Quote Originally Posted by Adol View Post
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.