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

[Fullmetal]

Not trying to troll your thread, but I hate when a game has 10 different chat channels spewing through my log. Yes I know I can turn them off, but then there is a bunch of information i'm not getting.

I hope if they implement this they put some serious restrictions on it so it does not simply become an annoyance rather than a convenience.

im pretty sure you have nothing to worry about. this game community will never be similar WoW - ever. the two communities are fundamentally different in almost every way. you know what i mean if you have played ff11, for example. I believe this is partly because the asian culture is fundamentally engrained in the ff series, but that's off-topic.
hardly anyone even speaks in the one channel as it is, partly because i think this community is so reserved and feels bad for using /shout. City-spanning chat channels, along with others proposed here, would be a great thing to have for everyone. im pretty sure if we all wanted peace and quiet, we would be playing a single player game or doing something else. this thread should have full support from the players since it would benefit us greatly. some concerns that are being brought up are unrealistic and, even if true, completely pale in comparison to what we would stand to gain from this.

[Renshi]

If that makes people happy implement it, I will just disable it when it comes =)

[MeowyWowie]

3-5 min cool down please, to prevent spam. That is all.

[Reika]

So in-case some people forgot (or just don't know which is what it sounds like), in WoW you could create your own chat channels that if you tell someone what the channel name is, they could join it. It would not be the entire server, and no one would see the channel just because you created it it, so you wouldn't have to worry about spam. There were the default channels that had all the spam, but then there were custom channels. I see nothing wrong with the ability to create custom channels.

It was a good way to be able to actually stay in one guild, yet talk to all your friends from other guilds or the guildless in a separate channel.

FFXIV's LS system is actually a more complicated, limited, and more tedious to use version of that...

[MeowyWowie]

So in-case some people forgot (or just don't know which is what it sounds like), in WoW you could create your own chat channels that if you tell someone what the channel name is, they could join it. It would not be the entire server, and no one would see the channel just because you created it it, so you wouldn't have to worry about spam. There were the default channels that had all the spam, but then there were custom channels. I see nothing wrong with the ability to create custom channels.

It was a good way to be able to actually stay in one guild, yet talk to all your friends from other guilds or the guildless in a separate channel.

FFXIV's LS system is actually a more complicated, limited, and more tedious to use version of that...

Adding /l1, /l2, /l3, etc.. commands would have the same effect wouldn't it?

[Mustang]

chat cool downs are common in some MMOs for the global channel, some even require that you use a certain item to be able to speak in global. The point being, that there are many possible solutions to manage the frequency at which these channels are being used. but again, we are getting WAY ahead of ourselves if we are already concerned about this - personally, i would be very glad to see our chat channels full of text, this will be a good indication that the game world is healthy.

[Pnight]

eeww! World chat = dumb

All world chat accomplishes is Spamming to sell/buy items.

If people used the party search and party form functions (along with slight changes to it to make it slightly easier to use) this could solve the problems you are talking about

[Geesus]

You know what could fix a good majority of this? Having a decent search function for finding and making parties! And notice I said could and majority not completely. We don't need a bazillion channels to LFG or w/e if you can simply, put your flag up like...yes I know...XI and people could go, "OH, there's Gee. He has HIS flag up LFG." Why add what could be more needless stuff? Why not add the stuff we REALLY need?

[Viridiana]

Adding /l1, /l2, /l3, etc.. commands would have the same effect wouldn't it?

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. . .

[Mustang]

eeww! World chat = dumb

All world chat accomplishes is Spamming to sell/buy items.

If people used the party search and party form functions (along with slight changes to it to make it slightly easier to use) this could solve the problems you are talking about

Oddly enough, most people like to buy and sell items...haha. Also, you are getting ahead of urself by assuming theres going to be spam. How much spam do you see now in the only channel people use (uldah shout)? Not much - why? well the population is small, among other reasons. In other games, a global channel can be controlled by putting it on a 1 min cd or having to use a hard-to-get consumable item when you want to talk in this channel. this was already mentioned.
Also, you could leave a channel if you don't want to be in it. Don't be so antisocial guys, this is a MMO after all.