Party auto-sort on entering instances.

[Velo_Vandore]

Yes the auto-sort order can be chosen:

• tank>dps>healer
• healer>dps>tank
• etc

You can have different orders based on which role you're currently playing. It's nice, but I do find that I'm always making fine adjustments. For example, I prefer

Healer (me)
Healer
DPS (Ranged)
DPS (Melee)
Tank (WAR)
Tank (PLD)

I like the melee grouped with tanks and ranged with healers so I can see easily when to cure 3 or medica. Also melee dps tend to get hit more than ranged dps in my experience - having them next to tanks (which are normally selected) makes them easier to target using a gamepad. I find that PLD is normally main tank (for some reason) so like to have that person at the very bottom. Using the gamepad the top and bottom players are easiest to select (from no selection).

The auto sort does the following:

Healer (me)
Healer
DPS (Melee)
DPS (Ranged)
Tank (PLD)
Tank (WAR)

So each time i enter the duty I find myself swapping the dps, and sometimes the tanks order. To be honest the tank order isn't a big deal since many fights have tanks swapping emnity and there are times when it's handy to have main tank right beside the melee dps.

I feel that the party order is of greatest importance to healers (particularly pad users), so unless someone has a reason they prefer melee dps listed above ranged dps, I'd love for the auto sort to be altered in a patch so it's always ranged dps above melee.