Just had to point out, that Local chat is not nearly as small as the OP implies.

It's limited to your zone, yes, but the zones are absolutely huge (so you'll be talking to 100s of people). World chat would be alright, sure... but I think I'd much rather stick w/ a guild / alliance chat like in the first game. Less spam that way.

I say we should try to put aside our preconceptions of mmo gameplay and how we've played mmos in the past and try out no general chat as part of the comprehensive design presented to us in GW2.

We want something different.  We want something groundbreaking.  Yet, many cling to their fond memories of using general chat to alert the population of events, trade, socialize while solo grinding, looking for guilds, or just talking smack.  I believe that this decision is integrated into the entire package.  The design of the game itself by the developers.  Not just an afterthought to artificially force people into immersion.

I'm not sure if I will like it.  I remember positive and negative aspects of general chat in other games.  But if that's the way GW2 has been designed, I feel I will benefit from trying it out with an open mind to experience something new rather than judge the game non-playable because I can't imagine how I can live without it.

Originally posted by Distopia

Originally posted by Elikal

 

A wiser man as myself once said to me, you can only shield yourself from experience. You can't shield yourself just from bad experience. You can isolate yourself, fearing to meet bad people. But you will remain alone as the result.

I think that is worth pondering.

I doubt that wiser man had videogames in mind when saying that.

And I doubt Mr Emmerson had web forums in mind when he made his quote, in your sig ......   just sayin

Wait, does this mean there will be no gold farmer spamming?

Originally posted by Arcona

Wait, does this mean there will be no gold farmer spamming?

Gold selling may be in the form of:

"Pssst hey buddy.  Looks like you're having fun.  Want to have MORE fun?"

Originally posted by Elikal

Originally posted by Adalwulff

Originally posted by TwoThreeFour

Originally posted by Adalwulff

Originally posted by crossfire3

Originally posted by Vorthanion

You're nothing but a bunch of spiteful people.  If you turn off the general chat channels anwyay, then why begrudge people the tools they like to use for socializing?  What I find amazing is that many of you who hate general chat channels are the very same people I've seen who hate soloers and demand games that require everyone to group.  There's a term for people like you.  Control Freaks!

+ 10, no one can justify not having a general chat when EVERYONE has the option to turn it off, stop trying to ruin it for the people who actually enjoy general chat.

 

You mean the people who enjoy spamming and trolling other people in general chat? Because I see more of that, than any other form of discussion.

You also get people selling stuff, and LFG in gen chat, instead of the other channels. Or you get gen chat in LFG channels. Have you ever tried LFG when everyone is spamming?

You talk about not being fair, what about the people who are trying to find a group, in a multiplayer game!

People trying to find a group still have whatever grouping system GW2 intended to have, regardless of whether general chat exists or not. The General Chat is OPTIONAL, much like the item mall: you only use it if you choose to. 

You miss my point, the gen chat channel is always abused, and used for purposes other than what it was designed for, so Anet got rid of it. AS you can see, many people here support it.

And try to stay on topic, this is not about the CS.

Language is abused.

Internet is abused.

Children are abused.

Do you want to forbid speech, internet and children as well?

Kind of extreme, and the answer is no.

But back to the gen chat channel, its being abused, Anet found another solution, sorry you didnt like it. TERA is over that way ---->