Developers: Please add different chat channels to connect major cities!

[Mustang]

you guys wouldn't know a good thing if it bit you in the face - you're playing this game, right?
you could just LEAVE a chat channel if you didn't want to be in it. OMG, ur precious eyes have to see all the imaginary spam from all the players in the game you wish existed. Get real.

[Reika]

Not at all. In WoW, you could literally type "/join bleh" and you would join a chat channel named "bleh." Anyone else who happened to type the same command would also be able to communicate with you, regardless of distance. The best part, though, was that it was not tied to the guild or party/raid systems. Need to carry on a private three-person conversation? Create a new chat channel. Your LS, your party, even the people around you can no longer eavesdrop, and it works with anyone on the same server.

To do the same thing within XIV, you'd have to go create a new LS just to hand it to two other people. Then you'd probably have to shatter it afterwards. And if all eight of your LS slots are taken. . .

What he said.

[Rikuu]

I think this wouldn't be needed if they add a good /sea command with a lot of different flags and custom comments from players. I think that way people would find out faster what they need than spamming in chats that may not be read most of time.

If they add a good /sea command like FFXI's or even better (maybe multiple flags for seek multiple things) people could be doing other things while waiting for what they are interested.

[xhyperx]

/l1 on | off & /l1 <text> = :thumbs-up:
/sea = :thumbs-up:
/lfp <text> = abuse & excessive chatter
/world <text> = (see /lfp)
/trade <text> = seriously?? umm how about just fix the market searching...

[Reika]

I think this wouldn't be needed if they add a good /sea command with a lot of different flags and custom comments from players. I think that way people would find out faster what they need than spamming in chats that may not be read most of time.

If they add a good /sea command like FFXI's or even better (maybe multiple flags for seek multiple things) people could be doing other things while waiting for what they are interested.

Adding the ability to create chat channels has less to do with finding parties and more to do with just talking to specific groups of people regardless of LS affiliation.