Defiance : The Silent MMO

[ironhands]

I just checked out DCUO video, that game has so many place without enemies attacking player on sight which makes it easy to stop moving and bring up chat keyboard. Compared to Defiance, enemies everywhere, busy shooting to stay alive, no chance to type.

most MMORPG are like that, there's plenty of time to stop and chat, as well as the fact that most console players don't have a keyboard connected. The focus was on local communication, primarily by voice. I think most of the people complaining about the poor text chat are PC players

[jazz]

the game is one of the quietest mmos I have played no doubt but with a more robust global chat comes ,guild recruitment spam, trade spam, and script selling spam

so imho I can live with the quiet chat as a change of pace from other games I play where it seems I spend more time blocking/reporting spammers than actually playing the game

[Origami]

I agree - usually when I play - unless it's an Ark Fall, I don't see ANY chat. Neverwinter is just as bad, but at least people talk in Protector's Enclave, and sometimes in dungeons.

[Remag Div]

Main reason is lack of global chat. It's absurd it's still not added into the game.

[IGears]

the game is one of the quietest mmos I have played no doubt but with a more robust global chat comes ,guild recruitment spam, trade spam, and script selling spam

so imho I can live with the quiet chat as a change of pace from other games I play where it seems I spend more time blocking/reporting spammers than actually playing the game

Guild Recruitment spam, maybe....

Trade Spam, not likely it almost pointless trading unless it a purple or orange weapon you want. IMO the Forums or Auction house would work better to reduce that....

Scrip selling spam, not possible. can't trade anything for real money... Srip is almost pointless unless you are trading it for something .. you can pretty much do anything in the game with less than 30,000 scrip on you

[Phrase Universe]

Perhaps my most surprising disappointment in the game has to be the lack of communication and interaction between players in the open world. Granted you'll see other players and perhaps even assist them with Emergencies, Arkfalls, and Sieges, often successfully. However, this is usually done without any sort of communication and just as quickly everyone disperses once the task is done.


Is anyone bothered by this?

No not really. We have 15 or so people in our group, clan chat is always buzzing.

Besides, my text box gets spammed enough as is. The last thing I want to do is hear is a bunch of people saying "Yo I got orangez 4 trade son".

[Skeety]

I hope they're still working on making it right when they introduce voice and text chat enhancements. I'd like to see a keybind to ignore a current voice spammer, and another keybind to ignore the last text spammer, another for a working voice PTT feature and for voice chat to be impossible without using it. This game doesn't seem to me to be very conductive for text chat, too much action so voice chat would be better imo. I know the keybind for PTT shows up for some people in the Menus tab, but it still doesn't for me so I guess they've not enabled it again yet? I want voice chat, I want it a lot. I don't care if others don't, they're entitled to not use it but I want to use it with others that do too, if it has PTT, so that I don't have to play alone. I mean, I didn't buy a single player game by intention. I want to interact with others and not just see them, but I don't want the expectations on me that I feel a clan or guild represents either.

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And seriously, console users, get a cheap keyboard plugged in! Even if you don't use it much. I can't believe the claims that you folks don't know you can do that, that seems a little insulting.

[Spann]

Perhaps my most surprising disappointment in the game has to be the lack of communication and interaction between players in the open world. Granted you'll see other players and perhaps even assist them with Emergencies, Arkfalls, and Sieges, often successfully. However, this is usually done without any sort of communication and just as quickly everyone disperses once the task is done.


Is anyone bothered by this?

I forgot where I read it..but social aspect is something they are actively working on.