Apelatia
Well-Known Member
Proposal
I would like to propose that we reintroduce county chat to this game, and remove the current 'Saloon' chats.
Current Workaround
Using the Saloon chats, or not using them at all...
Details
Many years ago, the heroic and adventurous players of The West were blessed with a stupendous feature, which was enjoyed immensely by all. Well, perhaps not all, but I believe that I am safe to say 'most'. This feature was the now non-existent county chat.
Some years ago, our favourite chat feature was replaced with one that has never quite sunk in with the players that were around at the time of the Saloon chats' implementation. Many of us were indeed skeptical about many of the features that the update to 2.0 brought with it, but over time, we have grown accustomed, and perhaps even grown to like these new and interesting features. I feel however, that this is not so with the Saloon chat.
Now, I will outline what I believe are the pros and cons to both of these chat systems.
Firstly, Saloon chats. The way these work is that upon logging in, your character is assigned to a specific general chat room in which there will be around seventy-six (approximate number) other players. This can vary though, and the chat room size is often determined by the number of players currently online on that particular world at that time. These players will range from complete beginners to the most experienced and oldest players. As far as is known, level ranges and position on the map are not taken into account. The pros of this system, as I see them are that one is able to engage with a large variety of different players from all around the map that they would otherwise be unable to do so with. (Though, I notice that the use of these chat rooms is very scarce...) The cons to this system are the pros of the County chat system, so I will talk about that next.
County chat. This is certainly one of the features that I miss the most from times gone by. I know of other players that feel the same as I do. County chats were what bound players together. People were able to converse regularly with people that they were often in the same county as. An example of this is how I made a friend in-game. We came across each other in County chat so often that we eventually began conversing, and ended up founding a town together, which turned out to be a large success. County chat presented players with so many options that are currently unavailable. People participating in the same fort battle together, on opposite sides were able to converse, and throw amusing banter in each other's direction. Market deals were able to be arranged much more promptly, as players were often closer to each other on the map. Over all, this system was a far better one, and one which brought players together in a way which the current Saloon chats do not.
I say that County chat should be brought back. The values of friendship, frequent conversation and friendly banter will return to the world-wide chat rooms!
It would also be useful if we were able to have a world-wide chat, so that all the players online on a particular world, e.g. Arizona, would be able to communicate with one another. I don't believe that I need to expand the details of this idea particularly, though perhaps the player chat list could be removed for this particular chat room, so that players that would rather avoid being pestered via whisper would be able to do so happily...
Abuse Prevention
They had these before, and I do not recall any specific problems to do with the feature.
Visual Aids
I don't believe that this is required for players to visualise my idea.
Summary
I am unsure as to whether there was a major reason as to why this feature was taken down in the first place. Whether this was to do with increased server load and consequently, lag due to there being large numbers of players in certain counties because of fort battles, I cannot tell. I am not extremely knowledgeable in the workings of servers, so perhaps a more experienced person than I might be able to shed some light on this aspect...
The map was larger before 2.0 came about, but I believe that the decrease in the map size will help bring players together even more than before.
Administration
Does this idea meet the Ideas Guidelines & Criteria? Yes/No
Does this idea appear on any of the Previously Suggested Ideas List?Yes/No
I would like to propose that we reintroduce county chat to this game, and remove the current 'Saloon' chats.
Current Workaround
Using the Saloon chats, or not using them at all...
Details
Many years ago, the heroic and adventurous players of The West were blessed with a stupendous feature, which was enjoyed immensely by all. Well, perhaps not all, but I believe that I am safe to say 'most'. This feature was the now non-existent county chat.
Some years ago, our favourite chat feature was replaced with one that has never quite sunk in with the players that were around at the time of the Saloon chats' implementation. Many of us were indeed skeptical about many of the features that the update to 2.0 brought with it, but over time, we have grown accustomed, and perhaps even grown to like these new and interesting features. I feel however, that this is not so with the Saloon chat.
Now, I will outline what I believe are the pros and cons to both of these chat systems.
Firstly, Saloon chats. The way these work is that upon logging in, your character is assigned to a specific general chat room in which there will be around seventy-six (approximate number) other players. This can vary though, and the chat room size is often determined by the number of players currently online on that particular world at that time. These players will range from complete beginners to the most experienced and oldest players. As far as is known, level ranges and position on the map are not taken into account. The pros of this system, as I see them are that one is able to engage with a large variety of different players from all around the map that they would otherwise be unable to do so with. (Though, I notice that the use of these chat rooms is very scarce...) The cons to this system are the pros of the County chat system, so I will talk about that next.
County chat. This is certainly one of the features that I miss the most from times gone by. I know of other players that feel the same as I do. County chats were what bound players together. People were able to converse regularly with people that they were often in the same county as. An example of this is how I made a friend in-game. We came across each other in County chat so often that we eventually began conversing, and ended up founding a town together, which turned out to be a large success. County chat presented players with so many options that are currently unavailable. People participating in the same fort battle together, on opposite sides were able to converse, and throw amusing banter in each other's direction. Market deals were able to be arranged much more promptly, as players were often closer to each other on the map. Over all, this system was a far better one, and one which brought players together in a way which the current Saloon chats do not.
I say that County chat should be brought back. The values of friendship, frequent conversation and friendly banter will return to the world-wide chat rooms!
It would also be useful if we were able to have a world-wide chat, so that all the players online on a particular world, e.g. Arizona, would be able to communicate with one another. I don't believe that I need to expand the details of this idea particularly, though perhaps the player chat list could be removed for this particular chat room, so that players that would rather avoid being pestered via whisper would be able to do so happily...
Abuse Prevention
They had these before, and I do not recall any specific problems to do with the feature.
Visual Aids
I don't believe that this is required for players to visualise my idea.
Summary
I am unsure as to whether there was a major reason as to why this feature was taken down in the first place. Whether this was to do with increased server load and consequently, lag due to there being large numbers of players in certain counties because of fort battles, I cannot tell. I am not extremely knowledgeable in the workings of servers, so perhaps a more experienced person than I might be able to shed some light on this aspect...
The map was larger before 2.0 came about, but I believe that the decrease in the map size will help bring players together even more than before.
Administration
Does this idea meet the Ideas Guidelines & Criteria? Yes/
Does this idea appear on any of the Previously Suggested Ideas List?
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