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manus
WESCORP 2.0
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Posted - 2017.04.11 23:45:56 -
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What is local supposed to be? It seems like its some sort of combination between a tool to gather intel and a simple chat. What if local was changed into a chat for the whole region? It will make the chat come much more alive. Possible downside is problems with spam, particularly in The Forge, where they spam contracts etc. constantly. Thats not to say there are not solutions for that. Either players are going to make a Jita Trade chat. Or the most persistent spammers will be ignored by others.
The reason i like this idea is particularly because the chat would come more alive. This would be a big benefit to the game, especially for new players who will be attracted to an active chat. They will appreciate the energy associated with it, and it will make them more attracted to the game. It also solves the problem of chatting while jumping. The downside is that people who use Local as an intel gathering tool will lose this mechanic, unless local is kept as a separate chat. But that kind of defeats the purpose and having two default chats on top of corp violates the KISS principle which im a big fan of.
So what will happen if local is completely disabled well in some aspects the game will become more risky. But in other aspects it will become more safe. Do i really need to go into this?
Anyway it seems that there is a problem in EVE online in that the chats are very dead. And dead chats are not good for any kind of service that exists today. Be it game, or livestream or what have you. An active chat adds more to the experience that you will think. |
elitatwo
Dicker Quick and Hyde Defense Attorneys O.U.Z.O. Alliance
1728
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Posted - 2017.04.12 00:19:23 -
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No ----> w-space
Shut up!
Eve Minions is recruiting.
This is the law of ship progression!
Aura sound-clips: Aura forever
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Krysenth
Saints Of Havoc Rate My Ticks
9
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Posted - 2017.04.12 00:57:14 -
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manus wrote:What is local supposed to be? It seems like its some sort of combination between a tool to gather intel and a simple chat. What if local was changed into a chat for the whole region? It will make the chat come much more alive. Possible downside is problems with spam, particularly in The Forge, where they spam contracts etc. constantly. Thats not to say there are not solutions for that. Either players are going to make a Jita Trade chat. Or the most persistent spammers will be ignored by others.
The reason i like this idea is particularly because the chat would come more alive. This would be a big benefit to the game, especially for new players who will be attracted to an active chat. They will appreciate the energy associated with it, and it will make them more attracted to the game. It also solves the problem of chatting while jumping. The downside is that people who use Local as an intel gathering tool will lose this mechanic, unless local is kept as a separate chat. But that kind of defeats the purpose and having two default chats on top of corp violates the KISS principle which im a big fan of.
So what will happen if local is completely disabled well in some aspects the game will become more risky. But in other aspects it will become more safe. Do i really need to go into this?
Anyway it seems that there is a problem in EVE online in that the chats are very dead. And dead chats are not good for any kind of service that exists today. Be it game, or livestream or what have you. An active chat adds more to the experience that you will think. you know there IS a regional system channel already, right?
edit- hell, one for constellation too
edit2- those channels are often unused primarily because a single alliance, or friendly groups of alliances, DONT control the entire region, and anyone who enters the region can join the channel as well. |
Nevyn Auscent
Broke Sauce
3946
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Posted - 2017.04.12 01:33:57 -
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Constellation would be a better replacement for Local in K space.
And @Krysenth, yes there is one, but it could be the default channel and local removed, or all local could operate like WH Local, but K space you get a constellation chat as well which displays everyone as a default 'always up' option.
This then removes the perfect free intel of a cloaky camper, while still providing some intel as to who is in your immediate vicinity. Some intel is good, it lets you know if there are people around to pick fights, exact intel is bad because it makes it too easy to hunt or run. So we want intel to become a grey area where it's somewhat known but not exact for an ideal situation. |
manus
WESCORP 2.0
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Posted - 2017.04.12 01:47:59 -
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elitatwo wrote:No ----> w-space
Shut up!
You shut up. And read the post before you reply. This idea is about consolidating the default chat channels to give them more life, and you start blabbering about wspace. |
Matthias Ancaladron
Wrath of Angels Solitaire.
261
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Posted - 2017.04.12 01:52:13 -
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Krysenth wrote:manus wrote:What is local supposed to be? It seems like its some sort of combination between a tool to gather intel and a simple chat. What if local was changed into a chat for the whole region? It will make the chat come much more alive. Possible downside is problems with spam, particularly in The Forge, where they spam contracts etc. constantly. Thats not to say there are not solutions for that. Either players are going to make a Jita Trade chat. Or the most persistent spammers will be ignored by others.
