Console text chat discussion

Nathano · July 2015

Grouping for dungeons is next to impossible without text chat. They either need to add this or re-create a working group finder otherwise they will loose PvE players very quickly. They have managed to get by with a shoddy group finder on PC because there is an alternative way of grouping (text chat). They don't have that option on console so they can't sit back and do nothing.

Lunerdog · July 2015

Text chat please, oh how I long for the silence of the written word instead of the next to useless voice chat thats full of music playing mouthbreathing angst ridden trolling muppets.

Text chat...
Text chat...
Text chat...

Molag_Crow · July 2015

Yes please!

We badly need a chat box on consoles. It would make life much more easier. Even make it so that we have to use our normal typing methods (with the controller) instead of keyboards, to reduce the typing time/reduce spam, etc.

Amiculi · July 2015

--dimiss, somehow posted to the wrong thread--

mrskinskull · July 2015

SandorClegane wrote: »

Absolutly NO! Don't bother wasting time with a text box chat. Especially on a console! Work on the voice chat, maybe add more channels or something. But texting chat is the past. This game is the future.

I agree mostly with you but there are still a few situations where text chat will be useful such as large scale strategy in PvP.

And if it can be toggled off, you will easily be able to avoid the no mic'rs. So it prob wouldn't even be an issue. I think most of the people who want it also want the option to toggle it off.

nastuug · July 2015

Lunerdog wrote: »

Text chat please, oh how I long for the silence of the written word instead of the next to useless voice chat thats full of music playing mouthbreathing angst ridden trolling muppets.

Text chat...
Text chat...
Text chat...

@Lunerdog +1 for proper use of the word "muppets."

mrskinskull · July 2015

If voice chat is on by default when you enter each area, would text chat pop up each time you enter an area and have to be toggled off?

I can enter a psn party make it private and never have to hear area chat. I can join a group and be in a secluded voice chat, same with guild.

There is no private party for my eyes. If it auto toggles on and forces me to close it each time, that could be an issue.

Can I get a PC player to confirm this isn't the case. As an analog example.

Amiculi · July 2015

mrskinskull wrote: »

If voice chat is on by default when you enter each area, would text chat pop up each time you enter an area and have to be toggled off?

I can enter a psn party make it private and never have to hear area chat. I can join a group and be in a secluded voice chat, same with guild.

There is no private party for my eyes. If it auto toggles on and forces me to close it each time, that could be an issue.

Can I get a PC player to confirm this isn't the case. As an analog example.

The PC version actually remembers the options you set, including your chat tab settings.

mrskinskull · July 2015

Nathano wrote: »

Grouping for dungeons is next to impossible without text chat. They either need to add this or re-create a working group finder otherwise they will loose PvE players very quickly. They have managed to get by with a shoddy group finder on PC because there is an alternative way of grouping (text chat). They don't have that option on console so they can't sit back and do nothing.

I guess I'm just lucky because I have never had this problem. Ever. Friends and guild mates and plenty of nice randoms all seem to want to play the group dungeons.

Just make friends or join a guild first and then ask them to group with you. They might not drop everything all at once on your whim, but people tend to be very friendly.

Failing that look me up on ps4, I will do my best to help out.

Adam_Chattaway · July 2015

Please add text chat i just had to que 6 hours for a dungeon at lv 30...

mrskinskull · July 2015

Adam_Chattaway wrote: »

Please add text chat i just had to que 6 hours for a dungeon at lv 30...

Bro don't you have a couple buds to run it with? Text chat or not, if running dungeons with complete random is your plan maybe that's why its not fun. Run it with guild mates. I can't walk ten feet without being spaam invited to a guild.
Sometimes the worst players are really funny in voice chat and kind of make the whole dungeon a hoot.

Six hours seems excessive.

Lnin0 · July 2015

I like the voice chat. If it had a quick mute then it would be perfect.I know most are good about self monitoring but you do run into the occasional mouth breather, family room on Kinect or DJ idiot. If you could quickly mute them it would be great.

Text chat is beyond cumbersome on a console. Keyboard takes up half the screen and entering just a few words with a joystick is slow. It would prove to be nothing more than annoying screen clutter and if it was something you could turn off then everyone would and it would be no different than people without mics. I think I is just a loud minority of PC players that feel there is a need for text chat on consoles.

