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kilkelo · Nov 30, 2006, 05:05 PM // 17:05

Hello.

I have searched the current GW Guru site for any such suggestion but the closest one I've found is at the end of this post. So in case I've totally missed it, forgive me.

Purpose
The purpose of this suggestion is to improve the current chat box system.

Background:
The Guild Wars chat box uses a limited amount of colors for the chat system, colors which are very similar to each other (light green & green, mauve & crimson). The current method used to filter chat lines are by checking on/off boxes for the appropriate chat line.

Problem:
As it is, we only have 1 chat box for all chats and conversations. It makes it hard for people to monitor guild, alliance, team and trade chat all at once when they have to. Furthermore, when players call targets it's easy to miss a team member's chat line. The same goes when a guildmate uses the guild chat while you're in the middle of a farm run. Furthermore, this problem can cause people suffering from Dyslexia and the color blind serious misgivings.

Typical example:

I missed this person's entrance and he thought I was ignoring him, which was of course not the case.

Solution:
1. Insert an option allowing the user to add a second chat box.
2. Both chat boxes should have a new toggle option for the "system" chat (in GW's case it would apply mostly to drops).
The second chat box could by default be conveniently placed atop the current one and wouldn't allow the option of typing in it. It would contain the same chat toggles as the current one including the "system" addition. This way, the user could potentially set its boxes so that the bottom chat box would only display the Guild, Team, Whispers and Alliance chats, while the top box would display Trade, System, All chat, or any other desired combination.

Note:
An similar example has been proposed here, but I believe it lacked the possibility to properly customize the interface.
Also, someone suggested this but I don't think people understood what he/she meant.

I believe this would be a welcome addition to the current chat system and would satisfy the needs of the Guild Wars player.

Thank you.

ArcaneApostle · Nov 30, 2006, 06:22 PM // 18:22

System chat options are good, but there should be filters for more specific parts of it, like turn off just the gold/item drop notifications, but leave the rest on, for example. The idea for dedicated chat boxes is good too, but let me extend on this: we allow people to drag-and-drop the chat tabs to make new chat boxes.

Oh, and while we are on the subject, allow players to reduce the horizontal size of the chat boxes! My brilliant plan for my interface was ruined because the thing wouldn't resize and it overlapped vital information.

kilkelo · Nov 30, 2006, 10:37 PM // 22:37

Yeah, I've always wanted to resize it horizontally as well. As for dragging and dropping into new boxes? Maybe... hope it doesn't totally cover up your screen tho :P

Monk Mystic · Nov 30, 2006, 11:04 PM // 23:04

I like it, i dont see why not?? as long as you can make them different sizes, then if they cover up your screen, its your fault lol

Zyzio · Dec 28, 2006, 01:30 PM // 13:30

I'd like to bump this thread.
Reason is that you can turn "all" , "trade" , "Emots" off but you can't turn off the most annoying thing which is this notification[sytem?] text.
Try to do for example Vizunah Square mission and talk on guild chat while doing it... I can summarize this as "carnival of spam"... there's no way you can normally talk[write?] when this spam like "xxx drops xxx which[...]" covers whole screen...

/signed for the idea

Feathermoore Rep · Dec 28, 2006, 06:11 PM // 18:11

/signed

While its a minor change, its something i'd like to see done.

And to expand on kilkelo's idea. How about make the tabs removeable tabs. That way you could pull of just the guild or team chat tab and place it somewhere that you can clearly see and use. Then to put it back simply drag it over the main chat and it will "snap" back into place. That way you dont have to mainpulate two whole seperate chat bars. Just one that contains the different channels.