The New Chat Restriction in The Feast

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

8 v 8 is chaotic, but idk, players seem to be enjoying it and im winning these matches at a high percentage which is even better.

I guarantee you would be winning even more and with less effort/frustration if your team could properly communicate.

[TiramisuMacaron]

I'm not sure how you can say players are enjoying it... I'm sure 90% of them are just playing it to get the mount or glamour gear and are never going to touch it again. I swapped healer because I noticed my team had one with 8000 hp only (jeeze change the ilevel requirement thing while you are at it SE). There was one ninja in particular on our team who I think died until 2 medals, I couldn't give him any advice. I couldn't give anyone on my team advice. Somehow we ended up losing the game when I had 1,200,000 damage healed, and the singular healer on the other team only had 300,000. Everyone on my team needed advice, they needed a leader, and all I could do was watch the train slowly burn.

[loreleidiangelo]

Got black mount already from spamming 8 vs 8. And while ya there were lotsa tanks getting 10 stacks and entire parties focusing on decoy tanks...it was....peaceful lol. Most people did with the chat was just used the Hello, Attacking Healer, and Pull back phrases.

I dunno, guess during ranked matches, this is gonna make some people have a stroke when stuff goes wrong but I guess this way, people get the chance to learn in peace.

Not sarcasm, honest question - is there an unranked version of Feast? If so, IMO, new players should be learning there. If not, one really should be implemented lol - it would be a great way for people to learn the mode without getting crushed by veterans.

This chat ban, though? Solves nothing except allowing bad players to pretend like no one minds that they're bad anymore. Is this really something everyone is okay with? I'd hate people being angry with me and having no way to express it, thus continuing my poor performance cycle in ignorance. Why are helpful players being punished with a blanket socialist restriction simply because SE is too cheap to hire people to investigate harassment reports? Why does anyone think this ban was the number one best solution, when it completely absolves one party (bad/lazy players) AND the company of any personal responsibility?

[Pyrali]

IMO, this should be the punishment for getting reported too much. If you get a bunch of reports in a day, you should have to use this system. If you don't, you should be able to chat.

That sounds perfect.

[TiramisuMacaron]

Seems like people on the Japanese boards are just as upset as us. I hope SE doesn't keep holding this radio silence. I don't think there has ever been a PvP thread as active as this one.

[aeoncs]

"Hey, instead of actually having to spend ressources by actively punishing players who step out of line, let's just implement this half-assed system that keeps everyone from properly communicating with each other in a team-based mode in a freakin' MMORPG!"

Well, as this turned out to be as great of an idea as most of us thought it'd be... how about NPCs filling in for real players if no one else wants to queue up anymore?
I'll get Plat and secure my Top 100 spot and then I'm done with Feast, cba to invest the time and patience for Diamond given the situation as it is now.

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

One thing I don't understand is why we simple can't just use the auto translate feature? You can communicate 1000 times better using those alone than with the macro's we've been handed, and it will also remove the salt/toxic atmosphere without being so damaging to strategy and basic gameplay.

It would arguably take more to try to use auto translate options (begin typing a word, then tab through all the possible terms for the one right word) than simply typing and time is generally of the essence in a fast paced match. As it stands, quick chat system is a giant step backward that only serves to frustrate and anger players even more.

By way of protest, I will not be participating in Season 4. I may not even bother with the Feast altogether now, so long as it stays so unplayable.

[Ryannex]

Manually, yes, but if you could set up your own macro's using auto-translate features it would help a lot more than what we've been given. I'd at least be able to ask for (MP) (Please Assist).

[Kai_Lee]

8v8 is considered practice as it is unrank, I know players are doing it for the mount and wolfs seal, so am I, the game mode is popping and im hearing from players in my other LS they are enjoying it and queuing for it where else they would not. Take advantage of the new players and farm them for easy wins.

[Pyrali]

8v8 is considered practice as it is unrank, I know players are doing it for the mount and wolfs seal, so am I, the game mode is popping and im hearing from players in my other LS they are enjoying it and queuing for it where else they would not. Take advantage of the new players and farm them for easy wins.

Not so easy when you're stuck with new players who feed the other team constantly.

This restriction is bloody ridiculous. It's stupid. And unfair. Slap this on the people who get reported. Make it a penalty for assholery as it was supposed to be--but don't slap it on the rest of us.

Now I just stand there in parties with 4 tanks hoping someone fucking switches. Usually they don't. We go in without a healer. We feed the other team. It's great. 10/10 huge waste of time would recommend.

Or a notice saying "Hey we can stop killing the Dragoon now, he has no Medals, and the Nin has a stack!"

"Need MP"

"Need healers" "Need tanks" "Need Ranged" "Need melee" (For when party comp is still fluid)

"Low on time, play safe!"

There is so much that needs to be said, and I wish I could still use my macros. Like my old Holmgang one. "Just used Holmgang on <t>, help me focus them!"

Or warning people about a Plat/Diamond ranked player on the other team that you know.

It's pandemonium now and it leaves a really bad taste in my mouth.