Linkshell Options

[MerlinOmniking]

As I have stated many times before since launch, we need better Linkshell options. My main issue is rebuilding the LS I created on September 22 to its former glory but I cannot do so with 19 of my 27 members being inactive cluttering up my LS. So here are a few LS options I believe should be worked on.

• Linkshell message.
  
• Leader controls to demote/promote/remove members from anywhere. (INCLUDES offline members)
  
• A way to show/hide offline members or change it so online members show up first.
  
• An option to show last login time/date of members.
  
• Being able to select a color pallette to change LS emblems to desired color combo.
  
• The ability to invite members of the LS to a group without having to use to the group search funtion.
  
• The ability to pass leadership to another player in the linkshell.
  
• The ability to see where and what Rank/class my members are.
  
• The ability to talk to multiple LSs with out having to change my current one. (maybe by doing /l#?)

I will add any GOOD suggestions to the list so lets hear them!

lsmessage and the remote things are great,
however if your in a fairly active Ls like elite and a tight-knit group all members should be on your social list
and the social list takes most of your invite/seeing whos online/talking to members directly a function like the one you describe takes the social thing to be worthless... if your real life friends are not in your shell then sketchy (45/57 active members in Elite is on my social list)
dont think general/master of a shell should be passed unless they leaving the game and atm if your leader is seeking to leave might as well start over or join a already active shell.
takes me 5 secs already to see what rank who is by checking pro or lodestone ~.~ ingame would just make things laggy. then check social list to see if there on.

Loyalty ? ? ? why have more then one shell, If you have a shell that can do everything from sping to End of content for you having multiple ls just causes more drama.
Maybe because im a leader in Elite I onry rock one crest. understanding everyone whos not in my shell is on my social list.
Maybe a function to have everyone in your shell on your social list.
Hiding your online is kinda meh, if you dont want to be talked to just go to a special place and dont respond.
and making the social list available for like 500 people vice 200 because maybe one day ill have everyone on the server on the social list as long as they not on my blist.

[Keith_Dragoon]

lsmessage and the remote things are great,
however if your in a fairly active Ls like elite and a tight-knit group all members should be on your social list
and the social list takes most of your invite/seeing whos online/talking to members directly a function like the one you describe takes the social thing to be worthless... if your real life friends are not in your shell then sketchy (45/57 active members in Elite is on my social list)
dont think general/master of a shell should be passed unless they leaving the game and atm if your leader is seeking to leave might as well start over or join a already active shell.
takes me 5 secs already to see what rank who is by checking pro or lodestone ~.~ ingame would just make things laggy. then check social list to see if there on.

Loyalty ? ? ? why have more then one shell, If you have a shell that can do everything from sping to End of content for you having multiple ls just causes more drama.
Maybe because im a leader in Elite I onry rock one crest. understanding everyone whos not in my shell is on my social list.
Maybe a function to have everyone in your shell on your social list.
Hiding your online is kinda meh, if you dont want to be talked to just go to a special place and dont respond.
and making the social list available for like 500 people vice 200 because maybe one day ill have everyone on the server on the social list as long as they not on my blist.

Not all of my suggestions are based on the here and now situation and state of the game, months/years down the line a LS leader might say goodbye to his long time LS and the members want to continue, instead of remaking and such he could pass lead to one of his second in commands.

Not every linkshell is tight knit like that so using your own LS as an example is not going debunk the suggestion or make it lose merit. My LS is a bunch of nice, cool, mature and chill people with a few bad apples who ofcourse ragequit the game. Now when I check my LS list I have to scroll through 10+ ppl just to see a few ppl that are online.

Same concept in XI, the elitest only want you to have one shell, but you have friends with social shells or random shells just for the lulz with a name you just can't help but join. I am in favor of the latter, I have plenty of friends in XIV that has been growing since closed beta, I currently run my shell and I have pearl to my friend's LS and they have one to mine. Loyalty has nothing to do with this as I am not a douche and i don't condone any douche-baggery in my LS so if we do take part in end-game activities and they tell me another shell they are in is going to kill xyz NM and suggests we beat them to it, he'll find himself 1 less linkshell on his person.

These suggestions are for your average joe LSs and are only intended to help even without a way to communicate with multiple LSs people will still have more then one on them unless SE removes that feature. If you are having any lag issues with the game as it is now I would suggest a small upgrade instead of downing suggestions that wouldn't even add any stress on the network or computer no more then a 8year+ old game did back then.

