Famitsu interview with Yoshi

[Pterois]

Keep in mind that the interview was 3 or 4 days after 3.1 went live. That's not a lot of time for feedback to build up.

OH ok... that is a bit more reasonable but it was pretty apparent from the get go that the alliance feature needed to be looked at.

Not only that but this thread...

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...eeds-attention

popped up 3 days after 3.1 dropped and there has since been several echoing the request. Seriously... if you even try going into Diadem as 2-3 party's the second you step in there and realize you cant talk with the other parties then it should have become pretty apparent that it needs to be fixed. And for all the "use FC chat," that argument goes out the window once you realize you will have a few tag alongs who aren't in your FC almost every time.