Would you like to see a LFG icon besides the player name?

[Dibria]

Or perhaps some sort of menu to select a quest you're waiting to do that shows you all other players that have tagged that quest, and perhaps a way to group chat within the 'waiting room'? And maybe you could continue doing other things while you're waiting and the game would indicate to you via a display how many people are waiting for a group on that quest? And a way to form parties right out that menu? And a way to teleport to the location of a given party member to speed up the process?


And as long as I am fantasising I want a pony.

[Asmeret]

Or perhaps some sort of menu to select a quest you're waiting to do that shows you all other players that have tagged that quest, and perhaps a way to group chat within the 'waiting room'? And maybe you could continue doing other things while you're waiting and the game would indicate to you via a display how many people are waiting for a group on that quest? And a way to form parties right out that menu? And a way to teleport to the location of a given party member to speed up the process?


And as long as I am fantasising I want a pony.

I think the whole quest-chat thing would be better suited to specifics like primal fights or dungeons/raids.

Oh, and you get your pony, but it's in burger form.

[Dibria]

Oh, and you get your pony, but it's in burger form.

PINKIE PIE! NOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo!

In all serious though for instances and raids is how I meant it, for lesser quests then people are likely to either do them alone or with friends anyway. I would greatly appreciate a system whereby I could log in and say 'I want to do X' (ifrit for example) and then go craft while a counter in the bottom of my screen says something along the lines of '2/4 players available for selected quest'. Combine that with a queue group chat and I think you have a pretty good system.

I hasten to add that you wouldn't necessarily auto-group with people in the queue, it is up to people in the queue to talk in the chat box and group up, preferably straight from the menu system. Otherwise you end up in a situation with 4 people that chose to specialise BLM or DRG are taking on an enemy or you end up grouped with someone you know you don't get on with.

[Jinko]

PINKIE PIE! NOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo!

In all serious though for instances and raids is how I meant it, for lesser quests then people are likely to either do them alone or with friends anyway. I would greatly appreciate a system whereby I could log in and say 'I want to do X' (ifrit for example) and then go craft while a counter in the bottom of my screen says something along the lines of '2/4 players available for selected quest'. Combine that with a queue group chat and I think you have a pretty good system.

I hasten to add that you wouldn't necessarily auto-group with people in the queue, it is up to people in the queue to talk in the chat box and group up, preferably straight from the menu system. Otherwise you end up in a situation with 4 people that chose to specialise BLM or DRG are taking on an enemy or you end up grouped with someone you know you don't get on with.

No point them going to this extent prior to 2.0, in 2.0 we are getting content finder which is a much more efficient way of doing what you suggested above.

[Asmeret]

No point them going to this extent prior to 2.0, in 2.0 we are getting content finder which is a much more efficient way of doing what you suggested above.

We are getting content finder for sure?

[Majidah]

No point them going to this extent prior to 2.0, in 2.0 we are getting content finder which is a much more efficient way of doing what you suggested above.

thats like what phantasy star online used right? rip open world for sure.

[Sehro]

it's not a necessity! because we have the search option and u can search for people seeking partries around all the regions but it could help if u are looking for a member around the entrance of the Dungeons,behest ...etc ,so it wont hurt to have LFG flag next to the name. : )

[Ryuko]

Definitely a fan of this. Despite the addition of a 'search' function, being able to physically SEE a LFG icon would help a ton! On my server, lots of people hang around the crystal and market wards while looking for a leveling party. With the LFG icon (and possibly a LEVEL icon next to it), finding people would be a lot easier (especially given the current 'shout' limitation).

What do I mean by a level icon? When you look at someone who is LFG, it would say their level next to their nameplate like it does for a mob. Next to that would be a LFG icon. This is so people don't even have to 'check' someone to know. Ah hell, add in a little icon for their job/class too! Let's make it real convenient!

[Zantetsuken]

Very much needed.

[Jinko]

Most definitely, we asked for this a while back and they said they would look into it... where the hell is it ?

I can tell you now that if people in game could see a curious ! make next to players name they would be more inclined to find out what it was and how to use the search feature.