The reason i like this idea is particularly because the chat would come more alive. This would be a big benefit to the game, especially for new players who will be attracted to an active chat. They will appreciate the energy associated with it, and it will make them more attracted to the game. It also solves the problem of chatting while jumping. The downside is that people who use Local as an intel gathering tool will lose this mechanic, unless local is kept as a separate chat. But that kind of defeats the purpose and having two default chats on top of corp violates the KISS principle which im a big fan of.
So what will happen if local is completely disabled well in some aspects the game will become more risky. But in other aspects it will become more safe. Do i really need to go into this?
Anyway it seems that there is a problem in EVE online in that the chats are very dead. And dead chats are not good for any kind of service that exists today. Be it game, or livestream or what have you. An active chat adds more to the experience that you will think. you know there IS a regional system channel already, right? edit- hell, one for constellation too edit2- those channels are often unused primarily because a single alliance, or friendly groups of alliances, DONT control the entire region, and anyone who enters the region can join the channel as well. And they don't show people unless they say something so it's like they're always empty anyway and can't be used as early warning of people coming into constellation or region.
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mkint
1713
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Posted - 2017.04.12 01:54:23 -
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I'd make the proposal simpler. Stay away from the mess of "remove/keep local free intel grrr." Keep local. Whatever. Make the region channel (which exists already) open by default. That's all. It's already recent speakers only, it's not an intel tool. They'd have to fix it so it doesn't keep closing itself on every session change. Maybe make it easier to join back into it if you do close it, but mostly just change the default settings (maybe make the default blink setting on it set to 'off' as well) to make it more available.
I like region chat. It's like sitting in a dark room and talking to someone who's not there. It gets eerie.
Maxim 6. If violence wasnGÇÖt your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it.
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manus
WESCORP 2.0
2
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Posted - 2017.04.12 01:55:40 -
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mkint wrote:I'd make the proposal simpler. Stay away from the mess of "remove/keep local free intel grrr." Keep local. Whatever. Make the region channel (which exists already) open by default. That's all. It's already recent speakers only, it's not an intel tool. They'd have to fix it so it doesn't keep closing itself on every session change. Maybe make it easier to join back into it if you do close it, but mostly just change the default settings (maybe make the default blink setting on it set to 'off' as well) to make it more available.
I like region chat. It's like sitting in a dark room and talking to someone who's not there. It gets eerie.
This isnt simpler as you would have an additional chat open all of a sudden. And what happens if you speak in local? does that chat go to region? And what happens if you speak in region? does that chat go to local? etc |
Max Deveron
Deveron Shipyards and Technology
303
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Posted - 2017.04.12 02:29:31 -
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manus wrote:mkint wrote:I'd make the proposal simpler. Stay away from the mess of "remove/keep local free intel grrr." Keep local. Whatever. Make the region channel (which exists already) open by default. That's all. It's already recent speakers only, it's not an intel tool. They'd have to fix it so it doesn't keep closing itself on every session change. Maybe make it easier to join back into it if you do close it, but mostly just change the default settings (maybe make the default blink setting on it set to 'off' as well) to make it more available.
I like region chat. It's like sitting in a dark room and talking to someone who's not there. It gets eerie. This isnt simpler as you would have an additional chat open all of a sudden. And what happens if you speak in local? does that chat go to region? And what happens if you speak in region? does that chat go to local? etc Keep it simple
1.) it would not be an additional chat, because it already exists for use. 2.) If you speak in local (system) chat no it does not transfer to Constellation or Region chats. 3.) If you speak in Constellation or Region they do not transfer(copy) to local (system) chat.
So basically please learn to EvE........
STFU and quit shiptoasting the forums. |
Murkar Omaristos
The Alabaster Albatross Sev3rance
264
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Posted - 2017.04.12 03:10:13 -
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what even is this proposal, are you high? |
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mkint
1713
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Posted - 2017.04.12 04:07:32 -
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manus wrote:mkint wrote:I'd make the proposal simpler. Stay away from the mess of "remove/keep local free intel grrr." Keep local. Whatever. Make the region channel (which exists already) open by default. That's all. It's already recent speakers only, it's not an intel tool. They'd have to fix it so it doesn't keep closing itself on every session change. Maybe make it easier to join back into it if you do close it, but mostly just change the default settings (maybe make the default blink setting on it set to 'off' as well) to make it more available.
