Petition: Don't implement Content Finder!

[Jeffdogg]

Maybe you can wrap YOUR shriveled pea brain around this: What's stopping me from selecting that I speak EN, JP, FR, etc...? Becuase that is what the search goes by: What each individual CLAIMS as languages they speak. Just because you use search for say EN players, doesn't mean they all speak EN. They may only think they know enough to get by.

In FFXI I flagged myself as EN/JP for search because it helped me get parties during JP peak hours. I didn't speak a lick of JP. But if that flag wasn't up I wouldn't have gotten those invites.

And furthermore: some content requires one person to have multiple classes/jobs. The search function isn't that good.

Next time why don't you think before you type. maybe you won't make yourself look like an idiot when try to talk down to someone who already thought three steps ahead of you.

Watchout everyone StateAlchemist is starting to get all E-tough on people, better watch out what yall say!!!!
Bet you just got done working out at the E-gym, all pumped up and aggressive from you E-roids..

[StateAlchemist]

Watchout everyone StateAlchemist is starting to get all E-tough on people, better watch out what yall say!!!!
Bet you just got done working out at the E-gym, all pumped up and aggressive from you E-roids..

lol? Your cool bro.

[Wolfie]

Watchout everyone StateAlchemist is starting to get all E-tough on people, better watch out what yall say!!!!
Bet you just got done working out at the E-gym, all pumped up and aggressive from you E-roids..

No, he's just getting all E-stupid and not thinking any of his posts through.

[fusional]

seriously, rokien. do you even play this game?

[Sagagemini]

This topic made me cry.
Why should we have less options? Damn, people can be stupid.

[Wolfie]

This topic made me cry.
Why should we have less options? Damn, people can be stupid.

That's a typical Rokien topic.

[Kiote]

There is a significant reasonable concern that this feature will result in people doing nothing but stand around town. It has happened in every game that has ever implemented this feature. Content finders are also in some respect community killers. They make it to easy to alienate others because you can instant have a new group without any concern for the people around you. I am not concerned with this so much as the people never leaving town.

I think we should have a content finder. I think it should find an appropriate combination of class and stick them in a party. Then you should have 2-5 mins to make your way to the content you plan to do.

Content Finders are a wonderful way to promote content accessibility to casual players, but we should not sacrifice our world for the sake of any single group of players.

[LegoEgo]

let me tell u guys whats really going to happen if content finder gets introduced
if content finder is used a lot
lazy is going to take over, its going to happen, don't say it wont because it will. everything, expect for a few high lvl dungeons where a random pt wont do, will be used for it. need a party fast? content finder. Need to do an old quest done? Content finder. Need to get AF gear? need to get past a specific point in a story mission? Content finder. Running DD toto-rak etc? content finder it.

the only quests people wont use it for would be something like NM hunting stuff, and thats 100% the truth.
the above helps the low lvl players catch up and running people though story missions will not be necessary anymore which is a good thing and a bad thing

anyone else see the problem this will do to the server communities?
i wouldn't have a single reason to talk to anyone from my server for 90% of the game, all i gotta do is wait in town till everything gets sorted out by the server software.

true it helps if i leave ff14 for a couple months and need to get back on track, but in the long run people will rely to much on it and it will hurt and not help.

[fusional]

There is a significant reasonable concern that this feature will result in people doing nothing but stand around town. It has happened in every game that has ever implemented this feature.

and this concern is ass-backwards logic. people already stand around in ul'dah all damn day because if they leave they won't see party/primal/dungeon/AF shouts.

furthermore, i played WoW before and after implementation of content finder. people did their dailies and farming and whatever either way, but if anything content finder freed people up to go out and do whatever random crap they wanted to do at any time because they could simultaneously que up while questing/farming/whatever

and how does it kill a community? people still raid primarily with guilds/friends. it also makes it easier for people who don't have a guild or friends that can help them with raid content to find pick up groups to get it done.

(and besides- this game already has a pretty godawful community, so...)

i don't follow your reasoning whatsoever.

[LegoEgo]

Fusional is right

id like them to improve PT search functions first b4 they start adding in other stuff though.
not enough options and not enough people use it

hell if u can do all your shouting and stuff in a global "search" chat that you can turn on or off, as long as people don't abuse the shit out of it by implementing some kinda timer id rather have that.

but improved search functions would be a huge step