[MerlinOmniking]

Now when I check my LS list I have to scroll through 10+ ppl just to see a few ppl that are online.

Same concept in XI, the elitest only want you to have one shell, but you have friends with social shells or random shells just for the lulz with a name you just can't help but join.

I rarely look at the Ls list, I say hi in chat, the people on say hi back.
@ the one shell, As in Ls elite you can have more then one shell as long as your not a lead, but i do not see the point in having more then one shell anyways. If i wanted to gather people, whether their in elite or in another shell, i'd just check my social list see whos on which is sorted by whos online first then those offline.
Say their was a dynamis like event, I would rather see whos online that i already know is good at what they do then find a rag tag team of people who are content hogs that will take me years to get the gear i wanted in the first place.
One crest, many friends, No need for beef, Just check your social list it will solve many of your issues, like having one shell, one ls chat, one party chat, ability to see people online not in your current shell selected that you are friends with.
but seriously you could rock a crest armyofone, and still get all you need in the game through social list .

I suggest making a bigger pool of people on your social list keith if you want to downsize all your problems now. instead of waiting for somewhat useful adds, even though most could be solved by adding people to your social list

The only useful ls adds would be the Lsmessage and the remote boot.

[Yarr]

please please please please.


I honestly thought that the Linkshell aspect of FFXIV was no where near close to being ready during the last phase of the beta. Then the system went live with no changes. Six months later Im not convinced this is the final design for the linkshell and that SE is more concerned about the "Company" system.

[origamikitsune]

please please please please.


I honestly thought that the Linkshell aspect of FFXIV was no where near close to being ready during the last phase of the beta. Then the system went live with no changes. Six months later Im not convinced this is the final design for the linkshell and that SE is more concerned about the "Company" system.

Which may (or may not) extend the functionality of LS's in some capacity. There's been a lot of speculation that it will in some way.

[Yarr]

Which may (or may not) extend the functionality of LS's in some capacity. There's been a lot of speculation that it will in some way.

I guess like everything else in this game, all we can do is wait. I just cant help but feel thats some of the small details could be addressed now. After all, its the attention to detail that made me fall in love with the Final Fantasy series.

[Keith_Dragoon]

I rarely look at the Ls list, I say hi in chat, the people on say hi back.
@ the one shell, As in Ls elite you can have more then one shell as long as your not a lead, but i do not see the point in having more then one shell anyways. If i wanted to gather people, whether their in elite or in another shell, i'd just check my social list see whos on which is sorted by whos online first then those offline.
Say their was a dynamis like event, I would rather see whos online that i already know is good at what they do then find a rag tag team of people who are content hogs that will take me years to get the gear i wanted in the first place.
One crest, many friends, No need for beef, Just check your social list it will solve many of your issues, like having one shell, one ls chat, one party chat, ability to see people online not in your current shell selected that you are friends with.
but seriously you could rock a crest armyofone, and still get all you need in the game through social list .

I suggest making a bigger pool of people on your social list keith if you want to downsize all your problems now. instead of waiting for somewhat useful adds, even though most could be solved by adding people to your social list

The only useful ls adds would be the Lsmessage and the remote boot.

Thats a personal opinion

The social list I use for friends that are not in my LS and friends that I added prior to them joining my LS. In XI I had to constantly sort through my friend's list because the 100-200(can't remember how much cap was) was constantly full. I make ALOT of friends when I play games like these and I should NOT have to use my social list to tell if my Linkshell members are online. It makes no since, why even have a Linkshell list if your gonna add everyone to your social?

[HoolieWho]

I never liked the fact that you couldn't chat on more than one LS at a time in FFXI. I like that you can in FFXIV, although I would like shortcuts like /l1, /l2, etc... In particular I always thought it would be nice to view the chat from my main LS (which was a largely social LS) while doing something with an event LS. So, FFXIV has made progress in LS functionality at least in this one aspect. Now we just need events so there are reasons for event LSes.

[Keith_Dragoon]

I never liked the fact that you couldn't chat on more than one LS at a time in FFXI. I like that you can in FFXIV, although I would like shortcuts like /l1, /l2, etc... In particular I always thought it would be nice to view the chat from my main LS (which was a largely social LS) while doing something with an event LS. So, FFXIV has made progress in LS functionality at least in this one aspect. Now we just need events so there are reasons for event LSes.

Well said, this is one of the resons why I made this topic, for the players that need/want this not for those who can find a silly work-around and call it fixed.

[Keith_Dragoon]

Another bump before bed.