System chat

[Tunicle]

With complaints about server activity would it make sense to make default chat system rather than local.

The background chatter would liven things up and increase the RP atmosphere.

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[Pilip]

Briliant ideea. Ever since i first logged here i was wondering whi isn't so instead of only 14k area chat, it would give some sort of immersion and the feeling that there is actually something going on not just dead silent space...therefore a reason to log and simply move around and discover... (skype is on skype and Discovery is on the game server i'm i right?) Briliant
The group chat and PM will have the same usefullness.

[aakopa]

No bad idea, that makes more oorp spam to system chat.

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[Tunicle]

No bad idea, that makes more oorp spam to system chat.

That hardly adds anything to the discussion, utilising a rule breaking scenario to make a statement.

ooRP is not supposed to happen in local or system chat, if it annoys you report it.

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[DragonRider]

Don't you think the chat whould be cluttered with several groups RPing seperately?
For most active systems at least.

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[Tunicle]

Don't you think the chat whould be cluttered with several groups RPing seperately?
For most active systems at least.

Possibly but it that good or bad?

Would a tighter communication protocol not be needed and thus increase the basic RP?

Would it not alert people to active rp? Active pirates, active police etc.?

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[Dratai]

Oh, so now when a Pirate shows up or a smuggler is dodging a lawful, everyone in system will know and start looking for you?

I don't know.
There's already a system wide chat built in.
The default is your 14k and I think it should remain that way.
You will notice that even the NPCs don't transmit further than about 5k at most with the natural background chatter.

Unless by the same token, you want all background chatter also to blare system-wide at all times and make you ears bleed...?

[Pilip]

No bad idea, that makes more oorp spam to system chat.

First it will be oorp as much as it has always been (or maybe less if you look at the numbers); This is the way you put it: better an empty system(and inevitably game) than a Populated one with guaranteed encounters, where everyone navigates around knowing that it might be fun So stick around! the quantity of RP or OORP depends on the people....and untill now i haven't seen any measure able to efficiently make things the way we like it so...Whi throw everything be cause of that?
As for me i have been shoot while typing my reply to enemy a zilion times and when i stopped offering that and instead i engaged i was a rule breaker and sanctioned..so in the end i have given up trying to play any role...; but something like this might spice up things a bit or more regardless the situation for everyone, it could be Colourfull !

[sindroms]

Didn't we push for almost a year or so about local chat being set as default...?

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[Tunicle]

Oh, so now when a Pirate shows up or a smuggler is dodging a lawful, everyone in system will know and start looking for you?

Why not, one of the current problems in Disco is that actions and toys are demanded without much responsibility attached. If wishing to pirate why not let the system know, pirates may have to RP a bit more than sitting at one point asking 20 million or die.

Unless by the same token, you want all background chatter also to blare system-wide at all times and make you ears bleed...?

Why does that follow? They are NPC's and not active RPers in same manner as a non-npc is.

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