Mortal Online Forum » General Discussion » The only problem with MO not having a "/whisper" function

Originally posted by oakthornn

Originally posted by jaspr180

Originally posted by oakthornn

One thing I'd like to know is, will there at least be a guild and group chat function?

 

There will be some sort of guild stone upgrade for guild chat.       Why though, doesent everyone use TS or Vent?

 

  I use vent and or TS when I have to during Raids or If the guild requires me to, but I HATE being in vent all the time. There's times where I can't and don't feel like hearing those cheetos crunching, slurpy sipping, incredibly loud and obnoxious guildmates. EVERY guild has at least a few of them people!  There's times I like to relax, focus, and or listen to music while I play. 

Personally, I'm not trying to hate on MO, but not having a whisper function is going a little overboard with it's attempt at creating a super realistic MMO..  That and not having a 3rd person view is my biggest problems with the game.. I'm not playing a FPS game. I'm sick of devs trying to incorporate as many FPS elements into newer MMO's.. That's what's really destroying the Genre.. But, guess that's a different topic for a different day..

 

But there is a whisper function, so I dont really know what you are on about, the message will just have a delay, I welcome this, less spaming by people, less trash talk and more action, it will also make the trading/meeting hubs(read cities) more important since they are the way to exchange information.

One of the big flaws with pvp games is "RED HERE at X,Y,Z come and get him people!!" , "Guys come quickly im being ganked at X position" or  "/local guys rare mob here come and get it" sounds pretty idiotic to me.

Originally posted by anomaly_a

While that seems like a good idea, I think there will be a problem with whispers not being secure. It is a cool concept but some times utility outways creativity or realism. They almost need to have a secure chat device, because if i am having a personal conversation with someone that details real life information about myself i dont want someone to be able to hear that. And yes i know if you are typing your credit card number or social security number to someone over tells you probably deserve what's coming to you but in the case that you do send someone a tell with your login information, you will need some sort of secure way to communicate.

Out of game and/or sensisitve personal information I would just send using, wait for it, ..., email, maybe?

Originally posted by virre

Originally posted by anomaly_a

While that seems like a good idea, I think there will be a problem with whispers not being secure. It is a cool concept but some times utility outways creativity or realism. They almost need to have a secure chat device, because if i am having a personal conversation with someone that details real life information about myself i dont want someone to be able to hear that. And yes i know if you are typing your credit card number or social security number to someone over tells you probably deserve what's coming to you but in the case that you do send someone a tell with your login information, you will need some sort of secure way to communicate.

"-There will be messaging (like sending a message to your friend to arrange a meeting) by sending a pigeon, but the pigeon will have a delay, making it worthless in battle or when quick communication is needed."

And this way of communicating is secure.

 

 

 That system sounds way more fun tbh. A Pigeon :D what if it gets eaten by an eagle or intercepted lol that would be pretty cool.

But also very annoying on serious matters.

As long as there's a local chat or some way for me to verbally assaulting the noob i just pwnt, i'll be happy.

In Asheron's Call, the community has never been tighter than before they added global chat. The lack of such chat makes people gather and actually communicate instead of just standing in front of an auctioneer or a mailbox. Same for the lack of instant /whisper.

Not to mention the strategic element the lack of instant /whisper adds to a PvP game.

Global chat channels have always been a cesspool of rudeness, trolling and spam anyway. I have turned them off in most of the games I have played. If it's to read kids making chuck norris jokes, then no thanks, we don't need global chat.

I think whisper isn't really necessary at all, in alot of games whisper is unrealistic in the way that you can "whisper" to someone over far distances.

If you stand close enough to two people whispering you'll hear what they say anyway, so there's not really a necessity with /whisper or /tell as far as I can see.

 My main concern with no whispering may be if want to start or join a pick up group. Many polite gamers will send me a tell asking for aid or I may ask to join. 

Yes, i am a causal.

And of course, who can not like the rhythmic syntax of gold spammers?

 You can send messages to players, the only difference is there might be a slight delay.

does anyone in this thread even read the MO forums? jesus how did this thread last this long.