One reason why I have trouble getting into this game as much as I’d like to is the fact that it is missing some features that I thought were standards in MMOs. This mainly concerns features that make finding and interacting with people easier, but also some other things that make the game feel more clunky for not having them.
1) Custom chat channels. This is the missing feature that baffled me the most because it is huge for a range of uses: easier communication between allied guilds, coordinating events, finding like-minded people for roleplaying or other activities, staying in touch with a guild one isn’t a member of or not currently representing, being able to have officer-only discussions, and so on.
2) Being able to search by guild name instead of only player name.
3) Armor type needs to be a filter on the trading post, or at least there should be a checkbox to only show items that a given character can actually use.
4) A proper group finder for dungeons. I heard rumors that this one at least is being worked on? If so, that’s a relief because it’s ridiculous to have to spam /map channels or use an external website.
Those are the four big ones, and I have one more that is not actually an in-game feature but a forum feature: server forums! They can help foster more of a server community and give new players or those considering a transfer an impression what the server in question is like, and are a big boon for people looking for guilds or recruits for their guilds, too. I don’t get the impression that the current guild-related forums are that helpful because all servers are crammed together into one forum and posts on the “looking for” subforum often go unanswered which is a shame.
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