Where's the Chat?

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gamesandmoreb16_ESO
I'm currently lvl 5 on the Welcome Back program, loving the game so far!

One thing that has eluded me so far, though, is Chat. Where is it, I see nothing.. the game feels dead without it.

Does chat open up at later lvls, diff. zones?

Pls help.
  • Ranique
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    Type "/"

    The chatwindow fates out when nobody is using chat, by typing / you switch to the window (ready to type in it yourself) and showing the messages you missed.
    Through me you pass into the city of woe:
    Through me you pass into eternal pain:
    Through me among the people lost for aye.

    PC player - EU
  • Danikat
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    Check that you've got zone chat enabled by pressing / to bring up the chat window and clicking the circle icon in the top right corner, then picking options. You'll have a whole different range of channels you can enable or disable, to talk to other players around you the main ones are Say, Yell, Zone and Tell. (On the EU servers there's also Zone - English, Zone - French and Zone - German but they're rarely used and I'm not sure if they appear at all on the NA servers.)

    You're more likely to see people talking in cities than out in the wilderness, although you do get both. And obviously if you're in a solo or group instance you won't see anyone else talking.

    It also depends on the time of day. If you're on the EU servers there should be people around but in America it's still morning so it will probably be quieter.

    PC EU player | She/her/hers | PAWS (Positively Against Wrip-off Stuff) - Say No to Crown Crates!

    "Remember in this game we call life that no one said it's fair"
  • gamesandmoreb16_ESO
    tyvm for the replies :)
  • LameoveR
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    Welcomebackers can't talk in Zone chat.
    Edited by LameoveR on April 18, 2015 5:07PM
  • gamesandmoreb16_ESO
    Figured out the problem.

    The Welcome Back invite considers accounts as Trial, and I get the following message when attempting to /zone etc.

    "Disabled on trial accounts."

    I understand spam and gold sellers, etc., but this is kind of disheartening not being able to communicate with other players :(
  • Xiolin
    Xiolin
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    Figured out the problem.

    The Welcome Back invite considers accounts as Trial, and I get the following message when attempting to /zone etc.

    "Disabled on trial accounts."

    I understand spam and gold sellers, etc., but this is kind of disheartening not being able to communicate with other players :(

    Yeah, my friend was having that issue too when we got back into the Welcome Back program. Is quite annoying to not be able to chat when you have the full game essentially, and are able to work with people in a group. Hard to do something like that without talking to them.
  • Rosveen
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    Hmm. Group chat is disabled too? I'd have thought zone and whisper would be, to prevent spam etc., but group is necessary for group activities and difficult to abuse.
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