Chat (Clickable names? Color?)

[Bayohne]

Even before that, I was in a Duty finder for turn 1, and people were talking... with colors O.o... I've never seen this before.. and was really curious, but never got an answer on how they did this.

http://imgur.com/gMxRqaz
^Screenshot from chat with colors D:

Any information will be greatly appreciated. I really really surprised to see linked named you could click on, and even more so to see you can colorize your chat ((Other then settings))

Greetings,

The ability to change chat colors is actually a bug that is planned to be addressed. We've been seeing players asking if it's okay to use these different colors, or if it's against the rules. As such, Hiroshi Minagawa, Lead UI artist, has posted a response about this that we’d like to share with you.

First off, the ability to change text color like this is in fact a bug that was not addressed during chat development.

After making edits to a separate feature planned for patch 2.38, this bug was coincidentally fixed, and with the latest development version of the game the ability to change chat color like this is no longer possible.

*Similarly, the bug that allowed you to use code to make special characters will also no longer be possible.

Patch 2.35, which will be released soon, will not have the above fixes applied yet, so it will still be possible to do these things.

As an official response from the development and operations teams in regards to whether these techniques should be used in the current version and patch 2.35, since these features have not been certified, we’d like players to refrain from using them.

If you are just having fun with a friend and showing off that you know something special, we don't want to say this is not allowed. However, with an MMORPG, depending on how you use certain features there is a possibility of disturbing other players, so we would appreciate it if you could refrain from using features that have not been confirmed.

With that said, we do not have any plans to release an official feature for changing chat color like this when sending messages to others. The reason being there are cases where it could be used to disturb others.

[Darki]

The reason being there are cases where it could be used to disturb others.

I don't mean to object to this in any way. I'm am simply curious as to how color modding words in the chat log could be used to disturb players. I wish to gain perspective. Can you give an example?

[FireHero]

I don't mean to object to this in any way. I'm am simply curious as to how color modding words in the chat log could be used to disturb players. I wish to gain perspective. Can you give an example?

Well for players like myself some colors can be extra strain to the eyes when trying to read. I have had to leave a few runs due to players using this.

[Myrhn]

I don't mean to object to this in any way. I'm am simply curious as to how color modding words in the chat log could be used to disturb players. I wish to gain perspective. Can you give an example?

Exesive use of color in chat, at least for me, is very annoying more if i can't control it.

[Tsuga]

I don't mean to object to this in any way. I'm am simply curious as to how color modding words in the chat log could be used to disturb players. I wish to gain perspective. Can you give an example?

People use colors to differentiate chat channels (tell is a different color from say, which is a different color from linkshell, etc.). When players use alternate colors it can be confusing.

[AlexionSkylark]

I don't mean to object to this in any way. I'm am simply curious as to how color modding words in the chat log could be used to disturb players. I wish to gain perspective. Can you give an example?

I can give an example: RMT SPAM

[Danbo05]

Greetings,

The ability to change chat colors is actually a bug that is planned to be addressed. We've been seeing players asking if it's okay to use these different colors, or if it's against the rules. As such, Hiroshi Minagawa, Lead UI artist, has posted a response about this that we’d like to share with you.

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[Burrmanchu]

Similarly, the bug that allowed you to use code to make special characters will also no longer be possible.

All special chars? I hope not... I always thought some of the special chars people use to make little images added a fun dimension to an otherwise boring chatlog...

I agree that some of the ones in ST (etc) can be annoying, but I've seen some really creative and cool ones as well.

The colors I understand, since color can determine who's speaking from what channel based on your settings, and people could probably abuse that if really wanted to... Why the chars tho?

[Zirael_Foxfire]

Greetings,

The ability to change chat colors is actually a bug that is planned to be addressed. We've been seeing players asking if it's okay to use these different colors, or if it's against the rules. As such, Hiroshi Minagawa, Lead UI artist, has posted a response about this that we’d like to share with you.

Why not let us have some fun for once? To tell you the secret, it's entirely possible to harrass Lalafels with Krakka Roots in this game if someone really wanted to. Does that mean you should remove Lalafels or Krakka Roots from the game to prevent possible harassment/abuse? Maybe leave that for GMs to solve in case someone feels wronged by coloured text in their chat.
You're way too paranoid here.
It's an awesome function (changing colour of text to emphasize words, linking items I don't have in my inventory at the moment, making coloured ASCII art...), even if unintended and I have some good fun using it with friends.
Let me keep having fun and go do something about RMT, bots and real bugs or shortcomings of the game.