Block first timers from Party Finder!

[Felmyst]

Just labelling this toxic behavior clearly shows you have no fully understood the wealth of information provided, nor have you reached a point to be capable of farming content we are discussing.

If you had, you would of experienced what we are all talking about and would be able to either agree or disagree without the need of "labelling" us all as "toxic"

No, you go back and read. The reason I have pronounced myself on this, is due to those who plays princess and basically called me out instead of taking time to read me.

Like everyone else, I am member of this game and I got the right to mention my opinion without being made a fool of because a majority of this people who would like this feature are for the elitism. Which is fine, everyone has the right to opinion. But forcing me to agree after I disagreed and making fun of me, is indeed toxic.

[Azazua_azura]

@ felmyst

People are calling you out for not reading past the title. All of your posts have prettying much came off as not reading past the title, first off you beach slap winterluna telling them to stop complaining. The you call them an elitists when they have proof they are not.

Then you act toxic when players are trying to correct your misunderstanding, calling them toxic and elitists. I'm actually a considerable new player I at most got to 60 and did alex normal I never got a chance to raid due to personal issues, I'm for this option. I don't consider it elitist in anyway shape or form.

The pary finder system is infact a community tool, and not one person here is trying to change it, what the option is asking is to refine the system. If you actually read the active help file for the party finder system, it clearly states "Use to form like minded parties with players across the world". A new player looking to learn or clear a peice of content isn't "like minded" by joining a group targeted at people with clears looking to farm. Since said new player has other reasons to join the group then the other players.

This options prevents that, which opens for more options to form learning/clear groups since more players would need it.

And to be clear, the party finder system is open to all players who clear sastasha. Parties in that system are exclusive, to what the party leader dictates. Though not commonly (sp?) known or practiced players can infact report other players on the matters of party play.

and if that isn't typed well I appologise, but this is what I mean.

player A puts a party finder ad to farm Ravena, clearly states cleared players only with tags "serious play, high gear only" and "multiple runs for loot".

Player B who hasn't cleared joins with out asking the party leader, they give generic replies acting like they have cleared content. Pretty much quoting youtube, or player guides.

The party fills and que to join, and "new player" comes up everyone leaves. Now the finger pointing happens and player B finally fesses up that he is new.The party disbands.

What player B can be reported for 2 things, first being player agreement. He joined the party agreeing to the terms when he clearly doesn't as he doesm't meet the "cleared player only" rule the leader set up. He also disrupted the game play of others preventing them from achieving their goals as he didn't fit the critiera.

This option prevents that from happening.

No one is telling you to agree or else, but their pointing out that you misunderstand the thread, and basing all your posts around a title.

[karateorangutang]

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Ok I went back and read your posts prior to making this, so now that we have that out of the way....

I guess I simply don't understand the point that it is "seperating" the community. This happens already, its in the code of the game it self, it's in the very core of the genre. We are seperated by skill level differences in the form of our characters level. You can't enter higher level content until you reach a certain level. You can't do a fight til you complete the quest.

It's a tiered system put in place to make sure that there is a minimum skill level to enter content. So my question to you then is: Why would a system to recquire a clear be any different?

Even in society we seperate schoolchildren by skill level in schools. You cant enter 3rd grade until you complete and master 2nd grade content. So what's with the community point then?

It's still a very viable option to create a clear party in PF. People waaaaaaay discount how effective this is at getting a clear. There's social networks to deal with this content everywhere. Barring that it's even possible to purchase clears ( which I don't condone in any way ). This is just a much clearer line in the sand for a party that wants to use it's time effectively.

What your essentially saying is a farm party's time is less valuable then a new player's time. This is just simply not the case. However, if you feel that this isn't true then I simply won't respond because obviously there's is a divide in ethics between us.

[Stupiduglytaru]

No, you go back and read. The reason I have pronounced myself on this, is due to those who plays princess and basically called me out instead of taking time to read me.

Like everyone else, I am member of this game and I got the right to mention my opinion without being made a fool of because a majority of this phave e who would like this feature are for the elitism. Which is fine, everyone has the right to opinion. But forcing me to agree after I disagreed and making fun of me, is indeed toxic.

I do agree with some points you make, in an ideal if everyone was honest then a thread like this wouldn't had been needed. The nature of this game and cross server df really doesn't help to create a community of players. However without this function this game would experience serious queue issues etc, which happened in ffxi.

