Llyssa Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 (edited) It would be really nice if there was a "consolidated" chat tab. It would have buttons available for every channel you have available, and would fetch whatever channels you have turned on. You could still go to the individual tabs, which would stay as-is, but your consolidated tab would have the buttons for fetching so that you don't have to do so much work. So, if you had on, say, your clan, alliance, and recruiting tabs, you'd get clan chat(in clan color), alliance chat(in alliance color), and recruiting, in recruiting color. Example pics: The squad color coding thing was something I suggested elsewhere... it needs some polishing, but the base idea I'm hanging on to. EDIT: Changed pic to add the sending button to the consolidated tab. It should probably be clickable to select the sending channel without a / command(although, of course, / commands should still exist). Edited August 17, 2014 by Llyssa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurzil Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Hm.. Sounds colorful. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llyssa Posted August 4, 2014 Author Share Posted August 4, 2014 Some examples. I incorporated an idea I had elsewhere about color coding the squad with outlines so we can tell what's exactly going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CY13ERPUNK Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 +99999 OP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiiat Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 sounds awesome. one question though. if i'm in the consolidated Tab, how to i reply to this or that Chat? hoping for something quick. i'd prefer telepathy magic, but i'll settle for /Council;/Squad;/Clan;/Alliance, Et Cetera. but! there must be one or two letter (three is really pushing it) shortened versions to send your message to channel whoopdedoo. i'd still rather have telepathy magic. i don't really want to accidentally type something into the Consolidated Tab without a Channel tag (actually, what the hell what that even do then?) and need to retype. oh, that reminds me. hightlighting, copy, paste, all those basics. gotta have. oh, i suppose if i didn't apply a Channel Tag to my message it could just send it to the last place i sent a message to. with that being the case it'd need to have an icon or something say, to the left of the Text input box to show which Channel you're currently 'set' to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llyssa Posted August 16, 2014 Author Share Posted August 16, 2014 We actually have single letter shortcuts for most chats. Currently: /s = Squad /d = (Design) council /c = Clan /g = reGion /w <tenno> = Whisper a PM to <tenno> also, formerly, we had: /r = Reply to last pm I've been requesting for a while now, on top of /r being reinstated: /a = alliance It would also make sense to have /t = trade and probably something for recruiting, but I'm not entirely sure what(since /r is traditionally "reply" in many games). Maybe /e? Definitely a point about having the tag as to where you're sending something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiiat Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 -snip- oh, right. :v i use those once every never so i forgot we even had them :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DietEbolaCola Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Consolidated Chat = Ugh. Nope. Big fat nope. Emphatic nope. A nope the size of a thousand suns. Games that use those systems have horrible New User Experience due to the flood of default chat, and having to go into 289493 settings to configure filters correctly. :(((((( Color Coded Chat = Thumbs up on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiiat Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 the flood of default chat, and having to go into 289493 settings to configure filters correctly. :(((((( the Consolidated Tab doesn't need to be the default one. and, the filters are right on that Chat Tab, checkboxes right there. there's 8 of them, not 289,000 ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llyssa Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 Consolidated Chat = Ugh. Nope. Big fat nope. Emphatic nope. A nope the size of a thousand suns. Games that use those systems have horrible New User Experience due to the flood of default chat, and having to go into 289493 settings to configure filters correctly. :(((((( Color Coded Chat = Thumbs up on that. What if you had to do a quest to acquire the special coms unit to make it work? That would solve everything, right? the Consolidated Tab doesn't need to be the default one. and, the filters are right on that Chat Tab, checkboxes right there. there's 8 of them, not 289,000 ;) Also, that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainingTerror Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Great idea! I'd love to be able to see Squad, Clan and Alliance chat all in the same tab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSD3000 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 This has been needed since day 1 of this game. Warframe's current chat mechanics feel feel so limiting and primitive. Heck, what your suggesting has been pretty standard in mmo's for about a decade. How am I supposed to feel connected to my clan if I have to ignore them everytime I do missions? If I talk to my clan during missions, I'm ignoring my squad mates, and potentially missing out there. Likewise with friend pm's during missions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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