Anyone who's up for world chat?

[DPZ2]

So, like Barrens Chat in World of Warcraft, but global to each server?

An effort to dissuade such a thing using Wowpedia: https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Barrens_chat

[Jeeqbit]

I don't personally see a need for it. Shout chat exists and you can just go to a popular location such as Radz-at-Han, Old Sharlayan, Idyllshire, Limsa Lominsa, Gridania or Ul'dah and have a chat.

[Bonoki]

It would only take a day for an inspired creator and a few friends to devise a World Chat Discord community. They would establish arbitrary rules without community input and then act as moderators, attempting to enforce global chat etiquette. Eventually most in-game conversations that engage in serious discussions would move to the Discord server, since users can't moderate the in-game chat. Then the discord users would call for blacklist boycotts of those who don't comply. Meanwhile, other creators are making TikTok videos showing how quickly they can troll and get banned from global chat.

[Kes13a]

I would rather pass on this thank you

have seen enough "world chat" in other games to know it would not be the rosy skied idyllic picnic you envision. people cannot police themselves, rmt bots would have a new venue to advertise in.

so, rather a hard pass on the idea.

[Boblawblah]

Nope, not a fan of world chats. You have all the chat tools you need to be social. World chats always end up as spam/trolling/politics/etc nonsense. The game is better for not having it.

[LianaThorne]

No, just on the basis that I can see some servers turning into RMT ad hell from being empty and others turning into 24/7 degen chat. If our community was able to restrain themselves I'd be on board but considering we've had people think it was a good idea to plaster mods on a billboard for a venue event, I can only see people running wild with this too.

But hey, if yall are on board with that then why not?

[TBerry]

I don't know, the risk of abuse seems too high.

[Cerbolt]

No thanks, the novice network is bad enough.

[Rekh]

Not me, I'm glad GW2 doesn't have world chat as well. Most games that have them end up full of bots or obscenities.

[TaleraRistain]

One of the things I like about XIV is that it doesn't have world or global chat like other MMOs. Shout chat in a given zone seems to work nicely and then you can go somewhere else for quiet if you want.