They can't! I have to write in the guild chat.Are friends still able to see your chat messages in-game?
If not, it's possible this can be the rare 'auto-mute' bug your account has been afflicted with (specifically, what leads me to think that is that I myself have gone through having this a little more than a week ago). You should place in a support ticket, if this is the case and your friends aren't seeing any of your messages in-game.
I was able to use the browser normally and without any lag till some time ago, then it started lagging like crazy. It isn't just that it takes too long for loading pages, I can't even scroll in them..All of the other problems you're experiencing with lag in your internet browser when the game is running could be related to your internet connection itself, so I'd recommend running a speed test first.
gladen5rwb17_ESO wrote: »This is not a rare mute bug, but you have been muted. It is part of controlling the bot problem. Instead of suspension or banning, they are muting accounts. However, do you have other characters and if so is it happening to them also. If so, then above would be the reason.
I will add that I read this information in another post here. I could very well be wrong about it.
Nope, I have "only" the problems listed aboveDag86novanub19_ESO wrote: »Are you losing in game functionality like merchants and crafting stations/equipping and combat as well? I'm having issues similar to yours but seemingly far more sever.
gladen5rwb17_ESO wrote: »This is not a rare mute bug, but you have been muted. It is part of controlling the bot problem. Instead of suspension or banning, they are muting accounts. However, do you have other characters and if so is it happening to them also. If so, then above would be the reason.
I will add that I read this information in another post here. I could very well be wrong about it.
Not to come across as harsh, but as I stated previously, I've gone through this bug already about a week ago. It took me a lot of going back-and-forth with the company to get it resolved because of how rare it was (they reported back to me stating that 'no one' in-game has ever reported experiencing that bug before...that's how rare it was).
ZeniMax relayed to me after the issue was resolved four days later that this was an auto-mute bug placed on my entire account after I had left my guild. It is a "bug" because it was something that happened automatically by itself in-game without anything that could have possibly been done to trigger it off.
Nobody wrongfully muted the account on their own end unless the account was actually suspect to illicit activities, and if it was, then it would have been suspended like anyone else who was/has been suspect of illicit activities thus far.
It's best for the OP to go through Customer Support with this issue. The most the forum mods here can do is just forward your issue into another support ticket to Techincal Support, which would be the same thing a Customer Support agent would have to do regardless. The first step will most likely be that the issue will get forwarded to a team of Gamemasters for one of them to work with the OP in getting it resolved by going through a number of procedures with him, and if that doesn't work, then it'll get escalated to Technical Support, where it should be hopefully resolved in a matter of a couple of days.
I hope that clears things up.