Dear Uber, is there any chance of a rethink on global chat?

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by eukanuba, November 16, 2014.

  1. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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  2. eukanuba

    eukanuba Well-Known Member

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    Did you just accidentally bump this thread, @tatsujb ?
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  3. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    totally accidentally dude.
  4. cdrkf

    cdrkf Post Master General

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    You did it again.... And @eukanuba, and now I'm bumping it... Oh the humanity!
  5. eukanuba

    eukanuba Well-Known Member

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    That's really careless of you @cdrkf , you should pay more attention when you're posting on the forum.
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  6. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    how dare you guys ;)
  7. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    Atchoo! wha... uh... awwww...... dammit!
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  8. thehangedman

    thehangedman New Member

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    One more vote for global chat. And voice chat, for that matter.
  9. lokiCML

    lokiCML Post Master General

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    Please, don't force me to watch a wall of text when I log in. Make it opt in.
    @thehangedman Uber has stated in the past that they don't want to add voice chat do to inappropriate behaviour from people.;)
  10. theseeker2

    theseeker2 Well-Known Member

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    Also it's borderline pointless in an rts
  11. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    global voice chat. Forced on everyone.
    ... okay for that I can understand why people would not want it :D

    but for harmless text not so much ;)
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  12. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    yeah who needs a community in a multiplayer mod-driven game anyways? pff! /S
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  13. theseeker2

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    What? What are you going to use voice chat for in an rts? Besides the fact that most in-game voice chat features are garbage compared to dedicated VOIP programs (see world of tanks and EVE).
  14. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    it's text chat not voice chat we're debating here read the OP again
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  15. cdrkf

    cdrkf Post Master General

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    Well when playing team games with shared armies voice chat is essential for proper coordination.... Probably the first rts I've played where that is the case. Still I agree, current tools like team speak and game vox do the job fine. If I'd suggest anything on those lines would be a way to invite a player into said service from within the game (a bit like how they included twitch). No point re inventing the wheel :p
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  16. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    or game-link via mumble the way we use it on FAF :rolleyes:
  17. tntostepop

    tntostepop New Member

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    I really want this, and not just global but the ability to make channels (with/without passwords).
    Something like what WC3 had, being able to make clan channels and channels for mods etc
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  18. theseeker2

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    There are a lot of games with channels like that, though I feel EVE still has the best.
  19. Raevn

    Raevn Moderator Alumni

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    Read the post he was responding to ;)
  20. tntostepop

    tntostepop New Member

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    I know but WC3 was the first to pop into mind as an example.

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