Linkshell Management

[edgar131]

Just replying to say I agree with everything mentioned here.

[Lahnae]

i should have read through the posts listed here, i have the SAME complaints! i just posted a thread talking abot the same issues. i lead one of the only RP LS's in Palamecia server called The Lucid Knights and well, it hasnt been an easy trip with the lack of communication that cant be helped between myself, officers and members. ive been using vent to try and post MOTD but that works only so much...i try to track when people log but its just alot of work ..more than it needs to be and also, i thought i was the only person having that issue of getting d/c from FFXIV when i checked the roster-like every half hour or so LOL thanks for posting this, i feel like the boat i was paddling away in just got a bit more populated ^^V

[Smashington]

Agreed.

We have re-shelled 2 times already.

This is a basic social aspect to FFXIV and needs to be fixed immediately.

1.) Add/Remove members who are far away or offline.
2.) /lsmes

Thank you.

[Prosvham]

SE please put in a funtion where we can remove member from a Linkshell without needing them to be on game. The Linkshell I'm in we been repearling it 3 time now cause of ppl who dont play no more and we cant remove them out the shell cause they not on line to do so. Please seriousely think about adding a function for us to remove member from Linkshell without not needing them to be on.

[Diewalk]

i agree. the linkshell management is a disaster.

[Colino]

I absolutely agree with you OP, especially on point 2). I'm also part of a very active linkshell and because of inactive users (and the fact that our officers can't remove them) we've had to re-form a total of four times now.

Re-forming is an absolute nuisance, it's extremely difficult to manage properly and rarely has as good as an effect as you would hope.

[Draven]

Can't tell you how many times I've heard LS having a re-pearl party or something along the lines because of the lack of control options for Linkshell leaders. This is an aspect of XIV that needs attention asap

[SolArisa]

1) This is an obvious one. Resolve the glitch that frequently (I'd estimate 50% of the time) causes the game to crash when the linkshell member list is opened. This should have been addressed long ago, there's really no excuse.

Wow. I never experienced that since the alpha tests started, nor heard of it. And as a LS leader I use it a lot ... installation problem perhaps? Or am I just lucky?

2) For the love of god, allow pearlsack holders and linkshell leaders to boot members from the linkshell without them being online. This is a very large inconvenience when you have inactive members and the only way to free up space in the linkshell is to break the shell and remake it entirely.

I absolutely second that! That's the most critical issue I have and this will lead to trouble soon, at least in my LS, when the cap of 128 players will be hit ... with 90% of them "Taking a break" or not cancelling their account. Please do not wait until numerous linkshells run into emergency situations here.

And in general, it MUST be possible to remove any linkshell member from the list, without being near a person or the person being online. As leaders of social linkshells we have responsibilities here, so please give us the tools to do our work!

3) Make the linkshell member list more detailed. As in FFXI, display each member's current location, rank, physical level, etc. in addition to whether or not they are online.

Personal opinion only ... but I think it's quite bewildering how SE seemed to be focused on keeping personal information private and NOT showing information like this, or even supressing it later (like displaying the number of players in the same area).
And then all private character information is trumpeted out into the internet by the Lodestone. SE should decided what they want and then implement stuff correctly instead of forcing people to have both game and lodestone open for retrieving such basic information.

4) /lsmes. We need it. Enough said.

I fully second that one, too. The LS member management and the /lsmes feature are the most important changes in my opinion, with the member management overdue since the day 1 of the alpha tests.

[Sha]

+1

Location and rank are more of an icing on the cake IMO but offline member management and /lsmes are really needed ASAP.

[Benediction]

Yes please!