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llsektorll · Mar 22, 2008, 08:59 PM // 20:59

Maybe some people are in the same situation as me. When I work (mainly behind a computer) ... i wish i could chat with my guildies to find out what is happening... discuss builds and other guild stuff... I have all these ideas in my head but never get around to discussing them with others.

I think it would be a great idea if there was a chat client for guild wars outside of the game itself. Where I could chat with guildies and pm others in game without physically running guild wars.

gone · Mar 22, 2008, 09:03 PM // 21:03

get yourself mIRC.
http://www.mirc.com/

connect to server, make your own channel. give guildies the info.

i'm sure there are already tons of #Gwchat channels made up already.

Lishy · Mar 22, 2008, 09:19 PM // 21:19

Would be nice, but that means they would need to rework the whole chat system.
In other words=N.O.

miskav · Mar 22, 2008, 09:25 PM // 21:25

I'd like it aswell, but it's probably to late into GW, and it'll take to much time for it to be worth it =/

Dallcingi · Mar 22, 2008, 09:43 PM // 21:43

Use forums or something... or vent if u can lol... but if u cant gw u prob cant vent at work

Voltaic Annihilator · Mar 22, 2008, 09:46 PM // 21:46

Just use vent...

Resource · Mar 22, 2008, 10:27 PM // 22:27

Wow, you guys should just not of posted if you're going to be like that.

I know exactly what you mean, only I don't want it for the same reasons.
I'm sure this program would be easy and simple to make (for a skilled programmers ~_^)

Just make it so it connects to Gws just like we do to play.
Everyone else here fails, the point was to keep it in game, why would you ask or force you friends or guilds to get on vent, mirc or any alternate program or site.

Not everyone can speak at certain times, most may not even have mics.
Not everyone uses vent or ts in the first place,
In game chat is perfect for in the game. because it's a game..
And this person would like to utilize that, I'd like to see you get everyone of your alliance, guild and local chat, etc into a mirc channel or vent!

And if you don't have gws installed or whatever you're doing, being able to run a small program to get into gws chat would be awesome
Or can't run or doing something else, being able to hop into gws game chats without being in game would be the best.

Darkobra · Mar 22, 2008, 11:03 PM // 23:03

www.xfire.com For all your chat needs.

Yes, my entire guild does use it. Yes, we do talk there all the time. You get the general idea. They're not going to waste resources on such a thing because there are many other options to do that for you.

llsektorll · Mar 22, 2008, 11:54 PM // 23:54

don't be dumb guys... and xfire is lame...

i run a 75slot vent have installed vent at work and private messaged but people are rarely willing to chat using that as they are busy with something in game....

if i'm at work how the hell will i talk on vent?
yea using irc at work ..... thats a no...

just saying to make a client... if possible make it web-based maybe through guild wars website so that we can log in and chat with our guild/alliance/and pm people on our friends list

Tarun · Mar 23, 2008, 01:32 AM // 01:32

/not signed

If you want to chat, use IRC or an IM client.

llsektorll · Mar 23, 2008, 02:09 AM // 02:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tarun

/not signed

If you want to chat, use IRC or an IM client.

you are not understanding the concept... im referring to creating client to read and respond to the in game chat..... whether it be alliance/guild/ or pms....

this would help guilds be a bit more organized for people who may be at work... or have access to mobile internet.

Darkobra · Mar 23, 2008, 03:03 AM // 03:03

I always had the mindset that if people are at work, they should be doing work. Silly me.

Operative 14 · Mar 23, 2008, 07:23 AM // 07:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by llsektorll

you are not understanding the concept... im referring to creating client to read and respond to the in game chat..... whether it be alliance/guild/ or pms....

this would help guilds be a bit more organized for people who may be at work... or have access to mobile internet.

On the contrary, I think that he gets your concept exactly.

Do your work when you're at work; if you don't have access to a computer game, in any situation, then there is a probably a good reason. Play games in your off time. If you have sudden inspirations and insights while you are attending to other business, write it on a sticky note and put it in your pocket.

I D E L E T E D I · Mar 23, 2008, 09:00 AM // 09:00

if you cant use IRC at work what makes you think you will be able to use a dedicated GW chat client?

/notsigned

N E D M · Mar 23, 2008, 09:46 AM // 09:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Resource

Wow, you guys should just not of posted if you're going to be like that.

Shouldn't they HAVE?

Kanyatta · Mar 23, 2008, 02:43 PM // 14:43

There are many solutions to your problems without having devs rework the whole chat system.

Forums/Message boards/web site
IRC
XFire/other IM service

llsektorll · Mar 24, 2008, 03:24 AM // 03:24

not all work calls for 100% attention all the time... besides if you ever worked in office environments you'd know half the poeple are on msn/etc ... talking to coworkers or w/e

gone · Mar 24, 2008, 07:41 AM // 07:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by llsektorll

don't be dumb guys... and xfire is lame...

it might be lame...but it works.

Quote:

Originally Posted by llsektorll

i run a 75slot vent have installed vent at work and private messaged but people are rarely willing to chat using that as they are busy with something in game....

I have a feeling that even if GW used a chat client like you want, it would be frivolous.

Quote:

Originally Posted by llsektorll

if i'm at work how the hell will i talk on vent?
yea using irc at work ..... thats a no...

don't know about work and vent woes....but using the irc would be no different than using a GW chat service...other than the name...
"it's o-ka-lee-dok-a-lee boss, it's just the GW chat i'm using"

Quote:

Originally Posted by llsektorll

just saying to make a client... if possible make it web-based maybe through guild wars website so that we can log in and chat with our guild/alliance/and pm people on our friends list

PM Inde and request that a shoutbox be added to the forum.

Div · Mar 24, 2008, 09:28 AM // 09:28

I think this would be an interesting idea for GW2 actually, but possibly out of Anet's scope of manpower. A lot of the time, I just get on GW to chat, and I'm not actually doing anything but chatting. Seems like a huge waste of system memory to run an entire memory intensive program as another MSN or AIM. A low-memory usage version of GW would be pretty cool.

Sure forums work, but how often do you get wonderful alliance drama from forums? Vent is great for telling my guildies they can call/bug me for GvG or whatnot, but being in a small guild, there are a lot of others outside my guild that I talk to. IRC is bad

I'm not entirely sure how xfire works, but if everyone I talked to had xfire accounts and stuff, I might consider that.

Maybe if they made part of GW2 open source or something, the public can develop a lot of cool things that Anet simply doesn't have the resources to.