Novice Network

[JunseiKei]

we NEED a general chat with a profanity filter

There is a profanity filter that is default on and is opt out. If people are subverting the filter, report them - that's actually against the ToS. Otherwise, there is no other stricter filter needed.

This isn't the first thread about poor treatment in the NN. There are some very helpful people in this program, I'm sure, but there is also those that seep in that fail miserably at public relations. Is the program broken? Not entirely, but it needs to have stricter guidelines put in place to filter out those that are not in there for the reasons it was intended. It's not a social network, nor should it be allowed to turn into one.

Unfortunately, it's run on honor. If you ask GM about the NN, you'll be told it's no different than any other linkshell, but with obligations to answer questions and invite new and returning players. Outside of that, conversation is pretty much up to the occupants. The only thing players can do about other players abusing the NN is report them for when they don't do the very few things required of them.

PThe bottom line is. Novice Network can and WILL be the global chat channel until Square-Enix gives one. I think that's a valid cause everyone can get behind. Maybe y'all should petition for one or something. However that works.

There's no guarantee that adding a global chat would remedy the extra chatter in NN, which isn't even a problem to begin with. If anything, adding a global chat, where 200+ other people can chime in whenever, might keep those same people speaking in NN because of exclusivity (only other mentors, newbies and returning) plus familiar names they already know. Seeing how global chat is in Black Desert Online, it tends to scroll by too quickly to actually have any meaningful conversations, especially if people want to troll with macros.

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Add to the fact it'd provide an avenue for RMT to advertise their practices, whereas a majority of them are blocked from anything beyond ARR areas due to needing the expansions. Unless, of course, they add stipulations like trial accounts cannot use global chat, but fully bought accounts still could add to that problem.