[NEED] Trade and LFG Global Channels

Siliconhobbit_ESO · June 2014

I'm of the opinion that ESO needs a Global Trade Channel and a Global Looking For Group Channel.

I don't know how hard these are to implement, but a Global Trade channel or even ZONE Trade Channels would certainly clean up a lot of the spam that the normal Zone Chats.

As for a Global Looking For Group Channel, this would help players form teams that may have odd player levels. If I'm sitting at Vet 10 and I want to run any dungeon for a guild mate or 2, and I need to fill one of the slots with a PUG, I cannot use the LFG tool.

Being able to ask in a Global LFG channel would make finding another player a lot easier.

What does everyone else think?

Vanathi · June 2014

Everyone will agree with you. ZoS won't care. Yet. They have to eventually.

Alphashado · June 2014

Yeah this makes no sense at all. This stuff is pretty standard in any MMO. Even 2 bit run down garbage F2P MMOs have a trade channel. It just doesn't make any sense.

Dusty5 · June 2014

Sorry no point in it. Every MMO I have ever played with multiple chats only multiplies spam. People will talk in trade and sell in zone/global chat. ZOS default answer of just ignore does not work either unless the ignore gets expanded to like 400 slots. Zone or Global ah would help but that's shot down by the dev's insisting we use the Broken guild system. Grab another pint and just get used to the mass trade and guild spam because its not going to be dealt with.

Alphashado · June 2014

Dusty5 wrote: »

Sorry no point in it. Every MMO I have ever played with multiple chats only multiplies spam. People will talk in trade and sell in zone/global chat. ZOS default answer of just ignore does not work either unless the ignore gets expanded to like 400 slots. Zone or Global ah would help but that's shot down by the dev's insisting we use the Broken guild system. Grab another pint and just get used to the mass trade and guild spam because its not going to be dealt with.

I disagree. You have some that do of course, but trade channels get used. And if you don't like them you can shut them off. There is no denying that having those 2 channels would lessen the span in zone chat. Even if it was only a 50% reduction in zone chat spam then it would be worth it.

Siliconhobbit_ESO · June 2014

Respectfully, "Sorry no point in it." because "Every MMO...with multiple chats..." is not really an excuse to say no to a good idea.

As @Alphashado noted, there will be that sort of spam in any situation, but the channels will get used. If even 10% of the population used those specific channels for their proper purposes, then the amount of spam would be cut down significantly.

dennissomb16_ESO · June 2014

Trouble is (and yes history from other games apply) is that the people will continue to spam trade stuff in the general channel because they know that's the one channel people usually do not turn off. I know it sounds good on paper, and if it is easy for ESO to do, then sure go for it, but the spam will always return to general channel

Lkory · June 2014

Global is a bit too much, but i will agree to a 1-19 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, VR1-5, VR6-9, VR10+ channels.

Saint_JiubB14_ESO · June 2014

I know I mentioned adding a /trade in almost every beta. Even if they spam /zone they can be ignored or even possibly reported. Also the implementation is simple, they added additional channels during the beta process.

Even if they spam /trade and /zone. How is that any different from now? At least by having a /trade you could more easily look for traders. So really there is no actual downside, only an upside if players actually use the channels properly.

Alphashado · June 2014

This is such an obvious feature for a premier MMO that it just defies reason for it to be absent.