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[LordRush]

I have seen this more than once and even got caught up into it.
Chat,when screens change, delete anything attempted to be typed.
I have also seen where people are conversing with their team and exposed location or lance makeup.This happened to me tonight. It is very confusing when hitting Y or T and typing something and you lose it or it goes to the other chat variable.

[OneEyed Jack]

Agreed. I'd like it if it carried over, especially since the pre-match screen will disappear rather suddenly while trying to type out a plan. What i really want to see, though, is for it to work the same way in pre/post-match screens as it does in the match itself.

[LordRush]

YES!! Agreed 100%

[CarpetShark]

And, while you're at it, can you add a switch to display the chat and leave it displayed? During a furball, I don't always have time to read stuff before the text fades away, not to be seen until someone else says something or I die.

And maybe the ability to change the font size?

Thanks.

[smokefield]

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And maybe the ability to change the font size?

and that damn blue color !!!

[Side Step]

Agreed, I'm not to fond of the chat system myself.

Wish it was possible to set it up somewhat like this:

Enter: start chat to all/team; whoever you sent a message to last
Ctrl while typing: toggle between all/team
Enter again: send message to all/team; whichever is toggled
Esc: cancel message without asking me to quit the game.

And add a button to display chat so I don't have to start chatting to see what has been typed before.

Edited by Side Step, 10 March 2013 - 11:55 PM.

[DaisuSaikoro Nagasawa]

This is one of those things you'd imagine could've been tweaked awhile ago. They change the colour to blue making the text even harder to read.

What's PGI's vision?

[OneEyed Jack]

A scrolling feature so you can see messages that have been pushed off the screen.

And fix the damned backspace!!!

[Lavi]

And...
it should be mandatory to have scroll buttons to be able to read previous messges.
At least on the after match screen.

Edit: One Eyed Jack was faster than me.

Edited by Lavi, 11 March 2013 - 12:07 AM.

[Tekadept]

OneEyed Jack, on 11 March 2013 - 12:06 AM, said:

And fix the damned backspace!!!

I think the devs current implementation of backspace is a great feature as it makes people think before they type as they cant just easily wipe it out.

[LordRush]

Tekadept, on 11 March 2013 - 12:12 AM, said:

I think the devs current implementation of backspace is a great feature as it makes people think before they type as they cant just easily wipe it out.

I can see the point, but this is communication we are talking about. The game DEMANDS an accurate communication level

[Thirdstar]

OneEyed Jack, on 11 March 2013 - 12:06 AM, said:

A scrolling feature so you can see messages that have been pushed off the screen.

And fix the damned backspace!!!

Backspace was OP so they nerfed it.

Tekadept, on 11 March 2013 - 12:12 AM, said:

I think the devs current implementation of backspace is a great feature as it makes people think before they type as they cant just easily wipe it out.

You're silly.

[DaisuSaikoro Nagasawa]

LordRush, on 11 March 2013 - 12:31 AM, said:

I can see the point, but this is communication we are talking about. The game DEMANDS an accurate communication level

I'm hoping the person you're replying to is being sardonic.

[Thirdstar]

Daisu Saikoro, on 11 March 2013 - 12:34 AM, said:

I'm hoping the person you're replying to is being sardonic.

Probably just mild trolling. I'm concerned how poster you're quoting is actually serious.

[Tekadept]

I am being serious. Just because my opinion differs to yours doesn't mean I am trolling in any way. If people cant just type some random garbage in then easily backspace over and amend with different garbage it will make them think twice before typing in game chat.

Since this implementation I have found communications to have improved. If you type something in and you dont want to post it you can clear the whole lot by hitting esc then esc again and its cleared if that is what your specific concern is vs amendments.

Edited by Tekadept, 11 March 2013 - 12:42 AM.

[Flying Judgement]

pls give option to change colors too i cant read team chat

[Tarman]

Tekadept, on 11 March 2013 - 12:40 AM, said:

I am being serious. Just because my opinion differs to yours doesn't mean I am trolling in any way. If people cant just type some random garbage in then easily backspace over and amend with different garbage it will make them think twice before typing in game chat.

Since this implementation I have found communications to have improved. If you type something in and you dont want to post it you can clear the whole lot by hitting esc then esc again and its cleared if that is what your specific concern is vs amendments.

This is patently silly. It's combat, not a literary discourse. It needs to be fast. Right now it is not fast.

[Thirdstar]

Tarman, on 11 March 2013 - 12:46 AM, said:

This is patently silly. It's combat, not a literary discourse. It needs to be fast. Right now it is not fast.

What he said.

[Sephlock]

They've been actively making things worse, what makes you think they WANT to make them better?

Illegible blue text, removing the background so its even harder to read the text, removing the ability to hold down backspace, forcing you to tap it once FOR EVERY SINGLE LETTER AND SPACEBAR PRESS.... making it so ESC doesn't give you a quick out....

Just resign yourself to dropping with people you were born conjoined with.

[Tekadept]

Tarman, on 11 March 2013 - 12:46 AM, said:

This is patently silly. It's combat, not a literary discourse. It needs to be fast. Right now it is not fast.

Now you are being silly, You talk about needing to be fast and yet you want backspace to work for combat chat? Imagine you are right in the thick of battle if you are a PUG you need to be able to relay information very quickly. You worrying about even needing to use a backspace at all is a great concern to me. As a teammate i dont care if your spelling is perfect

So if you type in below
"Engage Alpa as primrary"
Do you mean to tell me you are going to look at it, go "Oh Noes i have spelling mistakes" and go use backspace to go and correct that typo before you hit enter thereby wasting valuable time?

My point anyway was perhaps more orientated towards the non "mission critica"l chat that occurs in game.

Edited by Tekadept, 11 March 2013 - 01:56 AM.