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[Rentahamster]

Reposted from my "add right click functionality to the chat log"

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...g-Improvements

Additional Chat Log Improvements:

Add the functions /l1, /l2, /l3, /l4 etc so that we can change linkshells without having to access the menu.

Add more tabs for each window.

Add more categories for chat text color. Specifically, the ability to alter only the chat log text about "parry", "evade", and "block", so that it is easier to use reactionary skills like Phalanx, Fracture, Haymaker, and Jarring Strike.

Add 4 new global shout categories that broadcast to the entire server rather than just the immediate area. Each one would be for each of the different languages (Japanese, English, German, French) (/jp, /en, /gr, /fr)

Add 1 global shout category just for party finding. Limit each player to one shout per 20 minutes to prevent spamming.

Add 1 global shout category just for buyin/selling. Limit each player to one shout per 20 minutes to prevent spamming.

This would actually lead to *less* spam in /sh since you can relegate all trade and party search shouts to a separate tab.

[normalforce]

Reposted from my "add right click functionality to the chat log"

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...g-Improvements


This would actually lead to *less* spam in /sh since you can relegate all trade and party search shouts to a separate tab.

I can fully get behind the first four chat log improvements that you suggested. /l1, /l2, ... /l9 should have been in the game from the get go. But c'est la vie, what can you do. I don't quite know how I feel about the last two. However, the one shout per 20 minutes to prevent spamming in intriguing.

It kinda reminds me of a less strict version of XKCD's Signal, which I thought was an interesting concept as well. The premise, in case you didn't know, is nothing can be said twice. From the wiki:

It's pretty simple. There's only one rule. Don't say anything that someone else has already said. This rule is enforced by ROBOT9000, known as Moderator in the channel. When taking into consideration if something has been said or not, repeating characters, case, punctuation, nicknames, smilies, symbols, and multiple spaces are stripped from the line.