Suggestion: Allow us to Disable (Ally) chat in Alliance Battles - Guild Wars Guru archive powered by Guild Wars Legacy

RTSFirebat

The Humanoid Typhoon

Join Date: May 2005

UK

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

14 Jun 2006 at 07:04 - 1

The idea is simple... allow us to turn Ally chat off during Alliance battles at least give us the option to. Just ally chat, not the chat of your own team, which is all you can do at the moment.

I've been in a few matches where someone of another team has continued to spam target attack over and over again, like this:

(Ally) Player Name is Targetting Kuzick Ranger
(Ally) Player Name is Targetting Kuzick Ranger
(Ally) Player Name is Targetting Kuzick Ranger
(Ally) Player Name is Targetting Kuzick Ranger
(Ally) Player Name is Using Mending
(Ally) Player Name is Targetting Kuzick Monk
(Ally) Player Name is Targetting Kuzick Monk
(Ally) Player Name is Using I Will Avenge You!
(Ally) Player Name is Using Healing Breeze

Now I figured by turning off team chat I can remove this, but all it did was disable my own team's chat! I could still see everyone elses, along with this above spam.

The best idea would be allowing us disable chat for different teams or people. Not just all or none.

Swinging Fists

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

W/Mo

14 Jun 2006 at 08:12 - 2

So, you're saying when you uncheck the "Team" box, you still see the "Ally" chat ? I think I understand that to be what you mean, but I would think it should behave just like your own team. It doesn't ?

Zui

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Benecia Renovatio [RenO]

Mo/

14 Jun 2006 at 09:23 - 3

/signed

This is pretty stupid.

Phades

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

14 Jun 2006 at 09:24 - 4

It would have been nice if it was a filter to its self, so that it wasnt just linked to the team chat. How it always exists, despite turning off team chat seems almost like a bug though.

RTSFirebat

The Humanoid Typhoon

Join Date: May 2005

UK

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

14 Jun 2006 at 09:36 - 5

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swinging Fists

So, you're saying when you uncheck the "Team" box, you still see the "Ally" chat ? I think I understand that to be what you mean, but I would think it should behave just like your own team. It doesn't ?

Yes, even with "Team" chat turned off, you can still see other people's chat. Sometimes it useful, sometimes it isn't.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phades

It would have been nice if it was a filter to its self, so that it wasnt just linked to the team chat. How it always exists, despite turning off team chat seems almost like a bug though.

I think its a "bug" of sorts, which has been created due to the odd why the have allowed us to see other teams chat.

Helll is for Heroes

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2005

True Cinema

W/

14 Jun 2006 at 10:09 - 6

/signed, there really has to be an option for this.

Navaros

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2005

Mo/Me

14 Jun 2006 at 11:55 - 7

/signed

Most of the time I don't need to see what "allies" are saying as it's never useful anyways. Would love to have an option to turn that off.

master_of_puppets

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

I dont like guilds...

Mo/E

14 Jun 2006 at 13:25 - 8

/signed

I dont do alliance battles often since someone always quits and so many people go afk so they get free faction even if they lose and its infested with touch rangers, MM's etc. (flesh golem is seriously overpowered btw)
but when I have done it, the Ally chat was pretty annoying and there were a lot of spammers and pointless messages.

Tarun

Technician's Corner Moderator

Join Date: Jan 2006

The TARDIS

http://www.lunarsoft.net/ http://forums.lunarsoft.net/

14 Jun 2006 at 14:08 - 9

/signed

Also need to disable the annoying hench talk, but hopefully this will cover that.

RTSFirebat

The Humanoid Typhoon

Join Date: May 2005

UK

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

14 Jun 2006 at 14:10 - 10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tarun

/signed

Also need to disable the annoying hench talk, but hopefully this will cover that.

Henchmen talk is a different issue all together, and has nothing to do with Alliance Battles.

But thanks for the /signed

Curse You

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

South Pole

The Magus Order

N/Mo

14 Jun 2006 at 15:14 - 11

A simpler solution would be to change it so that only typed messages go through. That way if one person in one of the three teams want to tell the rest of their team what to attack, they can do so without bugging everyone else. But then if one team needs help, they can type a message to the whole group to help them out.

Oh and for all you people who apparently didn't do the Factions PVE preview or don't get how an Alliance battle works, the Ally chat is a highly usefull tool. It enables you to organize the three teams so that they have some idea of what the others are going to be doing, without telling everyone in the battle (i.e. the enemy).

