RP shout ads are obstructive to chat and gameplay

[Gordita]

I'm not against changes in this topic but I'm of the opinion that a new chat will solve nothing and be nothing but a bandaid.
Would much prefer options for us to edit our own personal chat. Like filters or collapsing large messages as was previously mentioned in here.

I don't think a new chat would be a Band-Aid if it's introduced properly. It doesn't require yoshi going live to address it , just a note about its proper usage and what will be enforced on the lodestone page regarding its announcement should suffice. I think it will work perfectly based on how well things have gone in the past (moving venue ads out of all the combat categories, into other is a perfect example). Though I see with collapsing long messages that chat will still be getting a bit spammy. And honestly with word filters to block messages ... I can only see that being exploited by obnoxious spammers working around it, or people accidentally filtering out the wrong things. Other games have this other channel and they work just fine, it can work fine here too. Especially if they had the improvements to fellowship finder that I mentioned, with a higher character limit and the ability to link it in chat like they can with party finder. That way, I'd never have to see one of these annoying ads again unless I went looking for it. We don't want to enable or encourage shout ads with any new features since they're proven to be useless (last night my FC's venue was max capacity again without using a shout ad) as party finder is all one needs to advertise in.