The new seek invite function

[kukurumei]

That's basically the ideal behind inclusive and exclusive.

When you have to resort to finding parties, you want to be as inclusive as possible because you don't know who you're looking for at the start.

Exclusive should only happen within LS, or at events.

Doing an inclusive list and having various filters for GUI purposes has always been the optimal database scanning method.

Indeed whoever did the FF14 party match system was weak.


That's also how MMO's and anything in general approach AH. They simply give you a dump of their listing, and have the client end filter results. This makes for powerful searching tools to be made much like why WoW did it well by allowing 3rd parties to make superior interfaces.

The way to revamp FF14's party match system is...

Simply to have one system end seek function, with tags or even just a comment bar. Then have the client provide filters.

The list doesn't change, ever, it's simply the interface that's tweaked and filter based on preferences.