Thread: Patch 7.0 Notes

The word filter only having ten slots to work with is absolutely baffling. Hopefully we don't have to wait years for that to be expanded.

Originally Posted by CidHeiral

The word filter only having ten slots to work with is absolutely baffling. Hopefully we don't have to wait years for that to be expanded.

Doubt it's gonna be nearly enough to properly filter out all the venue spammers, sadly.

Would be nice if they made it bannable if they start purposefully adding weird symbols to words like "ward" to bypass people's filters.

Fortunately, the spammers won't know they're being filtered, or on what words. It shouldn't affect their business, since players who filter their junk were never customers to begin with.

Originally Posted by CidHeiral

The word filter only having ten slots to work with is absolutely baffling. Hopefully we don't have to wait years for that to be expanded.

TIL there was a word filter. I've never used the feature in the entire time I've been playing. What's it used for? I tend to ignore chat in MMOs unless I'm in a dungeon or raid.

Originally Posted by Lium

TIL there was a word filter. I've never used the feature in the entire time I've been playing. What's it used for? I tend to ignore chat in MMOs unless I'm in a dungeon or raid.

The word filter is being added in Dawntrail. It is used to filter out any chat messages with words you don't want to see in them. For example, the image from the patch notes is filtering the word "potion." So if someone said "hey bro hand me that potion" you wouldn't see that message.

I was very excited to use it to filter out all the obnoxious shout spam from club ads but that's going to be tough with only ten spaces to work with. It needs to be at least 50-100.

Originally Posted by CidHeiral

The word filter is being added in Dawntrail. It is used to filter out any chat messages with words you don't want to see in them. For example, the image from the patch notes is filtering the word "potion." So if someone said "hey bro hand me that potion" you wouldn't see that message.

I was very excited to use it to filter out all the obnoxious shout spam from club ads but that's going to be tough with only ten spaces to work with. It needs to be at least 50-100.

First thing I'm filtering is "18+", that should catch about 70% of them.

I agree that it would be nice if there were more spaces, though.

Originally Posted by Lium

Good to know and thanks for the info.

No problem.

Originally Posted by Brynne

First thing I'm filtering is "18+", that should catch about 70% of them.

You can probably take out a large swathe of them with only ten words, but there will always be outliers that don't format their message quite the same. Also I would bet anything that the people doing the shouting are going to start altering their ads to dodge the filters. I've seen people try to argue that they won't do that because people filtering those words aren't their audience anyway, but I've never known the club scene to shy away from any kind of unsavory behavior.

Originally Posted by CidHeiral

The word filter is being added in Dawntrail. It is used to filter out any chat messages with words you don't want to see in them. For example, the image from the patch notes is filtering the word "potion." So if someone said "hey bro hand me that potion" you wouldn't see that message.

I was very excited to use it to filter out all the obnoxious shout spam from club ads but that's going to be tough with only ten spaces to work with. It needs to be at least 50-100.

Good to know and thanks for the info.

Yep. I'm going to fill up the term filter in no time trying to block RMT ads. Hopefully, I'll be able to find common terms that most of them use. Same for nightclub shout ads. Fortunately, I still have the blacklist for those.