Local chat only in a game with 400 million stars and 4000k players up sorry 32 players at a time. Is there a way to enable Global chat so I can speak to some "humans" ? :- )
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How to set chat to global?
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Simple answer No. There is no global chatt. Only "global" chatt is if you make some friends in the game. Then you can write to them, no matter where you are.
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MMO with no global chat... - just wow.
It's not a real MMO, thank God.I wouldn't be playing it if it were.
I lol'd, +rep to you good sir.
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Well I never understood why MMOs always needed a global chat. Why would I want to see messages from thousands of players (or even more) at the same time? If you want to talk to someone you might know the person already, therefore having it in your friends' list, or you are in the same instance, therefore using local chat.
global chat would ruin the game. Think about having these forums but inside the game...
and on top of the mindless dribble that would be. Think of how many station squatters there would be in that reality?
No.
Edit: Play the game. Leave IRC out of it.
and on top of the mindless dribble that would be. Think of how many station squatters there would be in that reality?
No.
Edit: Play the game. Leave IRC out of it.
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Sooo
how do you know which stations sell the best stuff?
Where is pvp
What spots are most popular IG
Best belts for mining
Etc etc?
how do you know which stations sell the best stuff?
Where is pvp
What spots are most popular IG
Best belts for mining
Etc etc?
I like random chat you find in some global mmo chat, but I prefer we don't have it here.
I'm no expert but I don't think it would be realistic to communicate in real time over such mammoth distances.
Well you can already do that with your friends so... besides our ships can already travel faster than light, why not communications?
Anyway, just like you I don't want global chat in Elite. Not because of realism, just because it's annoying.
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Just the same way you are asking now?
So I am to spam the forum like chat basically? Coz I mean.. I have like 5 questions every 2 min IG so far I'm playing...
Dont think mods would like 100 topics from me per day... :X
Dont think mods would like 100 topics from me per day... :X
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Well there is the forum.
Or google.
Or playing the game and finding out
Good luck though to get info on best station to sell stuff.
Even though there is this I find helpfull (specially for black markets): http://www.elitetradingtool.co.uk/#
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This game is very anty social @_@
In a game like ED one of the best way is usually to find out by yourself. it is a way among others to enjoy the game better. Local chat can also help you: by asking specific people you may end up playing with them. On the other end local chat ensures we don't get a chat full of s*** like on global chat. It makes interactions take a bit longer, but also more meaningful.
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A lot of people don't see a chat full of spam or meaningless text as a social feature.
Actually I see a chat with "lol" "kitties" "lemme tell you about my day" everything but social.
So I am to ask AI where best stuff is.
I am to make friends out of AI and wing up with them
I mean Im IG for 20 hours I haven not seen a living being yet...
This is .
Oh and about global chat... I'm sure that there would be "OFF" Button for all of you...
I'm surprised that u are more annoyed by people saying "lol" in chat than those annoying fake AI messages like "Help us celebrate our happy day!" that spam all the bloody time....
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Not many MMOs do have a global chat. Most have useful chat groupings like guild (not in Elite, thank God...) or "System/Map" chat (Mandatory in EVE, doubles as intelligence gathering) or chat groups (Different language chat groups or user defined), but I've rarely seen a true "global" chat.
And when there is, it's useless, and full of:
SEELIG RUSTY AXE 2G BAI NOU!
GET ELITE CREDITS NOW! (and your account hacked)
I AM GIVING AWAY SPAM. SEND ME YOUR SPAM AND I'LL DOUBLE IT!
I like random chat you find in some global mmo chat, but I prefer we don't have it here.
I'm no expert but I don't think it would be realistic to communicate in real time over such mammoth distances.
Very true. Radio waves are a form of light, so they move at the speed of light (299,792,458 metres pre second) which is pretty fast. However, if you're in Sol and your friend is in Alpha Centauri, which is 4.367 light years away, it would take 4.367 years for the message to get there and the same for the reply to get back. Would make global chat pretty useless...
Of course, all that is assuming that they'd do it realistically. Which they probably wouldn't due to it being totally unusable in a game.