I like region chat. It's like sitting in a dark room and talking to someone who's not there. It gets eerie. This isnt simpler as you would have an additional chat open all of a sudden. And what happens if you speak in local? does that chat go to region? And what happens if you speak in region? does that chat go to local? etc Keep it simple The channel already exists. Try opening it.
Because you've got some comprehension fail, let me be clear:
Your idea is not novel. It's not new, it's not unique. Whether or not it's a good idea or a bad idea is somewhat controversial. You will make absolutely zero progress on it. That is a guarantee. However, if your claim of it being about fun rather than intel isn't an outright lie, then your idea becomes outright bad. It's bad because it fecklessly wanders into controversial territory with zero self awareness. To turn your bad idea into a good (viz workable) idea, basically your only option is to get people to join the existing regional chat.
Spend some time in Region so you can actually have some understanding of why nobody uses it. Then (assuming you weren't lying in your assertion that your proposal was about conversation) you can come back with some ideas that have a greater than 0% chance of implementation.
Maxim 6. If violence wasnGÇÖt your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it.
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Ageanal Olerie
Aliastra Gallente Federation
55
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Posted - 2017.04.12 04:36:50 -
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Who here hasn't pined for Jita local chat to follow you throughout The Forge?
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manus
WESCORP 2.0
2
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Posted - 2017.04.12 11:31:25 -
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Max Deveron wrote: 1.) it would not be an additional chat, because it already exists for use.
hahaha. you cant be serious. So now you will have Local, Region, and Corp chat open. Thats one additional chat. You cant count it seems.
Max Deveron wrote:2.) If you speak in local (system) chat no it does not transfer to Constellation or Region chats.
The idea is to replace Local with Region. And someone says why not keep both herp. In that scenario, what happens? The idea falls the ground if you just add anoter chat window. The idea is to consolidate the chat and liven it up. You dont accomplish this by half-assedly adding region chat next to local chat. Keep it simple. One chat to rule them all.
Max Deveron wrote: STFU and quit shiptoasting the forums.
How about you take your own advice? You are contributing nothing interesting and you dont even understand the idea. So why are you here? |
manus
WESCORP 2.0
2
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Posted - 2017.04.12 11:42:24 -
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mkint wrote: The channel already exists. Try opening it. .
I did, its emptier than wormspace local. And for the record, since there are no defined regions in wormspace, keep the chat as is. There will only be local chat when you are in wormspace.
mkint wrote:Because you've got some comprehension fail, let me be clear:
I think you have comprehension fail. Because
Quote:Your idea is not novel. It's not new, it's not unique. Whether or not it's a good idea or a bad idea is somewhat controversial. You will make absolutely zero progress on it. That is a guarantee.
I may or may not get anywhere with it, but thats besides the point. We can still discuss it.
Quote: To turn your bad idea into a good (viz workable) idea, basically your only option is to get people to join the existing regional chat.
No, this is how the idea fails. It will only succeed if local is replaced with regional chat.
Quote:Spend some time in Region so you can actually have some understanding of why nobody uses it.
It doesent take a genious to figure out why. Its because
1) The channel is hidden 2) Its optional
I hope you are able to comprehend how much more activity it would get if local was replacted with region as the default chat.
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Serendipity Lost
Repo Industries
2546
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Posted - 2017.04.12 12:06:13 -
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I think dropping local and making regional/constellation chat work like local is an excellent idea. Here is what I think that would do.
For players at the keyboard actively playing the game. 1. They could monitor regional/constellation chat watching the numbers rise and fall. 2. They could make informed decisions as to their course of action on a chat channel spike or change.
a. keep mining, ratting or whatever you are doing b. dock up because bad doo doo is coming c. form a defense fleet / set a trap for hostiles that have entered your region/constellation. (wait what? consensual pvp???)
For players botting and lazy players. Bot would become ineffective. You could program your bot fleet to continue to dock when a baddie enters regional/constellation chat, but you'd be docking a lot more frequently and many times when no threat exists. Lazy folks would get used to having baddies in the larger chat area, become numb to them and then die horribly to ganks and such.
Good attentive players are rewarded and bad (botting and lazy) players are punished. I'm not really seeing a down side to this. You don't lose intel, you just take the intel value away from bots. This is one of those simple and elegant fixes that does a lot of good and no real harm (to active attentive players).
