Fellowships need some tuning up.

[Valic]

A few things I've noticed since the release of this idea.

1. Deleting messages just leaves a giant gap with nothing but a name and time left, can't even fully remove the message so you'll have blocks in the message system. Admins should be able to soft remove things like this and also hard remove, either allowing it to be deleted but leave the name in case it was someone that is worth blacklisting.... and hard deleting for mistakes and space sake of not leaving giant gaps in the board.

2. On the above note, allow people to click/right click messages to allow them to /tell or blacklist and etc options the player.

3. ADD A WORD SEARCH FUNCTION. Who's brilliant idea was it to leave it to just tags for the search function? I search for RP in the thing.... I get PAGES and PAGES of fellowships that are likely just made for the server or like 10 friends instead of ya know... the whole data center. Let me at least search by word so when someone tells me to join "blank fellowship" I can go into the finder and type in "blank fellowship" and find it. Not just rely on their invite or searching through hundreds of pages of fellowships. It's a bit counter productive to make a data center wide function and not allow that type of access from another world, instead that would force the player to search through every page or join the world an admin or the admin is on just to get invited to it.

4. Idk what causes it, but I think it's when multiple windows are open that when I invite someone, the error says "can't invite, too man crossworld linkshells". Firstly... it's not a linkshell, so why that error message... 2nd, how is that even an error when if I close the window, I can invite them np. Honestly this one confuses me but it's an issue.

5. A bit more space akin to what PF's allow would be nice. Don't need paragraph details but the room we currently have per message feels.... VERY short.

Anyways, what are your thoughts on this system other than barely anyone understands how to use them or that they even exist?

[Merryl]

I'm not sure why they thought we needed this. Other than the group size and message board it really just looks like a party finder. I'm helping fc leader with a fellowship but I'm probably not really going to use it, just help moderate it.

[Valic]

I'm not sure why they thought we needed this. Other than the group size and message board it really just looks like a party finder. I'm helping fc leader with a fellowship but I'm probably not really going to use it, just help moderate it.

I mean it's another means to communicate data-centerwide, which we have very limited access as is being it only PF and limited space on crossworld linkshells.

You reminded me of another point, FC's should have this functionality already, a mini message board in FC's would make all these small random fellowships for FC's redundant. The whole point is to bring people together for a variety of activities across the whole data center and here people are with these small 24 person one's cluttering up the finder.

[Valic]

Another thing I realize... we could have added in a chat function linked to it. Not necessarily be able to have a chat for it, but say someone posts a message on the board, it's only gonna ever be viewed within that board. They should consider making a fellowship announcement chat so when someone posts on the board, it repeats it in the chatbox to people as an announcement. Kinda like the purple notices we get from SE. That way there's incentive to actually check the fellowship board and not just forget it even exists lol.

[Hyperia]

I'm not sure why they thought we needed this. Other than the group size and message board it really just looks like a party finder. I'm helping fc leader with a fellowship but I'm probably not really going to use it, just help moderate it.

This is a JPN thing, they will use it more than NA or EU.

[Berteaux_Braumegain]

3. ADD A WORD SEARCH FUNCTION.

Agreed. I was genuinely shocked to discover this wasn't a feature.

[Endeleon]

I'm not sure why they thought we needed this. Other than the group size and message board it really just looks like a party finder. I'm helping fc leader with a fellowship but I'm probably not really going to use it, just help moderate it.

I really really like Fellowships actually. They just need tweaking to be more useful. the things OP mentioned being the biggest.

[SugarPuff]

I agree, they definitely need a word search function.

I'm excited about them. Only time will tell but they seem to nicely fill the gap between joining a group for "right now" and committing to a FC. It's what I would have imagined linkshells were for in the first place but without organization tools they just don't accomplish it and I'm not going to complain about more options.

[Rasikko]

Wont last long without real time chat function. I get it that they don't want to undermine FCs, but we have linkshells and crossworld linkshells, so I don't see what's the point in limiting chat.

[Tomoebi]

3. ADD A WORD SEARCH FUNCTION. Who's brilliant idea was it to leave it to just tags for the search function?

this is baffling me too yesterday, trying to look for a certain fellowship but no search function. lol, what even is this
they should just increase the number of cwls participant.