hobobob38 Report post Posted July 20, 2011 I was just thinking it would be nice to be able to be in more than 3 channels at once. Can't really think of how to explain this any further so any other ideas people have would be great. (did a search and found nothing like this) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_iNvoKeD Report post Posted July 20, 2011 Yeah, I agree. I find it hard to have ch6 open/invance channel/market channel and possibly guild/others open all at the same time during peak hours of the day... Should be an option in the HUD or smth to allow you change it like quickslots ect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobobob38 Report post Posted July 20, 2011 Yeah, i've heard this idea shot down in the past because some people would find it too spammy. Which doesn't really make sense, i mean you don't *have* to be in more than three channels Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_iNvoKeD Report post Posted July 20, 2011 All comes down to who owns/dev's the game, really. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lexi Report post Posted July 20, 2011 (edited) Was thinking to same the other day... after all these years we're still on 3 channels >.> it's not enough. I have 2 private channel, and would like to be in @1, @3, and @6... And neither is the amount of buddies we're limited to. THAT could easily be fixed and have a file in the game directory that lists buddies, so it's not storing on the server. :/ Edited July 20, 2011 by Lexi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themuntdregger Report post Posted July 20, 2011 Was thinking to same the other day... after all these years we're still on 3 channels >.> it's not enough. I have 2 private channel, and would like to be in @1, @3, and @6... 6 is the devils chan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
korrode Report post Posted July 21, 2011 Was thinking to same the other day... after all these years we're still on 3 channels >.> it's not enough. I have 2 private channel, and would like to be in @1, @3, and @6... 6 is the devils chan. Radu can be bad man but i don't know if "devil" is really fair. :> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cycloonx Report post Posted July 21, 2011 And neither is the amount of buddies we're limited to. THAT could easily be fixed and have a file in the game directory that lists buddies, so it's not storing on the server. :/ The server still needs to send you updates about who logged in/out, so a local buddy list file would be worthless. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nathanstenzel Report post Posted July 22, 2011 I wonder if Radu would complain about the extra bandwidth required. Of course, if people find it spammy, they would probably leave one channel and then require less bandwidth. There is still a problem of afkers taking up extra bandwidth when the conversations pick up on their channels. Eh. Just something I was thinking might affect the decision. Of course, it would have to do with both a client and server update too, most likely. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobobob38 Report post Posted July 25, 2011 I would think that would really only matter if someone was on multiple channels with as much chat as channel 6 on a busy day...not sure how likely that is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobobob38 Report post Posted August 2, 2011 Something else I was thinking of. If the channel limit was bigger than 3 maybe we could successfully separate parts of channels that people complain about, like make a pk flame channel so it isn't all in channel 6. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aredhel Report post Posted August 4, 2011 [...] separate parts of channels that people complain about, like make a pk flame channel so it isn't all in channel 6. This wouldn't work, since people tend to gravitate towards the channel with the most action, unless they have a special mission (e.g. market/helping) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobobob38 Report post Posted August 4, 2011 If people weren't limited to 3 channels there would be more chance of someone going to a different channel like that. You wouldn't have to choose between which 3 channels to be in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aislinn Report post Posted August 4, 2011 I'd love more channels too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lorck Report post Posted August 5, 2011 Me too, its a real limitation this days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobobob38 Report post Posted August 5, 2011 Yeah, with all the invances and instances that kills 2 channels Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lorck Report post Posted August 5, 2011 (edited) +market, +ch6, +guild channel... i used to go to channel 2 to answer some stuff, but almost impossible now. Edited August 5, 2011 by Lorck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobobob38 Report post Posted August 5, 2011 Then if you want to do an invance or instance....or a contest on channel 7...you have to choose one of those 3 to leave. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
revi Report post Posted August 5, 2011 (edited) If there are going to be changes made anyway, would it be possible to add some colours to the different channels to help distinguish them better? Atm, the active channel is white, the others grey (with some extra colours in the text). As nowadays full colour is the standard, could we get more shades of gray for the header part of the line ('[XXX @ N°: ')? I suggest shades of gray to keep it visually as quiet as possible, and to avoid mixing things up between different types of messages (orange, red, blue are already used, with a few others). The exact choices will ofc depend on the max. number of channels that will be possible (even though there are theoretically 256 shades available, I'm not sure anyone will see the difference between gray 125 and gray 126...) Edited August 5, 2011 by revi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobobob38 Report post Posted August 5, 2011 Maybe have the channel numbers (@ whatever number) different colors. Like red, blue, green. That might make it easier to tell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aislinn Report post Posted August 5, 2011 +market, +ch6, +guild channel... i used to go to channel 2 to answer some stuff, but almost impossible now. Exactly. I'm running into the same problem, different channel necessities, but I need to be in more than 3 at one time, or at least have the ability to jump to another channel when there's a problem without having to sacrifice the ones I'm in. The channel restriction is even worse now with running the invances since I'm forced into @6. I'm not happy that good helpers are forced out of the help channels so they can do invances and instances, or even be in a guild channel. I had to give up @guild which I'm not happy with at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nathanstenzel Report post Posted August 5, 2011 If he had more channels then we could even afford to take the rants out of channel 6 and put them in channel 20 or some other channel and the mods could keep people talking about the correct things when they want to enforce topics. We could even have a special "Radu's rants" channel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vanyel Report post Posted August 5, 2011 Yes, please. I'd love to have at least 4 channels (preferably 5, but that's just me). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobobob38 Report post Posted August 5, 2011 I think 6, but that's my spammy self talking Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Panatella Report post Posted August 6, 2011 Yes, please. I'd love to have at least 4 channels (preferably 5, but that's just me). and btw, why the channels are limited to 3 ? is there a security/limited coding issue ? maybe there is a good reason to not have more than 3 channels open ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites