[CC] Please consider a revamp of the quickchat system.

[AlliciaCapulet]

We're missing essential callouts like "Avoid/Ignore Target" when a specially dangerous LB (SAM, NIN, RPR, DNC to name a few) is up. Seeing as only a minority of the playerbase is even in the habit of tracking LB gauges, enabling some sort of "this person is dangerous NOW" callout would go a long way. Instead we have callouts that no one uses like "Blocking Target" (which in JP is 「妨害: ターゲット, which arguably could be better translated as "Obstruct/Interrupt" in this context).

We have TWO separate callouts for withdrawing ("Fall back and regroup!" and "Everyone, group up!"). The first sees some success when an engagement goes sideways and people need to start finding ways to vamoose before getting made into cat chow, but the latter is much more generic and people just end up spamming it in any situation where someone is not nearby.

Lastly, "(Job): Moving the crystal" and "Push the crystal!" are not distinct enough, and often end up becoming useless callouts that people can't base their next decision off of. In JP these are「タクティカルクリスタル：運びます！」and「タクティカルクリスタル：運んでください！」, respectively meaning "I am pushing/I will push the crystal" and "Please push the crystal". Keeping these would make more sense if you made the first a distinct information relay, and the second a targeted request at a teammate, so it doesn't end up becoming desperate "WHY IS NO ONE ON THE CRYSTAL?!" spam.

The french translation feels a bit more like the original japanese meaning than the english translation.

But I do agree that we need those kind of new call, and, I don't know for the english version as I don't play it, but on the french version, we have call to tell "I will help our MCH" for exemple, but, we don't have a call to tell "Please help me". Starting in gold/plat and above, it's less a problem as people know a little bit more how to play, but it happens so many time to have 1-2 melee dps that overextend to kill a ranged dps like a MCH or BRD. In higher rank, someone who overextend usually get punished by the other team that will simply focus him, but it's true that in bronze/silver, people usually don't see what's going on on the map and only focus on trying to kill the target they want. It would be a nice addition, I think, as it's more usefull than a "GG" call.

Same thing for a "please follow my lead" when a tank/melee goes in. In Frontline, we can even put a countdown in a macro to tell when we plan to charge in so the team can focus together. It would be something nice to have. But, at the same time, it would also be something aweful to have with the people who spam for nothing.

But yeah, a revamp of the quickchat is definitivly something the dev should look over.