To Developers - suggestions for game play, combat, party, LS.

[Golophei]

Game play:

1. Map Marker/line drawer – Areas are simply too big for us to remember everything. We need tools to mark down logging points, mining points, trees type, minerals, monsters, caves, fishing…etc.

We also need a line drawer beside just a map marker, a drawing tool that allows us to circle up an area.

2. Bazaar browsing and moving - It is annoying and counter productive that we cannot move while browsing bazaar. So many times I cannot make purchase because the seller ran away too quick.

3. Bazaar/trading range expand – Please expand the distance for purchase and trading.

4. Message/email – We need a in game message/email system between players

5. Chat mode improvements – (a) please get rid of the space bar activation, FFXI’s chat mode was much more convenience. (b) Please make the chat mode stays at the last used mode. It is really annoying that I have to press space bar and then ctrl P especially during a super busy behest run while trying to heal and talk. (c) Please make it easier to send tell just by simply targeting the player and hit enter button.

6. Animas – In reality, we need typically between 24-30 animas per day. Please make regenerate rate faster. Give us quests that will allow us to earn the animas.

7. Dropping down/ sliding/ jumping the cliffs – It is a big waste of time and really annoying when we have to walk along a 20 feet long ridge/cliff that is only 3 feet high in order to descend to a lower level. This is a bad design. Let us slide, drop or jump down those 10-15 feet high cliffs please.

8. Retail NPC at all camp – We all have more than one craft jobs. We have too many materials and drops.

9. Delivery system – We need that in game and it should be available at all camps


Combat:

1. Gear switching during battle - For me personally, FFXIV’s combat system feels more like a big WII smashing button combat and not requiring any skill. Mean while FFXI combat system offers more customization thanks to the gear switching. For example, Blm has a stun/sleep gears set, nuke set, enfeeble set, healing set of gears. Tanks have hate set, evasion set, casting set, defense set, attack/weapon skill set to swap.

For people who don’t care to carry more gears, they don’t have to. It is a great option for people to have and it will further personalize their own playing and skills.

2. Macros – We need more macros and lines. There are so many abilities to switch when you change job. 20 lines for each marcor and 100 macros would be great!

3. Abolish Stamina Bar – It is useless and serve no fun purpose. Getting rid of it will offer us more timing and skill challenges. For example, we can try to stun or dodge or counter certain monster’s attack?

4. Attack bonus and penalty – Please make certain mob more vulnerable to certain type of attack but strong against other types, or some mobs are strong against physical attack and some are immune to magic...etc. It is always rewarding for us to figure out and planning a strategy that will work. Right now, it seems like all physical attacks have same results.

* This is where SE Developer can take advantage and making the very distinguished differences between all the classes/jobs. It will also motivate people to form a group with more strategically planned for certain raid and battle.


Party:

1. Search function – We need a search function that will allow party leader to look for desired members. For example /sea all Con 41-46. Right now, party literally has to disband if someone decide to leave and there is no way for the leader to search for a replacement.

2. Invite – Please let party leader send invite to anyone within the same zone.

3. Party comments – Please allow players to make party/search comments. For example, SP/Leve long time party please? Mrd 21, Con 46, Pug 29. JP/NA/EU ok. BSM 37 for repair.

4. Seeking party – Please give player a seeking party icon next to their name. It will definitely encouraging people to form party when there are people who is seeking near by.

5. Behest party – Please make behest group auto formed party. I am sorry but there are always inept party leader who failed to invite everyone or day dreaming player who failed to accept invites.


Crafting:

1. Recipes book -Please give us a note book that will record all the recipes we used and learned through the leves quest.

2. Signature - Please allow us to make signature when we HQ a +1/2/3 item.

3. Local Leve ranks - Please make all the available local leve rank appropriate to players actual crafting level. It should be within 10 levels below and 5 levels above.

4. Crafting NPC – Please make available of all crafting support NPC in every city so we don’t have to run to the camp to get synthesize support.


Linkshell:

1. Removing members – Linkshell leaders should be able to removing members just from the LS list.

2. Promotion/demotion – Linkshell leader should be able to promote or demote members just from the LS list.

3. Member status – Please show LS members location, job, ranks on LS list.

4. LS Message – Please allow leaders/officer to make LS message.


Thank you for reading this long list. I have many more ideas but that is all I can remember for now. Have a nice day.