Houses should have proximity chat.

[ASTROZ]

One of the best ways for player interaction is made through houses and different sorts of events that take place there. Most interactions between players is done by the use of emotes and chat which can ruin immersion for some players that enjoy talking over texting but the implementation of said feature cannot be added in all of Eorzea since the high amounts of players that are located in most cities will make interacting with this feature impossible. That's why the implementation in houses where people have more control over the people that join them and the amount of people there would be significantly less than most cities the game has to offer making it a reasonable way of interaction. The feature can even have some settings for home owners (They can decide if their house will have Proximity Chat or not for whatever their reason may be) and players alike to be disabled if they don't want to use it.

[Jeeqbit]

/say is proximity.
/yell is also proximity.
/shout is zone chat.

[ASTROZ]

Hello, I mean proximity chat, but as voice chat, not text chat.

[Mr_Gyactus]

Hello, I mean proximity chat, but as voice chat, not text chat.

No, thank you.

I don't need to hear a random imbecile saying profanities or burping, or playing music at high volume while crafting or decorating my house.

[WeebPolice]

Hello, I mean proximity chat, but as voice chat, not text chat.

FFXIV players will cry about their immersion being ruined. Most of them will probably have it toggled off anyways.

[SannaR]

The OP has never been to a player made event. As houses can have around 150 people in them if it's a large. No, I'm not talking about the one thing people on here get their knickers in a twist about. I'm talking about going to places that host plays or concerts. Or heck the few indoor spaces used for Lunarcon. I know they mean for small gatherings and might even think it'd end up actually sounding as good as it does on paper. When this feels as one of those ideas that once you experience it you think "what in the blazes was I thinking?". I would also rather the devs try to implement a better way to keep unwanted guests out or to kick them out before trying to implement something I'm not sure many house enjoyers would want.