September 2013 – Page 3 – Aleczan's New Diary (FFXIV: ARR)

Useful map function of FFXIV: <pos>

Yesterday while gathering on my Botanist in the ~~South Shroud~~ East Shroud, I overheard this conversation where a player told people to please use <pos> when they ask for Raise. It will generate a map marker where people can click on the text in the chatlog to open a map, showing this cute little green flag to let them easily spot that coordinates without having to manually look for it by hovering the mouse over every inch of their map!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (That’s what I’ve been doing all week…..yeah and it is a big hassle which I am very unpleased of.)

As an ambulance, I really appreciate this tips. It would save me a ton of headache whenever I feel like going for the rescue for these random dead bodies. I thanked the person (and some other players who helped explain why I couldn’t see the green flag and how to look for it – I was too far away so it wasn’t in the frame, and by zooming out I will spot it easily without having to scroll my map) and they said they want me to spread the words, as not many people know this (I never knew before, either!!!)

So yeah, I want all the dead people asking for raise to use this function to make help come easier and save us some headache in finding them, so here I am, spreading it. Please make use of this nice function.

Oh, by the way, I do not know how players on PS3 would execute this map marker when they see a coords, because I told my friend and he said no mouse, can’t click. (OUCH!) So, if anyone knows how to, please also spread that tips. Thanks!

And remember, if you’re asking for a help, it would be nicer if you shout your location clearly and make it easier for the helper to find you. It is a hassle, if not frustration, to have to manually find the coordinates when people don’t use <pos> format to specify location.

*update*

Austia Silverwing of Midgardsormr says:

On ps3 you can hold L1 and click R3 for mouse. then L2 is left click, R2 is right click. also L1+select gets rid of hud, L1+start is screenshot.

Thank you very much for sharing the info!!

I was genuinely enraged today by this bloke. In short, I saw him shouting that not enough people are joining FATE party for the sake of more EXP bonus. Some people counter-argued, me included, saying that not everyone are readily available for partying up with random people for various reasons. I stopped arguing because he’s such a waste of time.

Then, while I was harvesting on my Botanist, a FATE popped in my Lush Vegetation Patch area, and this guy sent an invite. =_=;; WTF. I confronted him like in the chatlog screenshot. Then I got royally pissed off. Did he mean that by selecting a target (namely me), he could click on the target and execute the Invite To Party command from the menu without even looking at the target!? What’s more, it is so rude to just spam invite without even looking at the class/job of the person. He invited blindly, yet had the nerves to complain (in shout) about people not joining his party. Just WTF!? If you want people to join your party, show some decency and make some effort, PLEASE. And he said it is not blind invite. Ha!!! *smirks* OK, I will believe him that the invite wasn’t blind, but it’s probably him who is blind.

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And yes, I took it personally because it is rude like hell to do what you did. I don’t mean just the invite, but all your actions combined together, that is rude. First, you got mad and shout ranted about people not joining your FATE party. Then, you showed that you just invite whatever that’s in your way. Heck, if there were a Tortoise standing there near your FATE, I bet you would invite it too. I don’t mind partying up with strangers if you share same goal. However, I hate that you can’t spare just 5 secs to look and check if the invitee shares the same goal as you or not. Now, that is incompetent, and also impolite in my opinion. You want people to join your party for your EXP benefits, easy profits eh, yet you do not pay attention to whether they are willing (or available, or eligible, even). How selfish! Self-centered, I would include, for you apparently were blaming people for not wanting to join your party when you yourself do not perform well as a party leader or event organizer. I can’t help but wonder that maybe the real reason why people don’t join your party is that you have been inviting Miner and Botanist (or maybe crafter, haha.)

What’s the most ill-mannered action today was, however, the way you responded to me about your mistake. Instead of admitting that you’ve made a mistake by not checking my class before inviting, you acted like I was at fault for standing there. Excuse me, I was there first, your FATE popped later. And no, I would never send you any message had you not intruded my peace by sending your lousy invite. Also, you insisted that joining FATE is a good thing. NO, your stupid excuse is invalid because I am a Botanist and cannot contribute to nor benefit from FATE. If you want to argue that your inviting people from Disciples of the Land to FATE is not wrong, then stop bitching about people not joining your party. Or simply check before sending your goddamned invite, so that less people will decline it!

RAWR RAWR! OK I am done. All steam is out. And I really hope that the game will return to its normal community (having less morons) soon. This past week had been brutal. The launch always does this. /sigh

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I wrote about this in my Lodestone Blog, too, should anyone interest. http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/character/513585/blog/54924/