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Andryah
05.27.2014 , 10:00 AM | #21
Quote: Originally Posted by Sangrar View Post
I don't know I thought I saw that somewhere thats why I asked
My guess would be that just like planets and personal ships, housing will have it's own channel.

But that is not what the OP is asking for. OP wants a global, unavoidable (unless you turn it off) spam channel. I personally don't think we are going to see one of these.

Players can already make channels for personal/group/server use if they want... and one would think that a server could/would organize it's own chat channels for the local populations needs/wants. But that requires some actual community behavior.. and players wanting random PUGs are not really interested in community for the most part.. they just want minions-on-demand.
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05.27.2014 , 10:09 AM | #22
Quote: Originally Posted by Andryah View Post
But that is not what the OP is asking for. OP wants a global, unavoidable (unless you turn it off) spam channel. I personally don't think we are going to see one of these.

Players can already make channels for personal/group/server use if they want... and one would think that a server could/would organize it's own chat channels for the local populations needs/wants.
You can ignore players at any level and the growing spam is simply the result of Bioware doing NO policing EVER.

Players can add it, sure, but it's in the interest of Bioware to add it because THEY prosper from it. It creates a healthier game for THEM as well.

Quote: Originally Posted by ikinai View Post
Make the global channel available only to players that have gotten their ship. That would cut down on some of the spam.
Great suggestion!!!
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Warrgames
05.27.2014 , 10:15 AM | #23
Or you can stand on fleet and spam like everyone does now.

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TUXs
05.27.2014 , 10:29 AM | #24
Quote: Originally Posted by Warrgames View Post
Or you can stand on fleet and spam like everyone does now.
Which works fine NOW, but it won't when people are split between Fleet and houses.
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Warrgames
05.27.2014 , 11:19 AM | #25
Quote: Originally Posted by TUXs View Post
Which works fine NOW, but it won't when people are split between Fleet and houses.
It will work the same. The people that want to do group active will stand on fleet and spam. Those that don't care will be else where.

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Tsillah
05.27.2014 , 11:23 AM | #26
Quote: Originally Posted by tanerb View Post
When was the last time you did an Op using GF?
read the preliminary patch notes for 2.8 which is on the PTS and will hit the normal servers in a couple of weeks.

16 man ops are coming to the GF with better rewards and bolster for noobs.

Just saying.
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Rankyn
05.27.2014 , 11:40 AM | #27
Quote: Originally Posted by Warrgames View Post
It will work the same. The people that want to do group active will stand on fleet and spam. Those that don't care will be else where.
Pretty much this.
People that want group things like you get on the fleet now will still be on the fleet after housing.

It'll be just like Makeb when it released... Hordes of people on Makeb couldn't see fleet chat and yet the world didn't end.
The 'new' of housing will wear off and people will be right back to doing what they do now.
In fact, I bet the only long-term audience you lose will be the people RPing on the fleet as they move to houses, but it's not like people RPing on the fleet paid attention to who was spamming LFGs anyway.

Net effect: Number of people looking for group activity on the fleet dips for a few weeks then everything returns to normal.

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TUXs
05.27.2014 , 11:54 AM | #28
Quote: Originally Posted by Warrgames View Post
It will work the same. The people that want to do group active will stand on fleet and spam. Those that don't care will be else where.
No it will not. Right now, there is no housing alternative for players to go to. Housing removes a large chunk of the player pool from the community chat on Fleet, which will HURT the game overall. A global chat channel is NEEDED, and has been imo. That one channel would connect group leaders to every possible player who may be interested, despite if they're running daily missions, FPs, WZs or decorating. A Global chat channel would be GOOD for this game and wise of Bioware to implement.
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Kourage
05.27.2014 , 11:58 AM | #29
Create a channel. Ask people to join it.
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TUXs
05.27.2014 , 12:06 PM | #30
Quote: Originally Posted by Kourage View Post
Create a channel. Ask people to join it.
Plenty of people have done this and failed. The onus is on Bioware to improve their game, not me.
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