Linkshell Halls and improved abilities for Linkshell Leaders.

[BiggsWedge]

Hello everyone,
I much enjoyed the idea of the Mog House from FFXI and thought it may have been brought over to FFXIV at it's launch. Although I love the retainer system (now that it has been improved), I would like to see something resembling a Mog House but not just for one's personal use.
I would like to see Linkshell Halls; an instanced area that a Linkshell Leader has control over decorating and or purchasing furniture and crafting facilities. It would be a place that a Linkshell could get together, hang out, and prepare for raids or other content.
As most are aware, there is no way to invite or banish players into or out of a Linkshell without being in proximity to that player. There are many cases of players losing interest and just quitting without the decency of retiring the Linkpearl first.
I support the devs fully, they've done a great job but somethings are a MUST-HAVE in order to keep a Linkshell running like a well-oiled machine. i.e: rank structures, party invites & tells from linkshell list and possibly the ability to see what area each linkshell member is currently in. Here are two good examples of an organized Linkshell.
http://error13001.co.cc/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80t71PO5gRA

[yoshikwalla]

I'd much rather the housing to not be instanced. There is a lot - A LOT - of spare space in the game to add buildings and houses to. The same goes for Guild housing. It would surely make the trips from Uldah to the Docks a more interesting experience... watching players go on their way, guild members lining up for a meeting, crafters at their houses, builders, people hanging out.

But yes, I support linkshell halls and kicking offline players.

[Shika]

Putting a different twist on it, and seeing as how they are opening up settlements outside of the city walls, I think it would also be a pretty cool idea to not only have linkshell halls inside the main cities but possibly outside too/instead. Not entirely sure how it would work but I quite like the idea ^^ Maybe linkshell "halls" inside the cities and some kind of more personal abode outside? Somewhere to raise our chocobos!

As for linkshell administration tools/controls, I have always supported this as a much needed function and am sad to see that this along with basic things such as loot distribution are still extremely low on the priority list

[yoshikwalla]

Perhaps linkshells could have domain in different sections of capital cities if they get extremely rich. Or even better, add Linkshell-owned settlements! A Linkshell Hall/Castle surrounded by player/linkshell villiages! Players could pay rent and start shoppes down the road. Guild settlements could tax shopkeepers by adding in a Shop tithe.

[BiggsWedge]

As for linkshell administration tools/controls, I have always supported this as a much needed function and am sad to see that this along with basic things such as loot distribution are still extremely low on the priority list

That is a biggy! I'm glad I have a linkshell that I can trust. But I don't know how many times I've played other games that had loot drop randomly in another players inventory and they just Ninja'd the gear. I think being able to set up a loot-master would be a GREAT idea for the upcoming raid content.