Multiple linkshells suggestion.

[Alhanelem]

We don't need hot keys or text commands to equip different LS.

What we need is a text command to communicate to other LS's without changing our currently equiped shell.

/ls1 <text>
/ls2 <text>
/ls3 <text>

ect ect ect.

IMO it's a waste of resources devoting time and code to that function.

I hope to god this isn't how ver 2.0 opperates.

wow, super hostility and immature behavior for the lose.

What you're asking for is essentially what's being done- the "equipped" linkshell is the one you're sending a message to- so it's only a matter of pressing the hotkey for the linkshell to send a message to and sending it. Are people forgetting you can always hear any of your linkshells already? The fact is, SE's implementation is actually more efficient than your proposed one.

The only real distinction here is that the icon over your head is going to change for a second.

This implementation is still a drastic improvement, yet players apparently feel so entitled that they can shoot them down for coming up with it.

*press hotkey*
*enter message*
*press hotkey*

Total number of buttons pressed is actually lower than if you typed "/ls# chat message" by 2 buttons. On top of this, if you want to send multiple messages, that's even more keypresses saved:

*hotkey for LS1*
*chat message 1*
*chat message 2*
*chat message 3*
*hotkey for LS2*
*chat message 4*
Total keypresses = 2 + number of letters in chat message

/ls1 *chat message 1*
/ls1 *chat message 2*
/ls1 *chat message 3*
/ls2 *chat message 4*
Total keypresses = 16 + number of letters in chat message

The more message you send to the same LS, the more efficient SE's method becomes.

[Starlord]

wow, super hostility and immature behavior for the lose.

What you're asking for is essentially what's being done- the "equipped" linkshell is the one you're sending a message to- so it's only a matter of pressing the hotkey for the linkshell to send a message to and sending it. Are people forgetting you can always hear any of your linkshells already? The fact is, SE's implementation is actually more efficient than your proposed one.

The only real distinction here is that the icon over your head is going to change for a second.

This implementation is still a drastic improvement, yet players apparently feel so entitled that they can shoot them down for coming up with it.

*press hotkey*
*enter message*
*press hotkey*

Total number of buttons pressed is actually lower than if you typed "/ls# chat message" by 2 buttons. On top of this, if you want to send multiple messages, that's even more keypresses saved:

*hotkey for LS1*
*chat message 1*
*chat message 2*
*chat message 3*
*hotkey for LS2*
*chat message 4*
Total keypresses = 2 + number of letters in chat message

/ls1 *chat message 1*
/ls1 *chat message 2*
/ls1 *chat message 3*
/ls2 *chat message 4*
Total keypresses = 16 + number of letters in chat message

The more message you send to the same LS, the more efficient SE's method becomes.

Summary.... nothing is good enough for anyone :P