So, big debate about upcoming patch with at lest 8 pages of notes. Any answers?

[Taaltos]

Chat & VOIP – Yes, this isn’t going off the list. We know. We hear it. We see it.

Keep reading about the above quote in each of the Dev Blogs.

What is in the work for the in-game chat box? Will we be getting a more tradition MMO style box to interact with other players in? It's been noted in dozen of threads and dozens of arguments, that it is very lacking, in many many ways.

From no /invite <player name> to /claninvite <playername> to no /tell <playername>

Are these things we can expect to get addressed, or is the current chat box all we get, with maybe a code tweak to improve it's current state only?

I've been arguing FOR the Developers quite adamantly that it's in the works to fixed, and I hope to high heaven that a fix doesn't mean just that, a little code tweak. Can we expect more tradition chat box functionality? At least for the PC version?

Concerning VOIP it's buggy too, but that seems to be more of a Console issue, let them have a flawless VOIP, let PC User use VENT/TS3/Mumble and a highly functional chat box.


Any word?

And yes, I know I'm breaking my own rules concerning starting threads, but, too many people want to know more specifics.

[Taaltos]

Anyone else feel the same?

[bleuzarro]

haha it cracks me up when people quote themselves, but yes I am interested in hearing a response about this. We'll see if they ever do. Which I highly doubt. They may do another big PR release on their blog hinting at some of this, but I doubt a direct response. Maybe if we start insulting each other they'll be forced to intervene.

[Taaltos]

[i]haha it cracks me up when people quote themselves[b], but yes I am interested in hearing a response about this. We'll see if they ever do. Which I highly doubt. They may do another big PR release on their blog hinting at some of this, but I doubt a direct response. Maybe if we start insulting each other they'll be forced to intervene.

Jerk! lol. Was out of habit. xD

[Folly]

Really not the proper section for a discussion of game features.

But yes, I agree. Chat window needs to be more like other MMO's. It also needs to work; half of the time I type a message and it goes nowhere, like the chat server is down. And if the chat server is in fact down, at least return a message indicating such so that I know for sure wtf is going on.

Need an option to permanently turn off voice. I hate having to go through the horrible menus every time I join a co-op and muting voice yet again.

And, sad to say it, but these types of interface overhauls need to come after fixes for the many actual bugs that plague Defiance.

[Taaltos]

Really not the proper section for a discussion of game features.

But yes, I agree. Chat window needs to be more like other MMO's. It also needs to work; half of the time I type a message and it goes nowhere, like the chat server is down. And if the chat server is in fact down, at least return a message indicating such so that I know for sure wtf is going on.

Need an option to permanently turn off voice. I hate having to go through the horrible menus every time I join a co-op and muting voice yet again.

And, sad to say it, but these types of interface overhauls need to come after fixes for the many actual bugs that plague Defiance.

Uh. Tech Support - Bugs - and Issues isn't the right place?! The dev's even call it an issue.

Yeah, the overhaul can come later, we'd just like to know if it's coming.

[Folly]

Tech Support, Bug Reports and Issues. It's for getting support with technical problems, and reporting bugs and issues. You aren't trying to report a new issue, you are trying to discuss known issues. That's General Discussion or Gameplay Discussion territory.

[Xendhaius]

Keep reading about the above quote in each of the Dev Blogs.

What is in the work for the in-game chat box? Will we be getting a more tradition MMO style box to interact with other players in? It's been noted in dozen of threads and dozens of arguments, that it is very lacking, in many many ways.

From no /invite <player name> to /claninvite <playername> to no /tell <playername>

Are these things we can expect to get addressed, or is the current chat box all we get, with maybe a code tweak to improve it's current state only?

I've been arguing FOR the Developers quite adamantly that it's in the works to fixed, and I hope to high heaven that a fix doesn't mean just that, a little code tweak. Can we expect more tradition chat box functionality? At least for the PC version?

Concerning VOIP it's buggy too, but that seems to be more of a Console issue, let them have a flawless VOIP, let PC User use VENT/TS3/Mumble and a highly functional chat box.


Any word?

And yes, I know I'm breaking my own rules concerning starting threads, but, too many people want to know more specifics.

Those commands are in Defiance... For a full list of them type /help in-game.

[Taaltos]

Those commands are in Defiance... For a full list of them type /help in-game.

Well, Holy Shtako, you're 100% right.

Full functional chat box.

It's just broken then.

If I could kiss you on the mouth Xendhauis I would!

Very glad to know.

Well, then here's hoping we get an always visible and scalable option.

This just made my day.