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Local Chat with EXTRA Feature!
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Nikk Narrel
Moonlit Bonsai
#21 - 2012-09-26 13:31:52 UTC
Help Local chat meet it's greatest potential!

Encourage more social contact in the game and discover friends waiting to fly with you!

Your pilot is the hero of their own story, shouldn't they connect with more just like them?

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Nikk Narrel
Moonlit Bonsai
#22 - 2012-10-04 15:45:13 UTC
Enjoy chatting using local chat!

It's more than a list of pilots interested in the system, it's a list of pilots who have that in common with you!

Form fleets, enjoy PvP, reap the benefits of teamwork with like minded players in your area of EVE!

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Alexila Quant
Versatility Production Corporation' LLC
#23 - 2012-10-04 15:57:14 UTC  |  Edited by: Alexila Quant
Yeah let me subscribe to the entire pipe I live on the other side of so I can see when someone is coming 5 jumps out without needing someone to scout Roll

/sarcasm. In case you're dense.
Nikk Narrel
Moonlit Bonsai
#24 - 2012-10-04 16:03:12 UTC
Alexila Quant wrote:
Yeah let me subscribe to the entire pipe I live on the other side of so I can see when someone is coming 5 jumps out without needing someone to scout Roll

/sarcasm. In case you're dense.

Goodness, it sounds like you are using a chat channel for intel gathering.

Meh, not so sure that is the best use of a chat channel. For starters, you would see everyone else who had subscribed like you.
I would hope they at least said hi to you, as you seem to expect noone to talk to in the system your ship is in.

You deserve to not be lonely... with my idea, you would have local chat filled with everyone who also had interest in that system. With you actually present in it, your comments and opinions in that channel would be sure to be of interest.

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Gizznitt Malikite
Agony Unleashed
Agony Empire
#25 - 2012-10-04 19:45:23 UTC

I personally think this is brilliant....

I would add one caveat.... I'd also like some intel tool that lets me determine the number of ships in space and/or system.

Nikk Narrel
Moonlit Bonsai
#26 - 2012-10-04 20:03:25 UTC
Gizznitt Malikite wrote:

I personally think this is brilliant....

I would add one caveat.... I'd also like some intel tool that lets me determine the number of ships in space and/or system.


Ahh, for intel purposes I had another thread. You may have already seen it.

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=112964&find=unread

If I am not mistaken, you also had an idea or two on this.

Perhaps if people consider what they are missing in a chat channel being used AS a chat channel, they may be willing to consider more appropriate means of gathering intel.

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Nikk Narrel
Moonlit Bonsai
#27 - 2012-10-05 17:52:14 UTC
It makes me wonder, just how popular would the Jita channel become?

Would certain systems become associated with certain topics?

Is it possible role playing might actually occur more visibly?

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Gypsio III
Questionable Ethics.
Ministry of Inappropriate Footwork
#28 - 2012-10-05 19:26:42 UTC
Easily the best idea I've seen on this forum.
Mary Annabelle
Moonlit Bonsai
#29 - 2012-10-08 15:18:47 UTC
Still full of awesome and win.
Alice Saki
Nocturnal Romance
Cynosural Field Theory.
#30 - 2012-10-08 15:20:50 UTC
Remove Local ;)

FREEZE! Drop the LIKES AND WALK AWAY! - Currenly rebuilding gaming machine, I will Return.
Nikk Narrel
Moonlit Bonsai
#31 - 2012-10-08 15:31:38 UTC
Alice Saki wrote:
Remove Local ;)

I fully understand the intent, and agree with that aspect.

But if you could keep local, useful ONLY as a chat channel, wouldn't that be even better?

It's use as intel has a proven chilling effect on conversations that would normally take place there.

People trying to travel through risky areas, are afraid to type things into chat:

It draws attention to them.
It means they have to lose a second in response time in the event of trouble.

If they could simply subscribe to a system channel instead, they would be able to chat freely. They aren't there to be found by hostiles with nothing better to do. They also could be in a safe spot or docked up, so no need to worry about lost response time.

Bring back our social channels!

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Alice Saki
Nocturnal Romance
Cynosural Field Theory.
#32 - 2012-10-08 15:45:36 UTC
oh am I only the only person who says hello in every system I pass through? :D

FREEZE! Drop the LIKES AND WALK AWAY! - Currenly rebuilding gaming machine, I will Return.
Nikk Narrel
Moonlit Bonsai
#33 - 2012-10-09 14:05:10 UTC
Alice Saki wrote:
oh am I only the only person who says hello in every system I pass through? :D

I wish I knew more like you!

Social interaction, it can be fun!

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Panchatantra
Bunnie Slayers
#34 - 2012-10-10 15:55:10 UTC
I fully support the development of local chat into a purely social tool, or wormhole style, not the free intel tool it is now.
+1
DJ P0N-3
Table Flippendeavors
#35 - 2012-10-10 17:28:21 UTC
I want to see how fast Jita local will scroll with 50k people in it.
Teshania
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#36 - 2012-10-10 17:30:08 UTC
Shocked what a new crazy way of 'Dealing' with local. Some say are just through it out the window. Others say leave it alone its fine.

Now you make the suggestion to allow Anyone from anywhere join the chat channel. What a way to mess up low/null sec intel gathering tool Twisted I love it..


Teach them lazy local lovers to use d-scan!

We need a Bounty Button on the Forums
Nikk Narrel
Moonlit Bonsai
#37 - 2012-10-10 17:35:50 UTC
DJ P0N-3 wrote:
I want to see how fast Jita local will scroll with 50k people in it.

First come first serve, although myself i would want a way to opt out of seeing Jita at all.

Seriously, local there has a negative value when it is spammed with con artists trying to fool people.

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Gypsio III
Questionable Ethics.
Ministry of Inappropriate Footwork
#38 - 2012-10-10 19:35:15 UTC
Nikk Narrel wrote:
Seriously, local there has a negative value when it is spammed with con artists trying to fool people.


While it would be nice to ban all the spambots in Jita, I think a sensible interim measure would be to allow people to opt out of Jita local if they so desire. Indeed, the more people choose to opt out of Jita local, the less worthwhile it will be to run spambots there. CCP would be giving the players a useful tool to solve the spambot problem.

Of course, this wouldn't work very well if the spambots just moved to Amarr or Rens, so it makes little sense to restrict the opt-out option to Jita only.
Gizznitt Malikite
Agony Unleashed
Agony Empire
#39 - 2012-10-10 22:01:28 UTC
Gypsio III wrote:
Nikk Narrel wrote:
Seriously, local there has a negative value when it is spammed with con artists trying to fool people.


While it would be nice to ban all the spambots in Jita, I think a sensible interim measure would be to allow people to opt out of Jita local if they so desire. Indeed, the more people choose to opt out of Jita local, the less worthwhile it will be to run spambots there. CCP would be giving the players a useful tool to solve the spambot problem.

Of course, this wouldn't work very well if the spambots just moved to Amarr or Rens, so it makes little sense to restrict the opt-out option to Jita only.


I want to Opt in to the < insert nullbear system > local chat channel.... That way I can say high to all my friends in < nullbear alliance >
Nikk Narrel
Moonlit Bonsai
#40 - 2012-10-11 13:41:09 UTC
Gizznitt Malikite wrote:
I want to Opt in to the < insert nullbear system > local chat channel.... That way I can say high to all my friends in < nullbear alliance >

There is no good reason why this is not possible.

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