World shell

[syntaxlies]

Ehh, it's probably not necessary to have a 'World Chat' option. Most anything that would be said in it for grouping and leveling purposes can be put in your 'search' options already. It would be nice if the next thing SE gave us was a way to post a 'looking for a crafter or buying/selling' message in our search as well. (Meaning, just make search even more useful).

But a chat log that can just be spammed with useless crap all day, that you feel you need to keep on for that one nugget of gold that happens every 3 hours or so?...nah, better ways to accomplish the same goal.

wouldn't hurt though. its prob part of the reason people feel needed to gather in uldh. i wouldn't wait in grid if i wanted an xp party.

[Kinseykinz]

wouldn't hurt though. its prob part of the reason people feel needed to gather in uldh. i wouldn't wait in grid if i wanted an xp party.

I get more random invites just doing my own thing (leves etc) than by standing around in Uldah. I don't even have my party flag up, people just see that I'm the correct class etc and send a tell. My point is the only reason people wait in Uldah for an exp party is because the community in general is still slow to use the search function. We have an effective tool for grouping people already don't use...we don't need a 'world spam chat' to make the situation even worse.

Don't get me wrong, I know that a lot of people still don't seem to use the search/looking for party function, but it's there AND it works. So if the only reason you would like 'World Chat' is for grouping, we already have an effective world system for partying... however, SE can't force the player base to be smart and use it.

[Estellios]

I'd like a world chat. You can filter it out easily and there could be a timer limit on how many messages you can send through it. People complain that no one leaves Ul'dah but some servers like my own gather people through shouts so everyone crowds around the Aetheryte/Bric a brac area. Global chat would ensure that you don't miss anything.

[Soukyuu]

wouldn't hurt though. its prob part of the reason people feel needed to gather in uldh. i wouldn't wait in grid if i wanted an xp party.

if you wanted an xp party, you'd put your party flag up. Seriously, people have been crying for SE to implement the system, yet there are too few people who actually use it.

So what's next, implementing a world chat no one really needs only for it to be spammed by RMT? (Thanks for the offer, but I have to pass.)

[syntaxlies]

if you wanted an xp party, you'd put your party flag up. Seriously, people have been crying for SE to implement the system and after they did everyone barely ever use it.

So what's next, implementing a world chat no one really needs only for it to be spammed by RMT? (Thanks for the offer, but I have to pass.)

i had my flag up and still saw shouts for party, don't knw why people would be against world chat(unless you couldn't turn it off) anyways i don't need xp party's i was being nice and thinking of others who might.

[Soukyuu]

anyways i don't need xp party's i was being nice and thinking of others who might.

Ok, let me re-phrase that, those who want an xp party shouldn't shout but use the search function (and set their flags). Yet people still continue to do so, so you will still hang out in uldah instead of being productive somewhere else.

World chat might solve that but then you will have a higher possibility of RMT spamming it. Zone chat is a nice compromise enabling you to reach more people than with /say but not enough for the RMT to start (ab)using it to advertise.

[Estellios]

I don't know why you worry about RMT spamming world chat when it makes it easy to point fingers at who exactly is a RMT and god willing once SE starts getting on RMT like they finally did in 11 those accounts would get banned. It would be counterproductive.

I'd be worried more about people being morons on it and arguing over it, honestly. But if there's a time limit in place it wouldn't be too bad.

[Kinseykinz]

Okay, so if you don't need/want world chat for party building, then what DO you want it for? Give examples of how it could be more useful than /s /sh /t /l or by using the 'search' feature already in place.

[Soukyuu]

I don't know why you worry about RMT spamming world chat when it makes it easy to point fingers at who exactly is a RMT and god willing once SE starts getting on RMT like they finally did in 11 those accounts would get banned. It would be counterproductive.

I think you answered your own question with that one. SE's reaction to RMT is too slow. Meaning even if they ban one group, another will pop up almost immediately, not solving the spam issue.

[Jinko]

I would rather not see global chat but region chat I'd be ok with, ie West Shroud, Gridania, Coerthas Eastern Highlands etc.