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Would the game be more alive if?

AlbinorockAlbinorock
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edited July 2017 in General Chat
Would the game be more alive if they removed smegas and added World Chat.
World Chat being you can talk to anyone in the same world. Kinda like smega but for free.
Maybe have channel chat as well.
The game would feel and seem more alive which would invite more players in, but Nexon will never do that cause smega = money.
Thoughts?
Would the game be more alive that way?

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  • FennekinFennekin
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    edited July 2017
    Would seeing/using said chat be voluntary? I'd hate to get spammed by everyone in the server/channel. Even if there was a cooldown on messages, it'd still be flooded lol. And a cooldown would sorta defeat the purpose of such a chat. Maybe if said chats were based on proximity? Like maybe same continent or area? Also make sure to allow people to hide the chat... we don't really need to add to the gachapon/pssb announcement spam lol.
  • AKradianAKradian
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    edited July 2017
    That sounds absolutely terrifying.
    Would definitely need a toggle to opt out.
    Its2Sharp4ULilyflowerKerBansot
  • chaoscauserchaoscauser
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    edited July 2017
    It would feel more alive, but it wouldn't be alive, population won't increase because of it but it would bring players together more perhaps
    Traveler5577
  • RailBirdRailBird
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    edited July 2017
    I've played games with a global channel and it's literally the worst thing you could do to a game. It's 98% spam, vulgar language and people calling each other out. The other 2% is people accidentally using the wrong channel.
    If anything I'd like to see an option to disable the smega animations because they cause massive lag spikes every time they pop up.
  • chaoscauserchaoscauser
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    edited July 2017
    RailBird wrote: »
    I've played games with a global channel and it's literally the worst thing you could do to a game. It's 98% spam, vulgar language and people calling each other out. The other 2% is people accidentally using the wrong channel.
    If anything I'd like to see an option to disable the smega animations because they cause massive lag spikes every time they pop up.

    and most people who use smegas use the same language or spam with trash
  • DarkPassengerDarkPassenger
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    edited July 2017
    How about a toggle to toggle everything.

    Why wouldn't it just be in a different tab, like guild chat, party chat, alliance chat, battle chat. only just add world chat.
  • PetalmagicPetalmagic
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    edited July 2017
    RailBird wrote: »
    I've played games with a global channel and it's literally the worst thing you could do to a game. It's 98% spam, vulgar language and people calling each other out. The other 2% is people accidentally using the wrong channel.
    If anything I'd like to see an option to disable the smega animations because they cause massive lag spikes every time they pop up.

    Ugh...and the GOLD SELLERS. WHen I played a game with Global channel...thats about all I saw. Had to mute it cuz it was super annoying and was a very bright color =3=
  • JettLuvsUJettLuvsU
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    edited July 2017
    We had this and it was bad.
    Mostly because of the lag it caused because of a bug.
    I kinda liked the idea, but it seem like it was forgotten by the devs.
    Excuse me if I'm wrong in any way.
  • DarkPassengerDarkPassenger
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    edited July 2017
    MaplerOver9000 wrote: »
    We had this and it was bad.
    Mostly because of the lag it caused because of a bug.
    I kinda liked the idea, but it seem like it was forgotten by the devs.
    Excuse me if I'm wrong in any way.

    I remember this, it did cause lag and they removed it accordingly.
  • SockerfriSockerfri
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    edited July 2017
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  • AlbinorockAlbinorock
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    edited July 2017
    I can see where everyone is coming from. I forgot about gold sellers and the toxic community. But yeah, having a toggle would be nice heck even a smega toggle would be great but it'll never happen.
    Just wanted your input. Thanks.
  • ZephyrusSpringZephyrusSpring
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    edited July 2017
    Would the game be more alive if <thing> was free? Yes.
  • XionicomadXionicomad
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    edited July 2017
    Game is very much alive. It just isn't booming like it was at its peak in the past.