Global Chat

[Coldbrand]

Haha, no. I think easily there will always be an idiot on at all times saying stupid things this is a war the GMs won't be able to win, it's too easy to make a character. I'm also absolutely positive this will cause an RMT explosion, especially if it were implemented as the game became more popular. I guarantee it. There literally isn't a better tool imaginable for them short of compromising our emails.

[Wolfie]

Haha, no. I think easily there will always be an idiot on at all times saying stupid things this is a war the GMs won't be able to win, it's too easy to make a character. I'm also absolutely positive this will cause an RMT explosion, especially if it were implemented as the game became more popular. I guarantee it. There literally isn't a better tool imaginable for them short of compromising our emails.

You have to pay $1 per extra character in FFXIV. I really, REALLY don't think people will be quite as willing to make troll alts in this game.

[Rhianu]

Yes, if you aren't in favor of a global chat channel, you must immediately cease your usage of the entire internet. Got it. I'm done here, have fun, CMs, you've seen my points, please make sure the opposition is also heard by the dev team. I'm not looking forward to having some little 12 year old KKK wanna'be spouting off each night when I'm trying to play Final Fantasy, I'd hop on Xbox Live if I wanted that experience.

Sorry, but communication is what online games are all about. Sure, some people tend to become jerks in the anonymous environment that the internet provides, but that's the nature of the beast. If you can't deal with it, then online games are probably not for you. But castrating people's ability to communicate is certainly not the ideal solution. This is the Age of Information, after all, and information must flow.

You have to pay $1 per extra character in FFXIV. I really, REALLY don't think people will be quite as willing to make troll alts in this game.

Personally, I think the $1 fee for extra characters should be abolished, but that's another topic altogether.

[Tibian]

Personally, I think the $1 fee for extra characters should be abolished, but that's another topic altogether.

This. No idea why they have a fee anyway.

[MeowyWowie]

This. No idea why they have a fee anyway.

Because you can do everything in the game on one character. No need for alts, ever.

[normalforce]

Haha, no. I think easily there will always be an idiot on at all times saying stupid things this is a war the GMs won't be able to win, it's too easy to make a character. I'm also absolutely positive this will cause an RMT explosion, especially if it were implemented as the game became more popular. I guarantee it. There literally isn't a better tool imaginable for them short of compromising our emails.

You could say the same thing about /shout as well. It still didn't stop all the RMTs that sent me tells.

There are two ways I see that a global chat would be implemented. One way would make it equivalent to /shout. /all, for example. Everyone in the game would be signed up to it be default, and if someone in Gridania wanted to be annoying, he could spam the entire server, no problem.

The second way is to have many channels, each for a specific topic (looking to party, crafting, gathering, selling, etc.) that people would have to manually join before they could take part of.

Most people arguing against a global chat system seem to be saying they don't want that first option, ignoring the possibility of a second option. But I don't think many (or anyone) in this thread wants the first option. MMOs are too dynamic to have one global channel that would fulfill everyone's needs. Hence why it would be best split into multiple channels, each with a specific focus.