In game chat system

General Discussion
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Has anyone figured out how to switch between game chat and whisper windows or anything useful or this sytem is just complete garbage

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The chat system is garbo AF, but if you hit enter to bring up your chatbox, there is a dropdown menu and it defaults to game. Currently only Game and trade appear there though, unless you get a whisper, which creates another channel.

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+1 mostly solo player but the social features range from clunky to bad, it needs to be addressed.

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hope they fix this soon its so bad

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Part of me wonders if the limitations are due to the classic graphics setting being an option, because it almost feels like they wanted to go for a D3 -like chat system (which probably would have been fine, even good) but also probably would have been a giant pain in the ween to implement with classic graphics. Useless post but whatever bumping an important thread.

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I made a thread about this before as well. It would be useful if they implemented:

  • Ability to create your own custom lobby/channels as is available in legacy D2.
  • The option to specifically choose which combination of chats you can see via a filter. This applies to both the lobby/channel along with in-game chat. No more getting yanked out of another chat when someone whispers you.
  • Get rid of the thing where it automatically swaps you to another lobby/channel upon being whispered. Once you join a lobby/channel, your character should remain in there until you decide to leave it. Again, make note of how legacy D2 channels work.
  • Consider adding purpose specific lobby/channels as seen in legacy D2 (Ex. trading, ladder, PvP, class).
  • When hovering your cursor over characters in the lobby/channels it should display the character level and account name. This is another legacy D2 feature that would be beneficial to have. Some additional info such as ladder or non-ladder could be useful as well.
  • Allow players to have account profiles as they do in legacy D2. This is the feature where you right click a character that you see in a channel/lobby and there is a place where the player can include a description and location.
  • When you single click a game on the join list, the game name should automatically be filled into the “Game Name” text bar.
  • Enable the ability to copy/paste game names.
  • Make the lobby/channel and in-game font style closer to what is in legacy D2. The font is very generic and unfitting for the overall look of the UI in the game.
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Yeah that’s a long list, but it definitely all needs to be done. It’s crazy how unpolished the lobby/chat system is at launch. Fingers crossed we get some major updates for this.

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Yeah, the list did get pretty long haha. I’ve seen a decent number of threads so far regarding the lobby and chat systems. I’m really hoping they eventually rework the current systems to be more like the legacy D2 channel/lobby system. It’s ok if they add some other functionality but the current systems seem too far removed from what worked so well in the original game.

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Yeah i really dont care what they do as long as its simple and works properly, what we have now is so clunky and frustrating to use in so many ways