What we have also take into account is language barriers, the lack of auto translate for keywords when creating pfs, all this person would see is a pf with the select content desired and a load of letters after that.

To create the kind of things your suggesting takes a huge amount of effort by the playerbase, something that may not be achievable. Just look at this forum itself, we have say around just 10% of actual players using it. So people as well may lack the technology in their life due to personal situation to be able to actually access this.

But with all this the actual issue at hand is newbie people gatecrashing farm parties looking for a free kill whilst knowing absolutely nothing about the encounter or people joining phase practice for ones they haven't even seen. I have had first hand experience of this many times.

Back in 2.x in coil, my only option at the time was pf groups so I made phase learning groups every single day for T9, gradually I got closer and closer to the kill after mastering all previous phases. It was at this point now my pure frustration began, people would join and wipe us on golems or the proceeding phases and had a clear lack of knowledge of any of the mechanics. It almost drove me to point of quitting coil as I was so fed up with these people ruining mine and my parties experience.

I asked a farm group if I could join them very late in the night, the pf leader advised me if I made 1 mistake I was out, I agreed and promised I knew what I was doing. The first attempt 5% we failed due to the misplacement of db marks from the brd in group, I asked the leader if I deem acceptable to continue in which we said I did great, the next run was a fail again on golems byaanother party member again, the leader of the group told me they been at this 3hrs and need a break as many silly mistakes but said I was most welcome to come along tomorrow to get my kill ^^ which I did.

Even with this setting, this option would still be open to people who have experience but cant just find a group with similar levels of understanding or capabilities to clear.

I joined my first learning party last night for thordan ex, I can now safely say I can get meteors 110%, today I hope to practice pass that. Once I know I'm capable of a kill I will start recording these runs, so that in future if I can't find a group full of genuine players that can clear it, I can at least ask a farm group and provide evidence of how far I can get.

[Naliee]

Yes I never disagreed to this. In fact I am all for promoting the use of communication between players. If people would communicate more like it was the case back in early days of MMO's, it would eliminate half the complaining.

But Party Finder should remain a tool for the community in general. The item level is already enough of a big setting that allows to weed out a good amount of players, like casual players who might not necessarily have the same item level. And even force some people to play on their right job where they can delivery their A game.

I wouldn't find sneaky newbs in my farm parties if just ilvl setting was enough, even casuals can get there(even if it takes them a bit longer).

[Solarra]

New player here. I'm certainly not at the stage of farming anything but I support this proposal.
If players wish to make Farming Parties in PF, they should have that option.
At the moment, we have players lying and abusing the system. I honestly cannot see why such behaviour is getting any support at all. Nobody should be encouraged to lie and use others as a means to an end. Allowing this abuse to continue is not good for the people trying to farm or for the community as a whole.

[Amelia_Pond_Behemoth]

Like everyone else, I am member of this game and I got the right to mention my opinion without being made a fool of because a majority of this people who would like this feature are for the elitism. [/I][/B]

You are only partly right. You have the right to express your opinion. Whether or not you do so without being made a fool rests entirely on you. We simply ask that you read not just the topic title, but the entire first post as well before so that the opinion you express is well-informed.

[WinterLuna]

@Felmyst

Firstly, you are the rude one coming into my thread and telling me to 'stop complaining.' This is the Forums. I'm very sorry if not every thread is praising Square Enix.

Secondly, you keep talking about the community. Guess what? It's the community causing this problem in the first place. New players can make their own groups, ask for help, make their own linkshells and group of friends like you suggested.

A huge point you seem to be missing is that new players shouldn't even be joining fam parties. I don't know what's so hard to understand about that. It's also not just about skill. Players sneak into farm parties to leech a clear.

People are so obsessed with white knighting the community and trying to play the hero to new players yet it's some of those very players creating this issue.

[missybee]

Felmyst, please read and understand the thread, it might keep you entertained while you level.

Not going to lie, I was thinking it.

[WinterLuna]

New player here. I'm certainly not at the stage of farming anything but I support this proposal.
If players wish to make Farming Parties in PF, they should have that option.
At the moment, we have players lying and abusing the system. I honestly cannot see why such behaviour is getting any support at all. Nobody should be encouraged to lie and use others as a means to an end. Allowing this abuse to continue is not good for the people trying to farm or for the community as a whole.

Just going to say thanks for reading the thread in its entirety, especially since you're a new player! Thanks for the support