Global Chat

[Bayohne]

Spoke with Yoshida regarding the discussion taking place here. While the chat system is one of the many core edits planned along with other systems, due to the fact that server fixes are higher in priority, we are not able to delve into the specific content right now.

With this said, please continue to give us feedback on this topic and we will make sure to keep it in mind for our future discussions. I know there are a lot of "this way works/this doesn't/don't do this/make sure you don't do this!!1!" so let us know your thoughts.

[indira]

do you really want to see this all the time?


Global chat :> 100000000gil $20 .com
noobs whhaaa!!! i hate this game.
WTB god like armor 20000000000000gil
DD do you need it
heals can i have it 4/8
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
noob noob noob
your mom
im getting a GM that was my random pop mob
get a life.

for every second your logged in. chat should be local.

[normalforce]

With Bayohne reply in mind, here's how I would like to see global chat channels work, which is solely based off my experience from EQ (which, it seems, is loosely based on IRC channels):

Note: You are not signed up to any channel by default. You must join all channels manually.

• /autojoin <channel name[: password optional]> -- automatically joins the specified channel when you log in.
• /join <channel name[: password optional]> -- join a channel.
• /create <channel name[: password option]> -- create a new channel
  
• /leave <channel name> -- leave a particular channel by name
• /leave <channel #> -- leave a particular channel by number
• /leave all -- level all added chat channels
  
• /list -- list all chat channels you belong to
• /list # -- list the names of all the players in a particular chat channel
• /list <filter> -- list all public chat channels that you can join (public being all channels not password protected). Where <filter> can be "official" for non-player created channels (read: SE created ones), or just a keyword in the channel's name.
  
• /# <text> -- sends text to a particular chat, where # is the channel number

And I'd like to see this...

• /tell <world name>.<player name> -- Send a tell to a player on another world. For SPAM protection, you can only send crossworld tells to someone on your friends list. This would require the ability to add people to your friends list that are on different servers.
• /tell <friendlist #> -- Send a tell to the # person in your friend list. E.g. To send a tell to the 2nd person in your friend's list use: /tell 2 Hello!

Thoughts, comments?

[normalforce]

do you really want to see this all the time?


Global chat :> 100000000gil $20 .com
noobs whhaaa!!! i hate this game.
WTB god like armor 20000000000000gil
DD do you need it
heals can i have it 4/8
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
noob noob noob
your mom
im getting a GM that was my random pop mob
get a life.

for every second your logged in. chat should be local.

You're assuming that there would be only one channel for everyone and that they'd be signed up to it by default.

[Tibian]

do you really want to see this all the time?


Global chat :> 100000000gil $20 .com
noobs whhaaa!!! i hate this game.
WTB god like armor 20000000000000gil
DD do you need it
heals can i have it 4/8
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
noob noob noob
your mom
im getting a GM that was my random pop mob
get a life.

for every second your logged in. chat should be local.

Again. You don't have to join the channel if you don't want to. It will not affect you with a toggle option. Furthermore, RMT exists in every MMO. Not having global chat does not prevent RMT! It does however affect the community aspect, which is currently lacking.

Yes it is true that global chat often times becomes a cesspool of junk. I won't deny that. However, global chats are often the most helpful when it comes to new players asking for help. It becomes a recruitment tool for linkshells. It becomes a searching for party members tool. It does a lot of things all because you can communicate with other people who won't necessarily be in twenty steps of you. The current tools are not effective for assembling groups nor meeting new people.

If you insist on playing in the dark with only talking to a limited number of people. That's perfectly fine and I won't try and stop you or sway your opinion. You can just toggle the chats off and it will go back to what it is now: complete silence.

Furthermore, the more successful features this game accumulates the better off it is at surviving and becoming a worthwhile game. XIV doesn't have to copy any MMO, but communication is a vital component of MMO games. XIV has very little.

[SydeBeheln]

No global chat please.. too much spam. I wouldn't mind some type of message board or something of that effect, where players could post WTB adds, or something like that, but limited! Regardless, a party system, and the Market wards are everything players need to host there requests.

[Centauri]

No Global Chat. Don't need it don't want it. Optional or not. NO!

[BruceyBruceyBangBang]

Global chat is a nightmare. It will also increase the amount of GM petitions with, "So-and-so called me a bad word!", or "Someone was making fun of this [race/gender/sexual orientation/kitty cat] and that offends me!"

Yeah, that sounds real nice.

[Lusavari]

I'd rather bring up a more pressing concern... Can we get the ability to chat in any ls we have equipped? I'd really like /l1 and /l2 because swapping shells constantly to talk to 2 different groups is irritating, and sometimes the time it takes to make the change can cause your comment to lose relevance in a conversation.

[SydeBeheln]

I'd rather bring up a more pressing concern... Can we get the ability to chat in any ls we have equipped? I'd really like /l1 and /l2 because swapping shells constantly to talk to 2 different groups is irritating, and sometimes the time it takes to make the change can cause your comment to lose relevance in a conversation.

Agreed! or some other means of switching shells more fluently.