Let's talk chat, FD

[starman]

never meet anyone to chat anywhere ever

 

[Deleted member 115407]

You think they changed that deliberately?
I sure hope not, as this would be utter .
I wouldn't even know how to direct message someone now, as prefixes (like /t) don't work either...
Even filed a bug report but it didn't get much attention so far:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...direct-messages-to-targeted-players-since-3-3

Yeah, I don't see how it couldn't have been deliberate.

On a side note, you can clean up the chat clutter quite a bit if you turn off notifications in your settings. See the OP.

 

[Cosmo]

For chat (slash commands) they should emulate other MMOs like World of Warcraft.

Well this is just like the multicrew system, a mess. I really try to understand what is going on over at FD you know? Like is there just one guy working on stuff in a basement who just doesn't really know how to do anything? Is FD working on some super secret project that they are going to unveil as a reason to why all this little stuff doesn't get addressed? I'm so confused

Multicrew wasn't a main priority for Beyond Chapter Four. It needs improvement though.

 

[Deleted member 38366]

Hmm... I've been wondering about those erroneous Notification Numbers that sometimes appeared, sometimes creeped up.

I remember in Beta one could Navigate the most left Icons and there were two of them. Classic Local/Direct chat and the new 'System chat'. That toggle is gone for all I know and seems locked to System chat.
Are we missing an entire chat channel now where Messages get buried unread?

 

[Deleted member 115407]

Hmm... I've been wondering about those erroneous Notification Numbers that sometimes appeared, sometimes creeped up.

I remember in Beta one could Navigate the most left Icons and there were two of them. Classic Local/Direct chat and the new 'System chat'. That toggle is gone for all I know and seems locked to System chat.
Are we missing an entire chat channel now where Messages get buried unread?

No, there are three possible tabs (Local, System, and Wing)

Maybe more, I'm not sure.

But local chat, i.e. your main player to player chat, can get really bogged down with all of the online/offline, sysauth, and whatever other messages. You can clean it up considerably by turning off notifications.

As for messages getting lost, friends and I have been experiencing problems receiving messages from each other. Someone will initiate, but then no further correspondence is received either way.

 

[Liberalguy]

Agreed!

And while they're at it, get rid of the spam on the other side too...

"discovered blah blah system asteroid cluster 1"
"discovered blah blah system asteroid cluster 2"
"discovered blah blah system asteroid cluster 3"
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.
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I agree! I don’t care about asteroid clusters.