The new seek invite function

[Zhinse]

I think the common problem with the system is that people don't want to understand it.

I'm not saying that we should be content with what we have now, And I think we should use this thread to constructively contribute ideas and complaints since it is climbing in page count.

While I pretty much understood the system and all the buttons as soon as i saw it, it seems the party menu is just intimidating to people rather than broken. One of the things that does not exist in this game that FFXI had is the classic JRPG "Help!" bar, which scrolled by the description of everything you put your cursor on. That along with the visual additions that I've added would greatly improve not only understanding of the party search function, but would also raise awareness and lower the intimidation factor of the game and function.

[Deceptistar]

why cant they just go with the FFXI filter method where:

-you can change your search comment without 'closing' the whole thing
-you can look at more than 5 pple at a time
-it lists the areas they are in
-it allows you to use auto-translate in there
-it allows little colored dots that specify what your looking for and compare with other seekers, than a whole pulldown menu that singles pple out and possibly miss a good seek.

[CoolBlitz]

SE, Can we please have a tutorial page for the new seek invite function you added?

Thanks,

[kukurumei]

Basically the party match system sucks so much you have to wonder if that person was fired and didn't bother to assign a new individual.

Considering how little actually coding it takes to redesign it with a much more friendlier GUI and better filters, it's a wonder why it hasn't been done after a year.

It's just a glorified database flagging filter...it shouldn't be hard at all.

[Serio]

I have sent feedback to SE in the past about this issue also. Nobody in Wutai that I've seen uses this feature, not even now with the new seek invite function.

So here's the things I find wrong with the current system:

-Can't edit comments or parameters.
-Searching for invite seekers uses a class filter, rather than a rank filter. Actually, a rank filter should just be added because it's really practical.
-"Purpose/Location: none" should be "all," and encompass all fields rather than it being an independent field. In fact, "all" should be on all filter options including class and rank.
-"Location" can be abolished if auto-translate was added to the comment section. (optional)
-WTF is the Local Levequest option for really?
-You can't just use "Name" to search for a player, unless they are seeking. Even then, you must have specific parameters set (Which would be fixed if "Purpose: all" was added).
-A /invite command would be great as a quick way to seek invite.

[SuzakuCMX]

This morning I saw 2 people using the feature.

Both JP again :[

It seems only JP use it, and even then, they can't find anybody on it.

[Bayohne]

For those of you asking for a brief tutorial on the new "Seek Invite" system we updated the Lodestone with just that. We are taking all the feedback we've seen thus far, which is a lot as I'm sure you're all keenly aware, and will be discussing it with the dev. team.

In the future, we do plan to make it a more streamlined experience when seeking a party, similar to the party search systems of other MMOs.

[Demimatrix]

Put in a Visual Que like a flag Bayohne!

[Sephrick]

For those of you asking for a brief tutorial on the new "Seek Invite" system we updated the Lodestone with just that. We are taking all the feedback we've seen thus far, which is a lot as I'm sure you're all keenly aware, and will be discussing it with the dev. team.

In the future, we do plan to make it a more streamlined experience when seeking a party, similar to the party search systems of other MMOs.

Hello Bayohne,

Thank you for your continued efforts in communicating with us. I'm wondering if I'm looking at the linked page incorrectly. There's a lot of information about the recruit and search functions, but I don't see a section for the new "Seek Invite" function.

Am I missing something?

[Rimmer]

For those of you asking for a brief tutorial on the new "Seek Invite" system we updated the Lodestone with just that. We are taking all the feedback we've seen thus far, which is a lot as I'm sure you're all keenly aware, and will be discussing it with the dev. team.

In the future, we do plan to make it a more streamlined experience when seeking a party, similar to the party search systems of other MMOs.

Fantastic, thank you for the information.