Well done OP.
(the least you will get out of this is the joy of watching those terrified by the prospect of losing their intel crutch as they franticly denounce your idea with counter arguments of little to no substance) |
Yorrick Kayne
Kosmische Kollegen
2
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Posted - 2017.04.12 12:06:51 -
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Ageanal Olerie wrote:Who here hasn't pined for Jita local chat to follow you throughout The Forge?
You can do that? I am always afraid I might miss out one of those "Gecko for one Million" deals.
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Serendipity Lost
Repo Industries
2546
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Posted - 2017.04.12 12:21:22 -
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Ageanal Olerie wrote:Who here hasn't pined for Jita local chat to follow you throughout The Forge?
Fair point - Jita has it's own server, so it could get it's on chat channel as well. I'd be OK if this mechanic was only limited to null - kind of like bubbles are limited to null. Having this in HS would be a huge boon to player farmers as they could more quickly search regions for helpless players to wonk up on. Much of HS is so densely populated that it would quite possibly harm gameplay in that part of space.
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Charley Varrick
State War Academy Caldari State
39
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Posted - 2017.04.12 13:22:32 -
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As soon as you utter a word in a populated system people aren't thinking "oh look...someone to talk to!" Instead, they are looking up your corp history, checking your kills...trying to determine weather or not they want to come pop you. I'm just say'n.... |
mkint
1713
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Posted - 2017.04.12 13:28:20 -
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manus wrote:mkint wrote: The channel already exists. Try opening it. . I did, its emptier than wormspace local. Quote:Your idea is not novel. It's not new, it's not unique. Whether or not it's a good idea or a bad idea is somewhat controversial. You will make absolutely zero progress on it. That is a guarantee. I may or may not get anywhere with it, but thats besides the point. We can still discuss it. It's been discussed. It's an old, tired idea. It's stopped being an interesting idea because of all the baggage and ulterior motives people always bring to the discussion.
Speaking of which, I'm still convinced you're lying about this being all about the conversation and not about the intel. I'm convinced of this because you haven't actually tried to make your bad idea better.
Or, maybe you're a kid and this is your first "big idea." In which case, let me tell you something. Ideas are cheap. Most ideas are worthless. A big part of growing up is gaining the experience to make the mental connections to formulate ideas that are worthwhile. By that time, most adults will have had thousands of ideas and realize that even most of their own ideas are not sacred; they can just be thrown out if bad or reworked if flawed.
You are putting all your effort into defending your idea. That tells me this discussion is DOA. The idea isn't good enough to defend itself, and you're not putting in the mental effort to come up with a good idea. So, take the feedback, throw out your original idea, come up with something new that doesn't need defending.
Maxim 6. If violence wasnGÇÖt your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it.
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Frostys Virpio
KarmaFleet Goonswarm Federation
3298
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Posted - 2017.04.12 13:29:06 -
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Serendipity Lost wrote:Ageanal Olerie wrote:Who here hasn't pined for Jita local chat to follow you throughout The Forge? Fair point - Jita has it's own server, so it could get it's on chat channel as well. I'd be OK if this mechanic was only limited to null - kind of like bubbles are limited to null. Having this in HS would be a huge boon to player farmers as they could more quickly search regions for helpless players to wonk up on. Much of HS is so densely populated that it would quite possibly harm gameplay in that part of space.
Jita only has it's own server because it has to be reinforced and that does not separate it from it's constellation/region. Some null region/constellation probably sport number as high if not higher than some HS ones so your perceived problem is there too. |
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Hello Meow Kitty
Pandemic Horde Inc. Pandemic Horde
25
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Posted - 2017.04.12 13:34:12 -
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Maybe local should be constellation or something slightly bigger than current system. Also they need to change how players show up in local currently. Alphabetically is so OP lol |
manus
WESCORP 2.0
2
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Posted - 2017.04.12 13:42:15 -
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Hello Meow Kitty wrote:Maybe local should be constellation or something slightly bigger than current system. Also they need to change how players show up in local currently. Alphabetically is so OP lol
I like your point regarding alphabetical order on local. It does seem unbalanced.
But i dont think consolidating the local chats into constellations are enough. I think it makes more sense to have regional chats instead. I think people are more attached to their regions anyway, the names are easier to remember since there are fewer. It alo ties in well with how the market browser works, which is also limited to region. |
Cade Windstalker
1294
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Posted - 2017.04.12 14:02:29 -
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Lets see, just off the topic of my head this doesn't work:
- In Wormhole Space
- In any remotely populated area of the game, especially High Sec.
