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Trade Hub Chat Channels

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major980
ButtLiquor
#1 - 2014-05-20 00:23:51 UTC
Hello fellow capsuleers!

I've spent a lot of time in trade hubs in local chatting with fellow traders and scammers but when I have to leave I cannot talk to all the people I've met unless I go back to the trade hub, which is not very usual for me.

My Idea/Suggestion is that every Trade Hub will be polled and all chat will be redirected to a channel tagged with the trade hub's name. This way everyone will be able to watch and respond to anyone in the trade hub and they can stay in touch wherever they are.

Pros and Cons:

Pros:

Influence trade

Easily connect with more people

Spam Free design:
The idea is that all responses will be polled but people in local will not see any responses for that the new channel will have unless they are in the new channel.

Once you join the new channel you will exit your current channel if you are already in a trade-hub's local. This way you won't be double posting yourself.

Cons:

Moderation will be key, if you can spam in any system like it was a trade hub there will be a lot more action

Limits will need to be set, Just like a system cannot get too overcrowded

The channel might need to be strictly trade or strictly conversation, even local systems can get annoying

Thanks guys and gals for reading and let me know what you think :)
Cade Windstalker
#2 - 2014-05-20 02:21:15 UTC
This runs counter to the sand-box nature of Eve by engraving trade-hubs into the game code rather than letting them organically evolve and change. This creates a disadvantage for anyone trading outside of these hubs.

Also your suggestion removes you from local, which has other uses even in a trade-hub besides trading.

Poorly thought out idea overall IMO.
major980
ButtLiquor
#3 - 2014-05-23 22:39:51 UTC
Bump
admiral root
Red Galaxy
#4 - 2014-05-24 00:52:03 UTC
Or you could just set up your own chat channel and invite all the spammers, scammers and the two legit guys into it.

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