The current find/setup party system is great

[AlexiaKidd]

I love the current system for setting up or finding parties the only problem with it is no ones uses it. This I think is mainly due to the fact grind parties are pretty much non existent in FFXIV at the minute as there are very few decent camps to go to and grind in a party. The actual system for finding or setting up a party however is pretty good and I think much better than FFXI put your flag up and wait style.

With the current system if I want to set-up a party I can go to recruit set the exact level ranges I am looking for, what classes I want and how many people I am after. I can even leave a message letting people know what we will be doing ie Raptor Grind Party Rank 42-46. Then I can just leave it and get on with something else while people join and people can jump into the party from anywhere as long as they fit the criteria I have set in my search.

Once the party is filled we head out and after a while someone has to leave so I put up another recruit to fill their spot and we can carry on grinding while the recruit is running, we don't need to stop everything while I search for a rep and send tell's to people.

I could even set the party up for a specific leve like Dunesfolk and only people with Dunesfolk could join so no leechers could sneak in.

If I want to join a party I can search for a party on any of my classes without actually changing to that class and if I fit the criteria that someone is looking for with that class it will show up and I can jump right in.

I can even set it for other things like to look for a Rank 50 Goldsmith to craft me an item I have mats for if I wanted.

It really is a great system the problem is nobody uses it and there is a lack of reasons to use it. Maybe if they added to it so you could set what classes you wanted to LFG for and then party leaders could in addition search for those classes/ranks they want, that would be ok but please don't scrap they whole system and go back to the old ways as that would be a big step backwards.

[Choc]

back in the day of eft grinding when the game was only a few months old everyone used the party find tool. I see some groups made on there periodically still but its pretty rare.

[AdvancedWind]

I like the feature the way it is and would love if everyone started using it.....but I fear we are the minority.

[Dubont]

I want the party flag back, since it was easier to use, but we have to use what we have...and currently, people aren't using it...which ticks me off..

[Malakhim]

I love the party search feature, as it lets me "fire and forget" a party recruiting message, and everyone can see exactly what it is we're aiming to do right from the get go, and decide from there.

I think that the biggest problem is awareness. When you had a party seek icon, it was easy for people to see that you were available and that a party could be formed relatively easily. A potential solution would be to add some kind of icon or message that would pop up when you're near a camp that would easily display a list of parties seeking members in any given area.

This would make people more aware for sure, but I'm a firm believer in the idea that the idea would solidify much, MUCH easier if SE offered better documentation/tutorials on how to form parties using the PT search window.

The key element I think is visibility and ease.

[AlexiaKidd]

back in the day of eft grinding when the game was only a few months old everyone used the party find tool. I see some groups made on there periodically still but its pretty rare.

Completely agree with that, in the early days lot's of people used it for the 15 man Eft grinds and it was easy to get parties as everyone wanted bigger parties for more bonus SP. As it is now though there is very little reason to do these grind parties, as there are very few camps so if someone is already at the one for your level range your screwed, respawn times are too long and you have to run all over the place trying to find the next mob. Even Raptor parties which is pretty much the best SP you can get from grinding can only net around 15-20k per hour if there is no competition then you look at leves and with a good group of 4 you can get nearly 100k SP in 2-2.5 hours.

[Nephera]

I actually forgot this feature was in the game..

[Kaedan]

I agree. Whenever people complained, I pointed out that the system actually worked well if people would friggin use it.

That being said, however, there is no reason for them not to have a /sea function. It's a very basic and simple function that should be in the game. Additionally, there is no harm in adding a party flag feature. Yes, it's somewhat redundant, but it makes you more visible and would speed up the process (redundancy is good sometimes).

[Dubont]

I just did a party search on Figaro. 1 party found....mine...total members? 2. Me and another Con that knows how to use it....Are people really so ignorant that they don't know how to click search and see the available parties?

[Kaedan]

I just did a party search on Figaro. 1 party found....mine...total members? 2. Me and another Con that knows how to use it....Are people really so ignorant that they don't know how to click search and see the available parties?

Sadly, yes.... T_T