16 replies to this topic

[Davers]

I really don't see why PGI was worried about this.

It's hidden away in the Faction tab, which is a screen that most people spend very little time on. In fact, if you are in a group only the leader actually has to look at the tab. I thought it would have been placed in the same location as Unit Chat and other Notifications, but it's not. I don't feel it has been implemented in a way that is actually useful.

[G SE7EN7]

Agreed, its useless.

[Crockdaddy]

Not sure it was so much PGI as it was the negative nancies who populate the forums.

[pwnface]

I think it is a good idea but poor implementation. Players can't see or use faction chat when they are in queue or in a match. If players could opt in/out of faction chat through text command it would be a much better system. Maybe pressing "F" instead of "T" or "Y" could open a faction chat option in matches. Another hotkey could enable/disable faction chat messages.

[Davers]

pwnface, on 22 February 2015 - 02:55 PM, said:

I think it is a good idea but poor implementation. Players can't see or use faction chat when they are in queue or in a match. If players could opt in/out of faction chat through text command it would be a much better system. Maybe pressing "F" instead of "T" or "Y" could open a faction chat option in matches. Another hotkey could enable/disable faction chat messages.

Players should be able to disable it, and it should be located in the little social box where we get other Chat options and Notifications. Maybe have the box flash a different colour for Faction Chat compared to the other messages.

[SpajN]

Everything about chat functionality currently sucks. Even just chatting with people on your friendslist is a hassle. Who ever designed chat windows that HAS to be in focus when you chat? Just look at starcraft2's battle.net on how to properly do chat functionality and battlenet is just average.

[Necromantion]

The setup of the UI is garbage id blame that.

[Caustic Canid]

I agree that it was poorly implemented. Hopefully the Looking for Group functionality they are planning to release next month will help a bit.

[EGG]

How is it meant to work? I assumed PGI were going to implement a Faction Chat where I can talk to any or all of the other members in my Faction and therefore find people looking to fill groups.

Either I'm missing something, or no-one else is talking in there. I spent 8 hours in there on Sat while mowing the lawn, watching TV, playing some pub queue and occasionally yelling out in the Faction window.

What am I missing?

[Necromantion]

Just the current UI is crap, you cant have multiple windows open, bugs everywhere, its just a REALLY poorly set up social interface.

As someone said before, these guys need to look at other games from makers like blizzard and whatnot for what a lobby chatroom should work like.

[Mirkk Defwode]

I've yet to see anyone talk in faction chat, and really the chat window should be a singular floating window with tabs that's available at all times.

Having it hidden in the social menu or hidden in the faction menu just makes it so you're forced into sitting on those screens while attempting to chat versus the multitude of other things you could be doing at the same time.

[Prawfutt]

Something we noticed last night.

While in a Faction Group your "Faction Chat" changes to "Faction Group Chat"

which result in

If you are in a Faction group that is not full and want to invite more players you have to
Leave Faction Group
Find Players
Have them friend the group leader
group leader invites
get re invited yourself to faction group

TL:DR Chat technology in this game is almost on par with The Pony Express

[-Natural Selection-]

PGI install WarThunder and look at its AllChat. I know it will probably get tweaked some, and appreciate the effort but it really isn't functional atm.

[Divine Retribution]

Basically nobody uses faction chat. On the plus side when you have 11 players waiting to drop on a planet you can't even access the chat to point out "Planet XYZ needs 1 more player". Then if the group drops from the queue to call for another player (that probably won't see the faction chat), when the group returns they notice half the solo players left the queue after they did...

Faction chat: great idea, needs work on the implementation.

[Marvyn Dodgers]

Moving to patch feedback

[ShinVector]

G SE7EN7, on 22 February 2015 - 02:40 PM, said:

Agreed, its useless.

I think it is more sad, when I just realise I had totally forgotten about it.

Maybe they are concerned that faction chat tab would make the social tab flash or something.

[Ironwithin]

ShinVector, on 23 February 2015 - 07:27 PM, said:

I think it is more sad, when I just realise I had totally forgotten about it.

Maybe they are concerned that faction chat tab would make the social tab flash or something.

They weren't that concerned about it when they introduced units ... *flash flash* *flash flash flash*