[DEV????] Proposed Search and Seek Invite interface (PICS)

[Josho]

Signed! Great post and hope SE take notice of it.

[MeowyWowie]

101 "likes" in just over 24 hours, and not even a "hot topic" yet.

With just one person who seemed to disagree (sarcasm I'm assuming) I think it's rather obvious that SE should really consider my proposal. I understand that SE might have a little too much pride to actually copy exactly what is proposed, which is fine and totally understandable, but this is one topic that would please nearly every player while angering only a few players if any at all.

Regardless what they choose to do exactly, I would like to emphasize two important things:

The ability to seek invites with multiple classes and multiple purposes for each class. We'd end up spending less time seeking and more time playing if this is how it's implemented, something I'm sure everyone would welcome.

And second, the more important thing, use the KISS principle. Keep It Simple Stupid. The easier it is to use, the more the players will use it. Our current system is evidence of how a poorly designed system can be completely dismissed as "broken" and end up not being used at all.

Thanks for all the comments everyone and keep them coming. I'd love to see a Rep chime in and see what they have to say.

[Kiote]

101 "likes" in just over 24 hours, and not even a "hot topic" yet.

I think SE is deliberately ignoring this topic because they can't fix it for some reason. This is like the fifth one with 100 or more likes..

I'm thinking Patch 1.25..

[Fated]

I honestly think the reason this topic isn't more lively is because as you said, there has only been a single person in 50 posts that didn't like the idea. I mean, in what other topic on this forum do you see that happen? lol

[Keith_Dragoon]

I honestly think the reason this topic isn't more lively is because as you said, there has only been a single person in 50 posts that didn't like the idea. I mean, in what other topic on this forum do you see that happen? lol

All 3 Linkshell admin related threads that has been here since day one of forums.

[Zanfire]

Well it did take over 1k posts and like 120 pages (and like 600 likes?) + on multi laungues to get a response about the map re-design...seems like stuff everyone agrees on by a large sum takes them the longest to respond to XD

[Kiote]

I'm for anything that gets rid of the current god awful system that prevent people from find parties.

[MeowyWowie]

Yea I would agree on 2 accounts.

It's much easier to keep a thread going through arguments, but when everyone agrees there really isn't much to say. Essentially, no news is good news.

The Eorzea redesign thread took forever to get a response, even after being translated into 3 other languages, 1k+ replies and 600+ likes. However, the scale of the work requested to the dev team was absolutely massive and I'm sure it wasn't a simple yes/no decision for SE. This is just one small, but very important aspect of the game.

I don't think they're ignoring this thread though. The OP is quite long, and I'm sure it would have to be translated and reviewed before a definitive response could be made. SE already stated that they are working on improving the system but I personally think it needs more than just improvement. Like the Eorzea redesign thread, the system has to be completely redesigned.

I'd be flattered if they actually copied my suggestion, though I don't really expect that to happen. But it's clear that something needs to be done. If anything, this proposal serves as a blueprint for them.

[Sagagemini]

This is just perfect! Awesome job Meowy!
I hope we can get a dev response sometime soon.

[Sephr]

Really like this, relatively simple way of seeking across classes is just what we need. The only issue I can see with that is when multiple jobs are introduced per class, would there be an option to seek on all of them? I guess it'd be necessary.