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Demorian
Fleet Admiral
Galactic Navy
Joined: October 06, 2001
Posts: 3406
From: Charlotte, North Carolina
|  Posted: 2003-06-13 20:46
I have been told that there is such a thing as "a perfect solution to a non-existant problem."
I also recall hearing the phrase "if it ain't broken, don't fix it" a few times.
The new chat in beta is gargantuan in its clumsiness. In order to type to your faction, the people we need to talk to and the people we're used to talking to, you have to type in /commands and make sure youre not targetting any particular individual. Default chat now sends to all ships in the area.
No offense, but speaking as a player and staff member, this is the most unwarranted and ridiculous change in beta. The rest of em are great! As long as they are tested and perfected, but chat needs to stay the same
Normal Enter, Enter: green text, sends to your team.
Enter, /e, message, Enter: red text, sends to all players.
And then yell and scream and such. I like the concept of the /fleet command that sends a message to the selected player's fleet, but I feel kind of like you started off just with this change and then expanded into this whole conglomeration of unwarranted chat changes. Do you have any idea how hard this will make it for new players simply to learn how to talk in the game?
There is nothing wrong with the current chat.
No complaints from any of your hundreds (or as it used to be, thousands) of players.
Please, keep chat the same. Keep it simple.
-Dem
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[ This Message was edited by: Demorian on 2003-06-13 20:52 ]
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TheEvilGriffin
Cadet
Joined: October 16, 2002
Posts: 897
| Posted: 2003-06-13 20:49
According to info i have, the in game chat will change.
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Demorian
Fleet Admiral
Galactic Navy
Joined: October 06, 2001
Posts: 3406
From: Charlotte, North Carolina
| Posted: 2003-06-13 20:55
In that case, I politely request that somebody explain the necessity for such a drastic change.
-Dem
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AdmiralChaos III
Midshipman
Joined: January 21, 2003
Posts: 179
| Posted: 2003-06-13 21:01
yea the ingame chat in beta sux =/ not that it aint a good idea but i can speak for all of us when i say this but we like the old way to talk 
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Sopwith Camel
Grand Admiral
Galactic Navy
Joined: March 07, 2002
Posts: 651
From: Toronto
| Posted: 2003-06-13 21:34
amen demo
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Sandals
Fleet Admiral
Agents
Joined: January 21, 2002
Posts: 2001
From: Redmond,WA,USA
| Posted: 2003-06-14 03:07
Sometimes I question if anyone hears the chat I do......so i just type all the commands i know in beta just to be sure.
I still don't know what the command to do the bright yellow global chat thing is...?
Also, I agree, the chat is kind of a monstrosity....especially basing faction chat and such off of targets. it's literally impossible to pass information during a heated firefight.
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Barthezzz
Fleet Admiral
Joined: May 31, 2001
Posts: 5630
From: The Netherlands
| Posted: 2003-06-14 03:20
I couldnt agree more.
The Current system in beta sucks.
Please put the old system back in and add any commands that are needed.
The current beta system is confusing and annoying.
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Darklord
1st Rear Admiral
Joined: November 04, 2002
Posts: 11
| Posted: 2003-06-14 05:29
*voting against new chat system*
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DJ GothThug
Cadet
Joined: October 20, 2002
Posts: 456
| Posted: 2003-06-14 05:32
w00t w00t! 
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Piotr-san
Chief Marshal
*Renegade Space Marines*
Joined: July 18, 2002
Posts: 385
From: Poland
| Posted: 2003-06-14 09:06
i need to agree with above implementing beta chat will only change things to worse
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Doran
Chief Marshal
Galactic Navy
Joined: March 29, 2003
Posts: 4032
From: The Gideon Unit
| Posted: 2003-06-14 10:17
/me casts his vote against the new chat system
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Faustus
Marshal
Palestar
Joined: May 29, 2001
Posts: 2748
From: Austin, Texas
| Posted: 2003-06-14 10:20
Don't worry, the chat as in beta does SUCK I agree...
However, the current default is /faction, which would suck in the new MV since it would span to everyone in every system throughout the MV, if we had 1,000 players in the MV... then it would be a problem. This is why, the new default will be /fleet.... plus, I'm adding some buttons to the chat panel to change your default, unless you provide a / at the start of your chat line.
-Richard
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Barthezzz
Fleet Admiral
Joined: May 31, 2001
Posts: 5630
From: The Netherlands
| Posted: 2003-06-14 10:37
Cool 
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Midnight *FA*
Fleet Admiral
Terra Squadron
Joined: April 29, 2002
Posts: 689
From: ICS. Idot (ICC Station) somewhere in the middle of nowhere
| Posted: 2003-06-14 11:17
Sweet!.. the way it is works.. but /faction is needed. maybe /faction targeting an enemy ship/planet or even something like /factionK *kluth* or /factionU *UGTO would only send through that system.. allowing for intersystem direct communication if they are cooping ... and /factionA *alligned* could send to any fleet from another faction fleet alligned with yours (in the future system) and then the /faction sends to all the faction that your on.. which would allow for alearts on Priority stuff like Exathra being under attack..
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Pope
Fleet Admiral
Joined: June 11, 2002
Posts: 2449
From: World of tomorrow
| Posted: 2003-06-14 12:28
the new system is cool.
its only got a few flaws.
imagine a /e or faction global default channel over the ENITRE MV!!
no way.
id propose this.
default chat for non clan members: area faction chat. sends to all faction members in the area.
default chat for clan members: fleet chat
/y area chat: all in area.
/faction like it is
/target like it is
/fleet like it is
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