Comments from the Devs

[solracht]

next gen mmo

[Mina]

What Mina said. Any mission cut-scene or mission fight does the same thing. Any time you're "bound by duty" you can't get tells. Any time you have to drop party to do something is counted in this problem.

Which is another bullshit problem. Fuck having to drop party every time I want to do a mission when everyone in my party is across the world.

^
Had a friend in Ul'dah and Gridania. We were frustrated with trying to talk at all or join party to do anything with the constant leaving/joining/tell issues. At some point I think we agreed to just not talk at all until we finished up to the part of the mission where everything converges.

Then after that, people we had met wanted to join the shell or other friends of mine wanted to join and they couldn't nail me down for nothing. It was a cluster of a weekend. :/

[BerenTebogo]

Yeah, I picked up a random THM for the party when getting my friends low level dungeon + ifrit clears, he tagged along and was awesome, but everyone else was on vent. So when we decided to take 15 out to go eat before the mission I couldn't send him a tell for a solid ~8-10 minutes because he was stuck in CS. So the choice became "do I just go eat and let this dude sit around wondering wtf or do I be polite and let him know? OH WAIT I CANT LOL NVM GUYS"

Edit: The fact that it just BLOCKS all message is what really pisses me off. If they just go to your chat box for you to read after CS then cool, whatever. Still kinda shitty but better than nothing. "You shall not chat!" is not really doing it for me.

[Rocl]

shouldn't have picked up randoms in a raid zone

[Fereydoon]

Yeah, I picked up a random THM for the party when getting my friends low level dungeon + ifrit clears, he tagged along and was awesome, but everyone else was on vent. So when we decided to take 15 out to go eat before the mission I couldn't send him a tell for a solid ~8-10 minutes because he was stuck in CS. So the choice became "do I just go eat and let this dude sit around wondering wtf or do I be polite and let him know? OH WAIT I CANT LOL NVM GUYS"

Edit: The fact that it just BLOCKS all message is what really pisses me off. If they just go to your chat box for you to read after CS then cool, whatever. Still kinda shitty but better than nothing. "You shall not chat!" is not really doing it for me.

Agree on the tell issue, there's literally no reason for a lock out.

But was he not in the party anymore? lol

[Eanae]

Agree on the tell issue, there's literally no reason for a lock out.

But was he not in the party anymore? lol

You have to drop party to do solo missions.

[BerenTebogo]

Agree on the tell issue, there's literally no reason for a lock out.

But was he not in the party anymore? lol

What Eanae said.

The bullshit has come full circle. It's magic.

[Fereydoon]

You have to drop party to do solo missions.

I know that, but he had mentioned having done dungeons/ifrit with the guy, were there any solo missions after that?

[BerenTebogo]

I know that, but he had mentioned having done dungeons/ifrit with the guy, were there any solo missions after that?

After the first 3 dungeons there's like 2 fights and some bullshit CS before Ifrit.

[Fereydoon]

After the first 3 dungeons there's like 2 fights and some bullshit CS before Ifrit.

Yeah, the part with the swarm of Amal'jaa iirc, right before Bowl of Embers. I just wasn't sure if he was passed that or not.

I don't even understand how solo instances stop tells. At least with cross server you could argue shitty architecture, but what's the excuse for that?

[BerenTebogo]

Yeah, the part with the swarm of Amal'jaa iirc, right before Bowl of Embers. I just wasn't sure if he was passed that or not.

I don't even understand how solo instances stop tells. At least with cross server you could argue shitty architecture, but what's the excuse for that?

I also don't get how you can't stay in party. In FFXI and it's shitty PS2 limitations I could be in the same party with 1 dude in dynamis and 3 dudes in salvage while I myself was on an airship. SCIENCE.

[Fereydoon]

I also don't get how you can't stay in party. In FFXI and it's shitty PS2 limitations I could be in the same party with 1 dude in dynamis and 3 dudes in salvage while I myself was on an airship. SCIENCE.

And yet I can't start a leve if one person in the party is 20 feet too far lol. I don't even

[BerenTebogo]

And yet I can't start a leve if one person in the party is 20 feet too far lol. I don't even

"Everyone ready for MMM?"
>>"Yeah one sec I just need to check the AH"
"No you don't >> Enter"
*everyone in LJ gets entered*

I want this back.

[Eanae]

If there's anything that will ruin it for them in 2.0 it's definitely the community and party mechanics. No reason to not have global cross realm tells and friend lists in a modern MMO.

[Izzy]

If there's anything that will ruin it for them in 2.0 it's definitely the community and party mechanics. No reason to not have global cross realm tells and friend lists in a modern MMO.

Yeah, which is stupid because you know after all the shit they'll get for it, they'll add it in eventually. They might as well just do it now and save themselves the criticism.

[Evane]

"Everyone ready for MMM?"
>>"Yeah one sec I just need to check the AH"
"No you don't >> Enter"
*everyone in LJ gets entered*

I want this back.

This works for dungeons. You just need to be in the same zone.

[BerenTebogo]

This works for dungeons. You just need to be in the same zone.

True, which makes it even sillier why it doesn't for leves and hests.

[Takiwaki]

True, which makes it even sillier why it doesn't for leves and hests.

Not instances?

[BerenTebogo]

Not instances?

I'm pretty sure guildhests are instances, actually. They behave exactly the same as story missions / dungeons.

Edit: I don't know why I wrote leves AND hests. I meant guildhestleve things. Whatever the name is.

[Fereydoon]

I'm pretty sure guildhests are instances, actually. They behave exactly the same as story missions / dungeons.

Yeah, Guildhests teleport you away, are you sure it doesn't do like dungeons and just take you anyway?