System Chat Is Coming!
- Thread starter CMDR Cosmic Spacehead
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As far as I can tell this chat is still text based, not voice. I could be wrong though.
TaRDe my StaTUIon, say 123.
You are right, the freedom of choice is a fundamental freedom. Especially in Open.
Robert Maynard
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.... so going to Solo might not even provide respite from Squadron Recruitment spam....
All the more reason for an "off" switch for any inter-instance chat.
If you switch to main (local) chat, you won't see the system chat. Problem solved.
I don't see why is all the whining sorry...
The chance that someone is in the same system and typing into system chat is still small. Except in the popular systems.
But as I said, you just switch to local chat and you won't be seeing any of it. Or why's the uproar? Even the fact that you know it's there is upsetting?
The chance that someone is in the same system and typing into system chat is still small. Except in the popular systems.
But as I said, you just switch to local chat and you won't be seeing any of it. Or why's the uproar? Even the fact that you know it's there is upsetting?
Indeed which is what i was parodying here: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...t-Is-Coming!?p=7136037&viewfull=1#post7136037
The global spam got so bad in Save the World the devs had to disable it.
What? Really? That's insane!
As an Open-only player I was really disappointed by the communication possibilities in this game.
1. So there I was chatting with the guys at the station, but they were frequently dropping (because they were relogging to get new missions and re-appeared in other instances without me).
2. Hey! A fellow traveller in distant space! Did he see me on his radar? Let's greet him... oh no, he already changed instance because he dropped into an USS/a station/belt/planet instance. Ok... let's find him in contact history... oh... I have to invite him to be a friend and he has to accept, will he even know who I am? Yay! He risked accepting a friend invite from a stranger and I can write him now! 0_o
If this is really true I will be very very happy. I really wish for ED to be a real multiplayer game and not this awkward p2p hybrid. This is a step in the right direction.
I also wouldn't be afraid of having as much spam as in some MMOs, MMO zones are much more populated than your average Elite star system (and there are many many more). If there will be spam it will be mostly only in CG systems. In Elite you have to want to seek out a crowd to get it.
As an Open-only player I was really disappointed by the communication possibilities in this game.
1. So there I was chatting with the guys at the station, but they were frequently dropping (because they were relogging to get new missions and re-appeared in other instances without me).
2. Hey! A fellow traveller in distant space! Did he see me on his radar? Let's greet him... oh no, he already changed instance because he dropped into an USS/a station/belt/planet instance. Ok... let's find him in contact history... oh... I have to invite him to be a friend and he has to accept, will he even know who I am? Yay! He risked accepting a friend invite from a stranger and I can write him now! 0_o
If this is really true I will be very very happy. I really wish for ED to be a real multiplayer game and not this awkward p2p hybrid. This is a step in the right direction.
I also wouldn't be afraid of having as much spam as in some MMOs, MMO zones are much more populated than your average Elite star system (and there are many many more). If there will be spam it will be mostly only in CG systems. In Elite you have to want to seek out a crowd to get it.
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Yeah, i think i have no issues with full local chat. My dig is at those who still want global chat, despite every single MMO out there with global chat has turned into a cesspit of spam and children spouting rubbish.
Global chat (like galaxy wide) is a very bad idea. It'll just be spam city.
But system chat, while likely being spammed in popular system, will be more useful everywhere else.
And I assume you can ignore players talking to much. If not, that'd be a nice feature request.
But system chat, while likely being spammed in popular system, will be more useful everywhere else.
And I assume you can ignore players talking to much. If not, that'd be a nice feature request.
I, for one, can't wait to be able to call someone a at hundreds of thousands of light seconds distance.
And they wonder why so many people have a problem with Open...:O
And then quickly regret it
Global chats were infamous in all MMOs I ever played.
(Not that much of a problem, just use an other chat channel in the chat)
Calling for help.
Those who worry for spam there's timer on how many messages you can do in a x seconds.
And yes, it is a real thing.
How long before we get messages like "I make $4000 an hour while working from home, all I need to do is sign up to ......." ?