why isnt there a way to easily chat wth party members?

[Legend_]

You can still talk before a fight (to prevent a wipe) and after a fight (if the party wiped).
But nowdays many people just leave a party and join another party instead to talk about strategie to prevent wipes..

This is pretty much what I do as soon as I log in. Also it keeps me(or my clumsy nephew) from spewing robot sayings in another channel because if Im by my self it will just return the "no party members" error.

I had many, many people ask me how to return tells in the beginning(Im sure most just ask their FC now) or how did I reply to a tell to them so fast, even got called their hero. I think the new tutorial quest is a great idea and shouldn't take that much of their resources where they have to push back an expansion or something.

OP statements is kinda funny, it appears he is saying people would use it if they knew how when more then likely those folks just dont want to talk(at all) to him period

I actually wish I was new again to MMO's actually that feeling I will never have again.

[Krokov]

But I cant chat with people in dungeons so you want us to chat but then limit the ability to chat, seems contradictory.

How cant you chat with others, just use party chat.

[Limecat]

We understand that not everyone has years of MMO knowledge hardwired into their brains when joining FFXIV for the first time. As such we're looking into introducing a quest in patch 2.2 that will introduce players to the basics of chatting and communication. Hopefully this will serve as a helpful guide for a our newest players.

I dare you to name the quest "How i mine 4 fish?"

[Gextiv]

I think most of us forget what it was like to play an MMO for the first time. I remember when I first started FFXI I didn't know how to reply to a tell. I was having to do a search, find the person, then send a tell. I had no idea you could alt+R. There's nothing in game that tells you.

No one starts playing knowing everything. That's just how we like to remember ourselves.

Alt+R.

Thanks, I now know how to reply to whispers! No more will I attempt /r in vain, heh.

[HEC]

I want to whisper other players while running dungeons!

Thanks god there are no "whispers" in this game but if you want to chat with your friends while in dungeons use linkshells, they work there.

[Felis]

But I cant chat with people in dungeons so you want us to chat but then limit the ability to chat, seems contradictory.

Isn't this thread about partychat? partychat works in dungeon, even if some people don't know how partychat work.

[Failia]

First day of any MMO I've played, I fiddle with the UI to see how it works. The first day was also when I first learned how to blacklist a gold farmer

Sometimes in a group, you just need someone to break the ice to start up a conversation. I had one like that the other day. I was the one that broke the ice but it makes the run through the dungeon less...rigid.

As for using the chat, it's not too complicated but then I've been playing MMOs for years and I'm used to it. Issue I've seen is that due to it having a PS port as well, it can be simplified. I found that in DC Universe Online. I LOTHE that UI with a passion.

[Synapse]

FFXIV dungeons has no strategy to communicate for, its the same pattern every time you play.

You do it few times, you are now a master.


The only few times i had to explain is when i do a low level roulette, since those players are mostly new.