AfterWorld Survival Forum

Ok we are about to change the game and game wide chat will stop to work at some point (Some think it doesn't work now).  so when do we ask to get rid of game wide chat and I think this can be the thread when each of us is done with all the people talking in chat.  So when your done with Global chat reply to this thread and when it starts to get busy the devs will figure it out.

The devs have always talked about the importance of locally-available chat areas for both realism and for upcoming features to be implemented properly. The basic idea of local chat is what you can physically hear someone else saying, which is much less than what you can physically see, of course. Future systems and game features - especially local economies and resources - would be very much affected by a global chat channel that is open to everyone who plays, and this even negates the need for society and corporation chat channels except for controlled private discussions. So I can see the devs saying that the globally-available "local" chat channel will again become local only and this may even happen on Wednesday, though I doubt it.

But the devs last talked openly about this quite a while ago and there are now entirely new ideas and plans driving the game. As far as I've read - which includes every single forum post on all three generations of the game's forum sites - there have been no announcements that the above features won't be implemented, however the way that they're implemented might be modified enough to not need to restrict open chat to local regions only.

I'd love to hear what Anti has to say about the future of the global chat channel as it now exists.

I was thinking more of a global Help channel.
Quite a few games have these , where either a Game Moderator or Trusted players can access these to respond to newcomer queries ... in-game chat of this sort usually appreciated by the newcomers and results in higher player retention rates.

I was thinking more of a global Help channel.
Quite a few games have these , where either a Game Moderator or Trusted players can access these to respond to newcomer queries ... in-game chat of this sort usually appreciated by the newcomers and results in higher player retention rates.

LOVE that idea!

The hard part about the Help Channel would be to implement it properly to prevent abuse. Everyone will need to be able to access it, but it should really only work as a one-to-few channel where the asked question goes to those players or devs (or whoever) that are assigned the task of monitoring the channel. That way the asking player gets answers by the small group and is confident in the answer given while also preventing all HC abuse. For anything that doesn't belong in the channel the person is simply ignored or can be given a ban from the channel if necessary.

I was thinking more of a global Help channel.
Quite a few games have these , where either a Game Moderator or Trusted players can access these to respond to newcomer queries ... in-game chat of this sort usually appreciated by the newcomers and results in higher player retention rates.

great idea jane. although i have to say it could put too much recognition in those GM players and thier socities. May actually be missused for recruiting. better to make Soc Leaders the GM's if that is the case. but that's just my theory...