I vote no. My screen is busy enough. I can build up my friends and guild list with people that do talk and which I enjoying playing and conversing with. Text chat is just another means to spam innocent players and even more likely to lead to that. At least with voice chat I can see who is spamming by the circle over their head.

Siniztor · July 2015

Lnin0 wrote: »

I like the voice chat. If it had a quick mute then it would be perfect.I know most are good about self monitoring but you do run into the occasional mouth breather, family room on Kinect or DJ idiot. If you could quickly mute them it would be great.

Text chat is beyond cumbersome on a console. Keyboard takes up half the screen and entering just a few words with a joystick is slow. It would prove to be nothing more than annoying screen clutter and if it was something you could turn off then everyone would and it would be no different than people without mics. I think I is just a loud minority of PC players that feel there is a need for text chat on consoles.

I vote no. My screen is busy enough. I can build up my friends and guild list with people that do talk and which I enjoying playing and conversing with. Text chat is just another means to spam innocent players and even more likely to lead to that. At least with voice chat I can see who is spamming by the circle over their head.

Wrong on this one.. every person in game i have talked to from at the bank to sittin in the WW and Vamp spawns wants Text chat..(and yes i have not run into one person against text chat in game)

Try selling a crafted armor sets...if you put it on the store it dosen't say what style it is..So now i have to run within 20m of anyone shouting Selling full set of Daedric armor ..but wait guess what most people turn off area chat cause of the mouth breathers dj's and teens who's voices havent' dropped who think there thugs...Now do that in every city trying to sell it see how long u last lol..

As far as... "and entering just a few words with a joystick is slow" the great thing about ps4 is it has Auto Fill..type one of two letters find your word done..

slipHAZARD · July 2015

Lnin0 wrote: »

I like the voice chat. If it had a quick mute then it would be perfect.I know most are good about self monitoring but you do run into the occasional mouth breather, family room on Kinect or DJ idiot. If you could quickly mute them it would be great.

Text chat is beyond cumbersome on a console. Keyboard takes up half the screen and entering just a few words with a joystick is slow. It would prove to be nothing more than annoying screen clutter and if it was something you could turn off then everyone would and it would be no different than people without mics. I think I is just a loud minority of PC players that feel there is a need for text chat on consoles.

I vote no. My screen is busy enough. I can build up my friends and guild list with people that do talk and which I enjoying playing and conversing with. Text chat is just another means to spam innocent players and even more likely to lead to that. At least with voice chat I can see who is spamming by the circle over their head.

lol yeah, that's why there's a 50 page thread with 95% of it asking for text chat. So we can just turn it off. And that's coming from a console MMO player.

I love the mentality of people against Text chat. They personally don't want it nor see a need for it, therefor NO ONE should get the option to use it. Even if I preferred voice chat and didn't want text in the game, I can still see that many people would like this feature and as long as there's an option to toggle it off, why not put it in for those that do want it?

If others feel it would greatly increase their enjoyment out of the game and it's not a harm or hindrance to other players then why not? Just turn it off and it doesn't affect you in the slightest.

Adam_Chattaway · July 2015

mrskinskull wrote: »

Adam_Chattaway wrote: »

Please add text chat i just had to que 6 hours for a dungeon at lv 30...

Bro don't you have a couple buds to run it with? Text chat or not, if running dungeons with complete random is your plan maybe that's why its not fun. Run it with guild mates. I can't walk ten feet without being spaam invited to a guild.
Sometimes the worst players are really funny in voice chat and kind of make the whole dungeon a hoot.

Six hours seems excessive.

I;m from UK on NA server, when i play most of my guild are offline and when they are like now most are way higher lvl and i don't wanna spoil it by being power leveled

Siniztor · July 2015

mrskinskull wrote: »

If voice chat is on by default when you enter each area, would text chat pop up each time you enter an area and have to be toggled off?

I can enter a psn party make it private and never have to hear area chat. I can join a group and be in a secluded voice chat, same with guild.

There is no private party for my eyes. If it auto toggles on and forces me to close it each time, that could be an issue.

Can I get a PC player to confirm this isn't the case. As an analog example.

as soon as you login you shut area chat off problem solved..cause even in group and guild chat you hear area chat iif you dont...as far as your i can use a psn party and never hear chat yes ya can but your also using a outside the game fix to fix a in game issue.

