Reduce FC Invite Spam

[Kalise]

To be honest, they could have 2 toggleable options available.

First a "Not looking for FC" toggle, which would auto-dismiss invites and would show that you're not interested in joining a FC in your search info.

Secondly a "Looking for FC" toggle, which would show in your search info that you are actively seeking an FC. In addition, they could also then allow for this toggle to be part of a dedicated search that works globally for use by FC's to recruit AND also open access to a dedicated FC recruitment chat channel, so that FC's would be free to post their advertisements to their hearts content. Maybe even have like a "Marketboard" type thing where FC's can post recruitment posts (With links to their FC details) and players with this toggle can then peruse this and try and find FC's they like the sound of and contact them for more information.

Thus, such a system would reduce blind invite spam (Since, that really annoys me... It's not that I'm against joining an FC, but please, at least try and get to know me a little beforehand y'know?), reduce the chat spam of people posting their recruitment macros and also create a more interactive system to aid FC's and people looking for FC's in finding the right players/FC to join.

[Taelyn]

My suggestions are as follows:
-Remove the 'Invite to Free Company' option from the Player Search. There's no reason for it. If people want to invite players to their FC, just stand beside someone who's a part of it.
-Add a cooldown for FC invites.
-Give us an option to auto-decline FC invites without having to use /busy?

For the love of Opo-Opos, PLEASE add this. It's rather head scratching why XIV doesn't already utilize this toggle in the character options. Fairly standard QoL improvement in nearly every MMO. You already have the option to submit an application to an FC should you ever decide to join one, so why not add this?

I would even go so far as to suggest changing the process. Make inviting to a FC an option that only comes up, should someone approached through a private message, reply to the sender. This would at least encourage recruiters to show a little courtesy in asking first instead of just throwing out blind invites.