Chat System

CommanderStride · 2011-02-03, 11:54 AM

So for the most part I really like the chat system that was set up for PS. Squads, Platoons, Outfits, Command chats. Not really sure about how CR4 and SL chats helped, but I didn't have a problem with it at all.

My problem comes with the inevitable CR5 Spam and how the entire empire is managed as a whole, example, how Primary Targets are assigned. Would it be a good idea to be able for CR5's to be able to ban other CR5's global abilities? I think that this would help control garbage messages. Or maybe the CR5s could have a vote and give only a certain amount of people the ability to global.

Another side idea, should there be another box that specifically tells every person what the empire goals are, like Primary Targets? Of course managed by CR5s if they continue to follow the CR model.

Gogita · 2011-02-03, 12:11 PM

CR5 spam is not caused by a faulty chat system, it is caused by the fact that there are more and more CR5's in the world.
Voting system are always easy to be exploited. Large outfits with many CR5's in them can collaborate together to silence another CR5.

The way to fix CR5 spam is managing the number of CR5's. One way would be that your command rank will slowly tick away and you'll lose your rank if you do not earn sufficient CEP to compensate for the loss of CEP.

Bags · 2011-02-03, 12:27 PM

I was on Tr last night for two hours and I saw 3 garbage globals. I don't think it's a problem.

Gogita · 2011-02-03, 12:31 PM

I would guess that that is caused due to the fact that there are not a lot of people on PS anymore. If PsN will be big (which i hope), will also mean that after a certain amount of time, enough CR5's have accumulated for spam to appear in global chat.
Also, you say you did not see a problem yesterday, does that mean that it does not exist? No, it only means it did not happen yesterday. So how do I know that the problem does exist? Because of the many many many complaints about it.

Firefly · 2011-02-03, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by Gogita

Large outfits with many CR5's in them can collaborate together to silence another CR5.

This.

Originally Posted by Gogita

The way to fix CR5 spam is managing the number of CR5's. One way would be that your command rank will slowly tick away and you'll lose your rank if you do not earn sufficient CEP to compensate for the loss of CEP.

And this.

Hamma · 2011-02-04, 09:14 AM

I would think that we will likely see an overhaul to the command system in PSN. Who knows what that will look like but I doubt we will see free unlimited globals anymore.

BlazingSun · 2011-02-04, 12:57 PM

I hope they don't change the player's ability to send tells to players from a different empire. The 'spying' and hate tells aside, this really helped to forge a good community.

And let's face it. It's good entertainment as well.

KayOneElRoy · 2011-02-06, 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by KornDemon

I hope they don't change the player's ability to send tells to players from a different empire. The 'spying' and hate tells aside, this really helped to forge a good community.

And let's face it. It's good entertainment as well.

This was one of my favorite aspects of the chat system, I used to talk to the other empires as I got hammered by them. My PC was not so good so I could hardly play, but I could chat peeps up. I'll be disappointed if this is removed.