Development Cycle Archive
Thread: Chat Server Stabilized
Is the guild chat tab supposed to blink when someone submits a new guild chat message? I remember chat tabs blinking at one point, but now it doesn't seem to work. Was this removed? Or does it still work for some people?
Thanks!
Q-3PO wrote:
After months of work, we now consider the Chat server to be in excellent working condition. Guild chat, group chat and additional chat channels should work reliably now. If you have any issues with the Chat Server please report them on this thread.
I'm still having problems, Yesterday I lost guild chat and groupchat.
Yes please. Ranger Information Network (RIN)is a channel that has to be created every nite and is used by at least 3 galaxies now. It's annoying.
Lotussutol wrote:
chat seems to be working
BUT is it possible to make it so when you CREATE a chat channel that it STAYS for say 30 days?
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Make a RIN channel on your server then, that is what Eclipse does
NisiDaca wrote:
galaxy wide trade channels would make me very happy. instead of avoiding coronet because of all the /shouting.
AO has channels like this. you get on the channel and sell your stuff.
a galaxy wide channel for people looking to form a hunting group would be very helpful as well.
AO also has that feature.
i think these 2 features would cut down on all the annoying people in coronet many of us put /addignore and ENCOURAGE grouping(this is what you want isnt it?) as it would be much easier to form a group and have you all meet.
Q-3PO wrote:
After months of work, we now consider the Chat server to be in excellent working condition. Guild chat, group chat and additional chat channels should work reliably now. If you have any issues with the Chat Server please report them on this thread.
Great! Not that the in game chat is fixed, can the out of game chat system get some love? If you run an AMD processor with Windows 98, the out of game chat server still crashes in less than 5 minutes. This can make talking with CSRs or meeting up with friends to get a hunt going a very difficult process.
There's a planet chat that is always unavailable... is this supposed to work, and if not why is it one of the main filters?
No-one uses any chat besides the guildchat/groupchat, because chat channels delete all the time. If they stayed around the chat system might get more use.
Faction chat is needed.
City chat is needed.
Sorry it took me over a week to post this, but the night of this announcement, January 7, Group Chat went down for everyone in my group.
Disbanding the group and regrouping fixed it, as has often been the case.
/tells still worked and there was no notification of players' online status.
Everything else has been working fine, and I have not had this problem since.
I have a pro and con for autojoin chats however: on one hand it allows for a #bazaar channel which allows for easier transactions, while on the other it defeats roleplay.
If it must be one or the other i would prefer to see City Chat. But would accept autojoin because all we would have to do is create our own autojoined City Chat.
Q3PO a direct question to you, ive noticed a higher latency with correspondents than normal. Is everyone busy or have you all joined the rest of us and decided that this boat just may not float much longer?
Secondly, there should be a /report mechanism that works. Yes i am talking GM/Guide EQ Style. There are certain situations that can only be handled immediately. Im not talking things that can wait like my PA hall is gone type things. But sighted exploitation and harrassment.
Chat Servers stabilized does much inside the game system. I dealt with it being broke. The bigger problem is the lack of clear communications with Devs, Correspondents and CSRs.
If you post "X is going to happen next patch". And i were to ask "what do you mean X is going to happen, and what does X entail". In theory, most of us would like to see a better explanation. At this time it is not happening.
Q3PO a few recent quotes i have heard recently "Son, if you see a turtle on a fence post you better believe it didnt get there alone". That means if this game is going to be uber Q its not gonna be because the devs did it by themselves. And "You can put a stack of books on a mule and send it to college but without common sense what do you have?" At this time very few people from SOE seem to have that common sense and it seems all we are getting is stubborn, mule-like, smart people.
Suggestions go to every profession. Ask what the top beef is make a poll take a vote, fix it. You guys have CHs so confused we dont know what to do. Are we combat, artisan or support.
Clearly we are not combat. you stole those skills
Clearly we are not artisan. You wont let us sell until master.
Clearly we are not support. We have nothing to do with combat, cept spending alot of our money on stims to heal useless pets. Even SQL is much more useful to the group as a whole. The ranger has taunt command (not sure it works never played one). And we cant keep agro off Melee long enough to keep them alive (with TKA its notably the novices).
If i want to play a group composed of Healer/Tank/CC/side classes for added Damage then i could go back to my EQ account. Which btw forced grouping there destroyed the game. What keeps people there?? New content every three months. You dont even have the content you originally sed you would. Every SWG planet would be ten times larger than EQ servers. Ill find that add to make a better quote. In 3 years i barely saw all of norrath. In three months im certain i have seen most 90%+ of SWG. I hate to suggest it but due to lack of content 30 new planets is possibly the only way to keep people interested. Atleast we can explore for another 3 months.