Global Chat

[Coldbrand]

Or the far more like /city HEY I'M DRUNK GUYS *GENERIC WOMEN KITCHEN JOKE* *STUPID RACIST JOKE* *BRAGGING ABOUT SOME THING X DID* *Y SAYS WHAT X DID ISN'T WORTH BRAGGING ABOUT*

You will lag behind the people who can stomach the global channel if you don't use it since it'll become the main means of communication, thus saying it's optional is only a half truth. It'll also take away endless GM time from letting them deal with the variety of offenses being committed across Eorzea.

[Rhianu]

Then perhaps you'd be better suited to single-player, offline games.

Just a thought.

[Coldbrand]

Then perhaps you'd be better suited to single-player, offline games.

Just a thought.

Or perhaps I can voice my opinion against this on this thread where the CM will see it. Just a thought. I also like how you think when I mention racism/sexism/homophobia it'd be exclusively people in jest. I think you have a naive view of the internet and an overly optimistic view about how the global channel would turn out. Not to mention the fact that NO POSSIBLE FEATURE IMAGINABLE could empower RMT more.

[Rowyne]

Not to mention the fact that NO POSSIBLE FEATURE IMAGINABLE could empower RMT more.

Well, by that token, I guess we should just disable /say and /tell and /shout because they could solicit RMT that way. We should never consider a player search, because they could solicit RMT that way. We should never implement a messaging system because they could solicit RMT that way.

/sarcasm off

Removing avenues of communication will not deter RMT. Were you a beta tester? Do you remember them standing at the aetherytes spam shouting? I do. And they didn't need a global chat to do it.

The solution to blocking RMT isn't removing avenues of communication. It's done through SE giving us the tools to easily report spammers and block them.

This game doesn't need to shut out communication. It needs to encourage it.

[Wolfie]

Or the far more like /city HEY I'M DRUNK GUYS *GENERIC WOMEN KITCHEN JOKE* *STUPID RACIST JOKE* *BRAGGING ABOUT SOME THING X DID* *Y SAYS WHAT X DID ISN'T WORTH BRAGGING ABOUT*

You will lag behind the people who can stomach the global channel if you don't use it since it'll become the main means of communication, thus saying it's optional is only a half truth. It'll also take away endless GM time from letting them deal with the variety of offenses being committed across Eorzea.

That's not even close to true. WOW, Aion and RIFT all have OPTIONAL global chat channels, and you can function in the game perfectly well without ever entering them. They are player moderated for the most part; players can right click and report spamming offenses on a player, which not only sends a notice to specialized GMs, but also mutes the player for the session.

Zone-wide channels are still employed a LOT in WOW, especially for non-city zones, because very few people can stomach LFG and Global Defense chat like you said.