything' does not surprise me

/cheers

[Nabiri]

In Ul'dah I've already experienced a lot of spamming in shout. That's annoying enough as it is.
Especially a certain few on Besaid who just like to argue and harass and slander people.
Global chat just makes it easier for this annoying behavior to go on, and makes us all immediately accessible to RMTs. Of course RMT are going to spam it if it exists. Everyone sees it.

[Cutriss]

I say yes.

But make it opt-in. If people want to do /2 like in WOW, fine with me, but make it only for people that like that sort of thing.

If you're new to XIV and you log in and see that sort of chatter going on as soon as you hit the ground, it's going to set the tone for the rest of your experience in the game.

I can roll with it but I can see plenty of people not wanting to, or being turned off from it. If it's on by default, then it reflects on the whole community of the game. If it's off by default, people have to enter it and know how to exit it.

That said, I don't see it happening in XIV. Pretty sure the JP players wouldn't want that, and with a multi-language game, a single server-wide global channel would probably have quite a few issues, and a separate global channel for each language would be counter-productive.