Please add basic cross server functionality

[Mootowncow]

While cross server is a nice feature to find more people to play with, it lacks all the BASIC functionality that has existed since 2010 in numerous other MMOs. These are CORE features that needed to be added WITH cross servers implementation because without them crossserver is really awkward to have.

I find tons of cool people I'd love to play with again, but as there's no cross server tells, linkshells, or friend l cannot add them or contact them again unless I awkwardly ask them to post their steam/discord/etc in public. This even makes keeping a cross server raid group organized a headache.

Please add these features cross server by 4.2(as this should be high priority and easy to implement):

Friendlist
Tells
Linkshells

I'm sure this can't be difficult, as MMO's have had these features since 2010. Thank you.

[Tigerfury]

It has been stated multiple times by development that this sort of thing is in the works.

Just curious, what will your action be if they don't meet your 4.2 deadline? You going to quit? Light torches and muster a pitchfork wielding mob?

[Fluffernuff]

Yes, because every MMO uses the exact same engines and have the exact same coding and framework and anything 1 MMO does can be cut and cropped into any other MMO with minimal effort. Not to mention, simply adding new systems has never broken anything before. I mean, how could it? it's only adding on to! It's not like anything is being modified. Really simple addition!


As much as I, too, wish for these "basic" features, FF14 is, frankly, NOT every other MMO and it is doubtful these things can so simply be added. SE has said time and again these features are being at least looked at.... I thought that a couple of these were supposed to be 4.0 additions, but I either remembered wrong or is wasn't so simple and they needed to be delayed. No sources beyond memory for those, though.

[Mootowncow]

If your competition has been doing x for 7+ years most people expect you to be able to do x as well. In this case, x is BASIC cross server functionality.

[ColorOfSakura]

They literally said these features were in the works and should be ready by 4.1.

[Jybril]

They literally said these features were in the works and should be ready by 4.1.

Wait, we're getting Friendlist/LS/Tells from other servers within our Data Center?
Yay! I miss so many people from my PF runs and I'll probably never see them again.