I saw this in the XI forums and thought it would be good to see what XIV players think. Some of you will probably say "this isn't WoW, we don't need it" but you can't deny that it's a good feature. Getting people for a leve group more easily, getting to know others (not just LS people or people shouting in one area), getting an SP pt together more easily (at least until they fix the search), quests and selling/repairing stuff. Sure, you can check the wards for selling/repairing but sometimes they just don't have the item you're looking for.

For the people who don't like it there could always be a filter option and to reduce spam they could have a shouts/minute limit or some sort of (light) penalty. For example if RMT start shouting and spam too much they could be penalized for it and be unable to shout for a certain period of time.

Imo it would get people to know the server more because from what I've seen (on Bodhum at least) it's usually very quiet in towns and it kinda makes it feel empty.