**NEED** for In-Game FC Events Bulletin Board

[Veritas-Ancora]

Found thread similar to this request and resurrected it back up:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post3580263

^ Please support.

[Lambdafish]

+1 I wish my FC had this, instead they have to use the tiny announcement on the company board

[Veritas-Ancora]

Why Lodestone events do not work:
- Requires sign-in each time on an external website not frequently checked by most
- Not PS3/PS4 friendly
- Requires players to leave the game or tab out to a site infrequently used
- No in-game reminders or integration into XIV
- Difficult to set up recurring events for the FC

Why Google Calendar doesn't work:
- External site which becomes a daily responsibility of the player
- No in-game reminders
- Can't regulate who enters/leaves the FC
- If made public, spammers/idiots throw countless notifications of BS on to people's phones
- Not PS3/PS4 Friendly

Why Facebook/Hangouts/Player.me/Discord postings don't work:
- Can't manage or continue to add every person who joins the FC
- No clear way of knowing who is posting what event
- External site requiring daily checking on the responsibility of the player
- Convoluted system not friendly to recurring events, requires as much work from the poster as the viewer
- No in-game reminders

[CatfishCassie]

Why Lodestone events do not work:
- Requires sign-in each time on an external website not frequently checked by most
- Not PS3/PS4 friendly
- Requires players to leave the game or tab out to a site infrequently used
- No in-game reminders or integration into XIV
- Difficult to set up recurring events for the FC

Why Google Calendar doesn't work:
- External site which becomes a daily responsibility of the player
- No in-game reminders
- Can't regulate who enters/leaves the FC
- If made public, spammers/idiots throw countless notifications of BS on to people's phones
- Not PS3/PS4 Friendly

Why Facebook/Hangouts/Player.me/Discord postings don't work:
- Can't manage or continue to add every person who joins the FC
- No clear way of knowing who is posting what event
- External site requiring daily checking on the responsibility of the player
- Convoluted system not friendly to recurring events, requires as much work from the poster as the viewer
- No in-game reminders

The lodestone also doesn't work because it actually doesn't work. I created a halloween event and, even signed in, I could not find my own event doing an event search. Having an FC calendar would be a great boon for FC's, but I'd suggest taking it a step further and having a server calendar. It would be cool if I could actually advertise events at my guild's restaurant/resort in a place that people actually check.

[S-r-ex]

The XIV dev team should look to Eve Online for some inspiration.

• Messages and calendar events are synced and can be used between game and community portal. A fleet commander sit on the airport, send a fleet announcement for the next day, set up a calendar note and log on the next day with pilots ready.
• The messaging system resembles an email client. Think old-school Outlook. You can send private messages, corp-wide messages, mailing lists, it's basically in-game email.
• Chat channels can be made at a whim, are in separate windows and you can see players present. Multiple channels can be grouped into a single window with tabs.

Yes, Eve is a completely different beast, but the way they handle player communication is still much more user friendly.

[Veritas-Ancora]

My greatest frustration and aggravation over this game is how ineffective it is for FCs to remain united, and a calendar is at the heart of it all. FCs have a revolving door of players moving in and out trying to find static groups and even casual events they can participate in. We need this badly.