- Anywhere that might have multiple fights/significant interactions going on in different systems, the cross-talk would quickly get ridiculous
This is pretty clearly just another "remove local" thread trying to disguise itself as a compromise position.
CCP have already expressed a dislike of the intel side of local, but they've also been pretty clear that they want to replace it with other mechanics rather than remove it entirely.
If you want to talk to someone across system jumps that's what private convos are for. |
Nicolai Serkanner
Brave Newbies Inc. Brave Collective
656
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Posted - 2017.04.12 14:38:10 -
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manus wrote:What is local supposed to be? It seems like its some sort of combination between a tool to gather intel and a simple chat. What if local was changed into a chat for the whole region? It will make the chat come much more alive. Possible downside is problems with spam, particularly in The Forge, where they spam contracts etc. constantly. Thats not to say there are not solutions for that. Either players are going to make a Jita Trade chat. Or the most persistent spammers will be ignored by others.
The reason i like this idea is particularly because the chat would come more alive. This would be a big benefit to the game, especially for new players who will be attracted to an active chat. It also solves the problem of chatting while jumping. The downside is that people who use Local as an intel gathering tool will lose this mechanic, unless local is kept as a separate chat. But that kind of defeats the purpose and having two default chats on top of corp violates the KISS principle which im a big fan of.
So what will happen if local is completely disabled well in some aspects the game will become more risky. But in other aspects it will become more safe. Do i really need to go into this?
Anyway it seems that there is a problem in EVE online in that the chats are very dead. And dead chats are not good for any kind of service that exists today. Be it game, or livestream or what have you. An active chat adds more to the experience that you will think.
NO! |
manus
WESCORP 2.0
2
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Posted - 2017.04.12 16:14:22 -
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Cade Windstalker wrote:Lets see, just off the topic of my head this doesn't work:
In Wormhole Space
Afaik there are no defined regions in wormspace so nothing would change. There would just be a lone desolate chat channel for each hole.
Quote:In any remotely populated area of the game, especially High Sec.
I dont see why it wouldnt. Besides if there was a need for a more quiet space/chatroom, players would create it.
Quote:Anywhere that might have multiple fights/significant interactions going on in different systems, the cross-talk would quickly get ridiculous
Is there any demand for this? As long as you know the person you intend to chat to is in the room, i think thats the most important thing. Each individual system doesent have to have its own chat. |
elitatwo
Dicker Quick and Hyde Defense Attorneys O.U.Z.O. Alliance
1729
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Posted - 2017.04.12 16:37:26 -
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manus wrote:...Is there any demand for this? As long as you know the person you intend to chat to is in the room, i think thats the most important thing. Each individual system doesent have to have its own chat.
Why?
Eve Minions is recruiting.
This is the law of ship progression!
Aura sound-clips: Aura forever
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manus
WESCORP 2.0
2
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Posted - 2017.04.12 16:59:28 -
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What do you mean why? It would be better to ask why each system needs its own chat channel |
Rivr Luzade
Kenshin. DARKNESS.
3002
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Posted - 2017.04.12 17:08:04 -
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Why ask? A system is a system, the lowest degree of separation in the cluster without creating ridiculous fragmentation. Furthermore, each system has people in them who are only in this system and not some other place, which means they can expect a locally limited communications room. It's not that hard to grasp.
UI Improvement Collective
My ridicule, heavy criticism and general pale outlook about your or CCP's ideas is nothing but an encouragement to prove me wrong. Give it a try.
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manus
WESCORP 2.0
2
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Posted - 2017.04.12 17:09:03 -
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Rivr Luzade wrote:Why ask? A system is a system, the lowest degree of separation in the cluster without creating ridiculous fragmentation. Furthermore, each system has people in them who are only in this system and not some other place, which means they can expect a locally limited communications room. It's not that hard to grasp.
So your argument is "Just because"
Truth of the matter is these players will still be able to chat with each other if local was changed to region. And if they really needed a private chat room they would just create one. |
Old Pervert
Perkone Caldari State
50
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Posted - 2017.04.12 17:20:36 -
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Is the OP just lonely and looking for someone to talk to? If so... join a corp. The less sperg I end up seeing the better. |
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