Social / Chat Channels

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Ultima Codex, May 10, 2016.

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    Thanks Alley, That's what I thought.. lol it's just so hard to keep my scorecard current :)
     
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    there was one, retired when the discord channel was started. apparently we don't like platform-independent non-proprietary things.
     
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    Not to mention how we enjoy being the product. :p
     
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    Just caught up on this thread. Is Discord, then, a replacement for any community/chat systems being considered for in-game? I'd prefer something in-game for text communication. I'm now in a different guild than two of my close friends and unless I keep my social window always up, I can't see when they log in. If there's a toast notification in the chat area it's too subtle for me to notice it, especially in combat. It would be nice to be able to create in-game chat channels specific to people.
     
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    they WERE using an in-game tie to discord to allow that, but then discord changed something and they can't anymore. which is kinda good; i'd rather they not tie themselves to them.
     
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    So they were relying on a third-party vendor type situation. I don't know the intricacies of running a chat server (I'm not that kind of IT), but every MMO I've played has had some ability to create chat channels that's built into the game. It was nice to have to allow groups of friends who might not always be in the same party or who might not be in the same guild able to talk to each other. Using third-party vendors saves cost and time, but you run this risk. It sounds like there is no plan to add this function to the game?
     
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    unknown.
     
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