Suggestion: Improved Chat Features.

[Satyr]

No as much as I like to see the core of FFXI chat evolved, I think this is a bad idea. *Thinks of free Korean games out there and shudders*

This isn't a free korean game. In games like those the nightmare is caused mostly because RMT can spam global chats non stop without any fear. If they get banned they just start a new account since it is free. Also when you can just create a free account people have no fear of getting banned since they can just start a new account. Thus any 12 year old can spam chat with chuck norris jokes and if he gets banned he can just start a new account.

With that said, having played many other MMOs, FFXI has possibly the most mature player base that I have seen, so I do not see there being a ton of abuse. Eve online has vastly more players than FFXI does, they have only one server and many of their chat channels are global, yet you rarely see abuse.