[Request] Opt out of the Echo buff via Duty Finder

[Pookajutsu]

Good afternoon!

I would like for players to have the opportunity to opt out (or opt in) to the Echo Buff in Minimum Item Level and Level Sync duties via the Duty Finder settings dialog if possible. While I understand that it is possible to remove the buff manually from within instances, the process becomes tedious (or even unwieldy) for the entire group to do this before each consecutive pull.

This would mainly serve as a quality of life fix for groups seeking to challenge themselves to close-to-original iterations of 8-man content.

[VoiceofYumi]

This is an awesome idea!

Obviously the devs are super busy with Stormblood being released so recently but if we could get a feature like this, even as late as patch 4.2 or 4.3, I would be very happy with it.
I'm not a developer but I can't imagine it would be a terribly difficult thing to do either.

Great idea Pookajutsu!

[Katryn]

Fantastic idea! I'm all for any option that can present more and better options for people to play, and further convenience in setting up content at its original form definitely fits within that.

[Rongway]

This would be poor use of dev hours, given that

it is possible to remove the buff manually from within instances

and doing this takes about half a second.

[khruler]

the only problem with removing the buff is people don't want to do it or it shows up every time and doesn't recognized that hey you do not want to be buffed by the echo you turned it off 18 times but we will be sure to buff you anyway ok. so i agree with an echo toggle for the player or an all out legacy mode that just never has the echo. i clearly don't want the echo anymore to exist but i know it has it's purpose so i will deal with it and proudly take it off every single time manually.

[Grann-Goro]

I don't understand why this little option isn't already a thing !

I like to play in Minimum Item Level mode a lot, and the existence of this buff in this mode is both absurd and VERY annoying !

Give us an option to block Echo from activating other than click it off manually for EACH pull !

[Grann-Goro]

UP !

That thing still is super annoying, especially when playing with players who don't know how to remove a buff and trying to indroduce them to minimum item level.
We ofter spend between 5 or 10 minutes to try to explain them the problem at each session ! (Sometines we can't even speak their language....)

Make ECHO disappear in minimum item level, or at least give a specific option to prevent it to appear. PLEASE !

[Rongway]

especially when playing with players who don't know how to remove a buff ... We ofter spend between 5 or 10 minutes to try to explain them the problem at each session ! (Sometines we can't even speak their language....)

It's in the autotranslator.

(/statusoff) (The Echo)

Slash-S-T-A-T-Tab-Enter-space-T-H-E-space-E-C-tab-enter


Macro to disable Echo and ask your party members to do the same:

(/statusoff) (The Echo)
/p (/statusoff) (The Echo)
/p (Please use it.)

[Grann-Goro]

Thanks for this tip.
But I fear that a good number of people won't be able to understand that either sadly...
And even if they do, it's still super annoying to remind everyone to do this after each wipe !

Besides, the problem often is even more annoying with people who play on PS4 and who don't have a keyboard...
They almost everytime have no idea on how to remove a buff (and I can't really help them myself).

[Kurando]

Besides, the problem often is even more annoying with people who play on PS4 and who don't have a keyboard...
They almost everytime have no idea on how to remove a buff (and I can't really help them myself).

You don't need a keyboard to remove a buff, and if things are lost in translation then no amount of peripherals can change that. In the mean time the only thing you can do is just try to explain it or put more restrictions on any parties you form so there is less issues.