124343-this-game-needs-the-group-board-from-ffxiv

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I uhm... well ... glad it wasn't just me :D


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I totally agree it needs to be in the stock UI, even as I'm developing the add on. However, what I'm creating will be available much sooner AND allow us to give feedback to Carbine about how we want it to work when their version gets implemented I think the biggest hurdle will be getting enough people to use it to make it valuable. Will that happen? I don't know, all I can do is put it out there. However, my first shot at it was basically a "scanner" that looked at chat and tracked LFG messages for you that show up as listings in the add on. This makes it a tool you can use right now, even if other people aren't using it. It now has features to be able to create groups in the tool that are broadcast to everyone who has it- this way people see it immediately on log in, not when they manage to catch your LFG spam. With only around ~50 people or so using the tool, this probably isn't that valuable yet, but it does prove that the tech works. I've started work on allowing people to "sign up" for groups in the tool. It's only OK looking, atm, but another user has graciously allowed me to us his UI design (this is the creator of RuneMaster, PotatoUI, and a few others): http://i.imgur.com/r9PwZOO.png  I plan to redo the UI once I get the basic functionality in. I do have a plan for how to promote this and get people using it once enough features get in, though I'm notoriously bad at promotion, so I'm open for more/better ideas. Here's my current thought: once I have the ability to sign up for groups implemented, I'll offer something very valuable in game (think CREDD or a Pristine Key) as a contest reward. And the contest will be that I'll pick an evening and everyone who uses the add on and joins a group that I start will be eligible for the prize. I'll /roll and give it away. Yes, this is only for entity exiles :( I don't really have a way of doing this on euro servers, or the funds to do it for the dominion side.


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Eh, I wouldn't really say that. A party finder board serves different needs than a random dungeon finder. The former you can customize to your own needs - noting you're only looking for a certain class, or that the group intends to chain-run instances, or it's super casual, or you're a pug raid with a set end-time, or whatever. The duty finder system is more generic, for when you're not really caring about specifics and just feel like seeing about doing a dungeon. At least that's how I've always used those systems.


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