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/Mo

14 Jun 2006 at 15:28 - 12

I usually just say "Quit spamming or my team will ragequit" XD

AW Lore

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2006

Ancient Warriors Gaming Clan

W/Mo

14 Jun 2006 at 15:28 - 13

funny enough, some time before the update, people where complaining about not being able to see what their allies where saying, now that they can see what they are saying, they want to disable it.

gotta love life

RTSFirebat

The Humanoid Typhoon

Join Date: May 2005

UK

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

14 Jun 2006 at 16:39 - 14

Quote:

Originally Posted by AW Lore

funny enough, some time before the update, people where complaining about not being able to see what their allies where saying, now that they can see what they are saying, they want to disable it.

gotta love life

No...

Most team and ally chatter is informative, not when its pointless spam from a griefier.

The idea is not to disable it, is to give the OPTION TO disable when the situation is right.

Same reason we are able to disable local and trade chat for example.

AW Lore

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2006

Ancient Warriors Gaming Clan

W/Mo

14 Jun 2006 at 20:33 - 15

pointless spam that before the update we didnt see

anyway, this happens everywhere, team, random, (maybe HA) and the fort aspenwood where someone would spam it saying

"im using flare on luxon long bow"
"im using flare on luxon long bow"
"im using flare on luxon long bow"

etc.

personally, i would love the option to personally ignore just a single persone like:
everyone has a checkbox next to their name, as long as its checked, youll be able to see what he says, if you uncheck it, you would no longer see whatever he writes in all/team chat.

this option would only be usable at missions/explorable areas.

RTSFirebat

The Humanoid Typhoon

Join Date: May 2005

UK

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

15 Jun 2006 at 06:34 - 16

Quote:

Originally Posted by AW Lore

personally, i would love the option to personally ignore just a single persone like:
everyone has a checkbox next to their name, as long as its checked, youll be able to see what he says, if you uncheck it, you would no longer see whatever he writes in all/team chat.

this option would only be usable at missions/explorable areas.

Don't think that is going to happen, or A.net would have already added it in.

Most we can hope for is a new tab called "Ally" which we can click on and off like all the other tabs.

Sientir

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

At DigiPen.

Biscuit of Dewm [MEEP]

15 Jun 2006 at 07:12 - 17

Quote:

Originally Posted by RTSFirebat

Don't think that is going to happen, or A.net would have already added it in.

Most we can hope for is a new tab called "Ally" which we can click on and off like all the other tabs.

Um, isn't it called Ignore? Anyway, if you want to "shut up" one person, you could just temporarily throw them on the ignore list, couldn't you? Or does this text get around that? If so, that should definately be fixed.

Zui

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Benecia Renovatio [RenO]

Mo/

15 Jun 2006 at 07:59 - 18

Havent tryed ignore, but sure, let's open our friends list and type in someones name that's probably full of mispellings, random letters, or isin't even in english... Yeah good idea.

Swinging Fists

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

W/Mo

15 Jun 2006 at 08:13 - 19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zui

Havent tryed ignore, but sure, let's open our friends list and type in someones name that's probably full of mispellings, random letters, or isin't even in english... Yeah good idea.

Or you could cut and paste it, although I don't think this should have to be the solution. Maybe a temporary one.

So, why do we have the "Trade" channel in explorable areas and missions ? Perhaps the "Trade" channel checkbox could morph into "Allies" during AB's, etc...

RTSFirebat

The Humanoid Typhoon

Join Date: May 2005

UK

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R/

15 Jun 2006 at 08:20 - 20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swinging Fists

Or you could cut and paste it, although I don't think this should have to be the solution. Maybe a temporary one.

So, why do we have the "Trade" channel in explorable areas and missions ? Perhaps the "Trade" channel checkbox could morph into "Allies" during AB's, etc...

Temp one, but not ideal. My Ignore list is almost full, and only people who go on there are abusive players, not silly spammers.

Besides why should I be forced to cut and past names and remove them during and after Alliance Battles.

An "Ally" chat toggle is the only solution.

RTSFirebat

The Humanoid Typhoon

Join Date: May 2005

UK

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

16 Jun 2006 at 09:07 - 21

/bump

Want to generate some more feedback to this to see what people think.

Zui

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Benecia Renovatio [RenO]

Mo/

16 Jun 2006 at 10:51 - 22

/signed

Ok, so I already signed, but this merrits re-signing.

shardfenix

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

Il Power Overwhelming Il [HaX]

24 Jul 2006 at 09:07 - 23

Player X (Ally): Guys we need help in the middle
Player Y (Ally): can anybody hear us???
Player X (Ally): omfg ever since anet added that ally filter thing we've never won a 12v12.