/Tell Options

[Arkista]

Snip.

Again there is a simple fix if SE were to add this, a /tell is disabled feature. It wouldn't be all that hard for them to add something next to the chat box or on the server info letting players know they have /tell disabled.

Or SE could add another feature if you have tells disabled, to let you know when you try to send a tell you have incoming tells disabled. ex "/tell cloud hey can I join your FC? then a system message pops up and says "You currently have incoming tells disabled, and will not be able to receive any" something like that.


You're right that not everyone will turn the filter on/off when they need it, But as I said if SE added something to let you know in the system it would be fine. System Messages would do just fine.



Edit- Also wanted to say something.

Lets say we had an option to turn tells off, You said there could be issues when you are trying to recruit, sell/buy, or do party finder. When you /sh for FC recruitment you could simply do: "/sh FC LFM blah blah blah /tell ? for details" Just add "please have /tell enabled". Same goes for your FC page add have tells enabled if you apply. You can also add that to your PF details when you want to buy/sell.

[AmaiHanakaze]

Ah, another modern medicine situation.... give the people a pill to mask a problem without addressing the underlying cause, yay!

Those of you that are in support of this idea, enjoy declining friend requests every few minutes!

/sarcasm

Really though, RMT suck, but band-aid solutions never *solve* anything. It's just like when 2.0 came out and everyone wanted SE to put in an auto-logout timer for people staying idle to hold a spot on the server. I'd rather SE focus their efforts 100% on combating the actual problem, not masking it with a solution that clearly is going to inconvenience a lot of people.

[Orspeth]

I'd actually be quite fine with the ability to toggle on/off the blocking of random tells and friend request - and smart enough to toggle it ON if I actually wanted them. I don't see it as an inconvenience at all - tired of running busy and not being able to get tells from friends.

[CYoung187]

I don't see the problem with better options. /say and /shout still exist as ways to communicate for those who really need to make contact with the blocked. It's not as though this isn't an improvement from the trend of everyone going /busy.

Yeah it might be a band-aid solution, but I don't see any other solutions proposed. Just arguing against it for the sake of arguing.