Please add an option to add FC rank icons next to character names in chat.

[OvernightSiren]

I run a very large FC and sometimes it is not immediately apparent to newer or less social members who the "officers" are in my FC.

As of now, the only way for players to see who an FC officer is is by opening the FC interface and looking for their name in the member list, which is very daunting in a large FC.

There are many instances in which this would be helpful.

For example, if there is a fight occurring and an officer needs to step in to request that the people simmer down, it would be nice if their name had their rank icon next to it so the members could recognize "this is someone with authority within the FC requesting that I stop arguing and not just another normal member".

This could also help clear lines of communication if you have set ranks for gardeners/workshop people/etc. to help them easily communicate each others needs by being able to easily recognize in chat who has which permissions.

I feel this could easily be added to the Hierarchy Settings as a check box that says "Display Rank Icon in chat", this way you could toggle this off for standard members if you need to so ONLY members with FC authority have symbols next to their name. This would be a seamless way to convey this information to FC members who may not know how to determine whether someone is an FC officer or not.

[Canadane]

Agreed, they have a similar situation for the novice network for various types of Mentors, Returners, and New Adventurer status.
Seems like the system is already there, for the most part. Not going to say that it requires no effort to implement but it'd be a nice feature to have for FCs.

[Pheronite]

Yeah... let's add some sorting options while we're at it...

[PirateRyanG]

No.

This is where Communism fails.

It is better when everybody is the same rank. When you suddenly put the pigs above all of the other animals, things go downhill.

[Canadane]

No.

This is where Communism fails.

It is better when everybody is the same rank. When you suddenly put the pigs above all of the other animals, things go downhill.

Ranks already exist (even if there's only 2 real ranks), and configurable by a FC as they please.

[Bsrking5]

The game only sees 2 ranks. Master and everyone else. Small indie dev, please understand there's a lot of spaghetti code from pre PS3 era. Btw remember that when giving promotion to ranks. They can change to every rank besides master.

[Raoabolic]

No.

This is where Communism fails.

It is better when everybody is the same rank. When you suddenly put the pigs above all of the other animals, things go downhill.

*hands you a stool*
There, now communism works. :^)

[OvernightSiren]

Yeah... let's add some sorting options while we're at it...

Have wanted this for years! Especially an alphabetical or "sort by join date" option.

[ICountFrom0]

The moment a FC stops being a collection of friends you can trust, and starts to become something where you expect people to bow and scrape... well, that's when I feel your doing friendship wrong.

[Seraphor]

With all due respect, FC ranks are solely concerning permissions, not to facilitate your social hierarchy. All players are equal, you are not using FC ranks to designate "mods" or figures of authority over anything other than the settings provided via the FC interface.
If users are being disruptive and upsetting your FC, you and any other members of a rank with the suitable permissions have the ability to demote or remove them from the FC if you wish.