Unable to manually add to blacklist

[plasmacutter]

I'm unable to manually add players to blacklist.

Commands like /blist add "player name@server" results in "player name @server" is not a valid name.

I'm not even attempting to blacklist someone on another server.

Have attempted other permutations such as older variants /blist add "player name" and get the same error.

[DarkMasamune]

The only way to blacklist someone at the moment, if I'm not mistaken, is to have them in your contact list so you can right click on their name and select the option— so you need to have been in a group with them...

I may be wrong, but I do know for a fact that we can't blacklist other people simply by writing it manually, which is a shame.

[Dynratygus]

Thank you for posting in the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums.

We apologize for any inconvenience that has occurred when playing Final Fantasy XIV. Unfortunately the issue you are describing is not a technical issue. I will be moving this thread to "General Discussion".

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[Jijifli]

Thank you for posting in the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums.

We apologize for any inconvenience that has occurred when playing Final Fantasy XIV. Unfortunately the issue you are describing is not a technical issue. I will be moving this thread to "General Discussion".

Hope to see you online!

If anything this is an issue that's, at least, bug related.

The only ways to blacklist a person at the moment is to have been in a party with them very recently, see their chat (and sometimes the button vanishes for whatever reason), or to personally target them yourself and do /blacklist add <t> instead of their name.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

If anything this is an issue that's, at least, bug related.

The only ways to blacklist a person at the moment is to have been in a party with them very recently, see their chat (and sometimes the button vanishes for whatever reason), or to personally target them yourself and do /blacklist add <t> instead of their name.

I don't think it's a bug as much as an effect of the recent changes. They are likely going to be adjusting it in the expansion release if anything

[Jijifli]

I don't think it's a bug as much as an effect of the recent changes. They are likely going to be adjusting it in the expansion release if anything

... That's still a bug. If it isn't working as intended, then it's a bug.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

... That's still a bug. If it isn't working as intended, then it's a bug.

It's probably working as intended currently. That's what I'm saying. Being held back by limitations do to the new world visit and not working correctly at all are different things.

[Jijifli]

It's probably working as intended currently. That's what I'm saying. Being held back by limitations do to the new world visit and not working correctly at all are different things.

I'm unsure not being able to add someone to bl by name, for example, "/blacklist add "First Last@Server" is working as intended. Considering that it works for whispering that way just fine.

[Jeeqbit]

Nevermind, this doesn't work anymore.

They made some changes to it recently due to world visit.

[Rongway]

... That's still a bug. If it isn't working as intended, then it's a bug.

It's working as intended. It's unfortunate that the intended behavior is wrong, though.

When they were preparing for the launch of the world visit system, they removed the ability to target players by name for all commands except /tell. Only /tell accepts typed names as targets now, and even when sending a tell to someone on your own server you still have to include @World. Other slash commands can only take target tags. If you cannot see or target the other character model, you must use menus. This in itself would not be absolutely horrible, except that even when you can see the person's name in a list like /search, the blist command is often not included in the menu.

The system needs improvements.