The true answer is so easy people cant see it...
Give us settings ...Default voice settings (what channel you load into and what channels are turned off and on)
Default text settings same thing..with a off or on option

Adam_Chattaway · July 2015

Lnin0 wrote: »

I like the voice chat. If it had a quick mute then it would be perfect.I know most are good about self monitoring but you do run into the occasional mouth breather, family room on Kinect or DJ idiot. If you could quickly mute them it would be great.

Text chat is beyond cumbersome on a console. Keyboard takes up half the screen and entering just a few words with a joystick is slow. It would prove to be nothing more than annoying screen clutter and if it was something you could turn off then everyone would and it would be no different than people without mics. I think I is just a loud minority of PC players that feel there is a need for text chat on consoles.

I vote no. My screen is busy enough. I can build up my friends and guild list with people that do talk and which I enjoying playing and conversing with. Text chat is just another means to spam innocent players and even more likely to lead to that. At least with voice chat I can see who is spamming by the circle over their head.

omg lol 2015 buy a keyboard, $5 on amazon free delivery or do what i did and buy the official ps3 Bluetooth keyboard for $20, like everyone playing ffxiv on ps3/ps4 did.

HexWeaver · July 2015

So... when is the game getting text chat? Just feels like it's trying to lure in some ultra casual demographic with a fear of typing out there.

ch.ris317b14_ESO · July 2015

Literally the only thing I have heard on voice chat is static, or people yelling at kids.

theforgottenking1779 · July 2015

Exactly the only thing i hear on voice chat is ppl abusing it by curseing each other out or just making a bunch of random noises in there mic not to mention when trying to communicate with one person while around a group of ppl is almost impossible everyone is all talking at the same time it's literally chaos plz put text chat as a option on ps4 tired of getting 50 messages a day in my PlayStation account from random ppl asking me to bit them if there was a chatlog ppl could just ask there and not spam your psn account with messages

King Bozo · July 2015

Text chat would not only help with finding players for pve but help pvp in many ways. I think it would be nice to text chat in pvp that one of the keeps is under control. People are so disorganized they freaking siege multiple sides costing way to much to repair.

bedlom · July 2015

We really need an optional chat box on consoles to ZOS

Please help us out just keep it an option you can off then everyone wins.

ch.ris317b14_ESO · July 2015

OR an emote that functions like a mute button for wherever we are pointing, so its simpler to mute people

CmdrDranik · July 2015

I really do want text chat. Yes voice chat is nice, however voice chat in this game has a lot of problems. For example, the voice chat moving me to group or area chat when I change zones even though Im actively talking with my guild in guild chat. Another problem is when voice chat simply doesnt work. For me, today, ive had issues with voice chat all day. Right now I cant even join any channels or I get a voice chat unavailable error message. Having an optional text chat would mean that if one goes down, you still have a way to talk to people in your group/guild.

WelshAssassin1987 · July 2015

Keep checking back everyday in hope for an announcement of "text chat coming soon" but sadly still nothing. I've officially stopped playing due to this. A game that I waited years to be able to play, couldn't keep my attention for more than 3 weeks due to one thing and one thing only. No text chat. An otherwise great game ruined by someone's silly decision.

Korah_Eaglecry · July 2015

I want Text Chat and I want a better fleshed out UI for the community. Currently the only place the game feels alive is when youre five feet from another player listening to them argue with their mom over who left the milk out.

fujikawa123 · July 2015

What the hell wrong with this game. Running around doing quests without people interaction. This is the first time I have ever played a MMORPG like this.

Nathano · July 2015

The lack of text chat also makes guild recruitment very difficult. On the PC version I joined several guilds by responding to guilds advertising in public channels. On the PS4 I haven't joined any yet as there is no way of guilds advertising (except out of game). It would be fine if there was some kind of in-game guild finder but there is nothing. The only way you could recruit in-game is using voice chat in public channels (which most people turn off) or voice chat when grouping with random people for quests/dungeons, which doesn't happen very often because of the broken group finder.

TheEmoVampire · July 2015

If PC cant have voice, console cant have text, simple isn't it?

Shunravi · July 2015

TheEmoVampire wrote: »

If PC cant have voice, console cant have text, simple isn't it?

Pc has voip. Always has.