BoninoX Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 I'm still holding on to hope that there will be a patch close to release or after it where they put chat bubbles in. RP just won't be the same without them. That say I wish they also given us the ability to lay down. I'm sure it will all be patched in soon, as you do have a /lay emote and a /sleep emote , I just don't see them adding a animation to it, it's kinda silly to read "Cyrus falls in to a deep sleep" when you're looking at the character at the same time seeing him standing there with his eyes open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PearloftheStars Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 I find your lack of chat bubbles disturbing. seriously though they should be added for "/say" and nothing else to be doen right. Ive played mmos where every channel has its chat show up in a chat bubble and its annoying. /say is the only one that needs it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draxonfly Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 /say and /party Chat bubbles is really really wanted... but it should be optional, like have an option to turn them off, for those that don't want them... But me.. yes Chat bubbles, and On by default Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZuofCali Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I agree, i hate having to jump up and down to get someones attention. Please add chat bubbles Bioware. Its one thing i liked in SWG and it helps the community become a community. At least make it an option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eegore Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Agreed. Make them optional but please work on a fix to the previous issues with the chat bubbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orotho Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Bumped - would be nice with an actual statement on this from BW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaredTOR Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Bumped again - take note, Bioware - my second only post. I'm not a forum user but the lack of bubbles will not help create community. Please get bubbles in asap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fodigg Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I'd like to see chat bubbles as well. I don't blame them for not making launch--do they even have a combat log? things get cut--but would like them at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ookete Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I totally agree with the original poster: We need chat bubbles! Contextual floating text reproduces the directional sense of hearing in real life... you know which way the voice is coming from and can easily distinguish who is speaking. If there were options to show bubbles for different channels, that would be best. Like /say and /party bubbles. Star Wars Galaxies rocked these bubbles because they made the actual bubble frame different depending on your context. If you yelled or were in an angry "mood", the chat bubble would be spikey. If you typed "/sing Mary had a little lamb", the chat bubble would look like bars of music. It was really slick. But as long as we have basic floating text, I'd be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islander Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 People in beta called for this for months. Without some sort of chat bubble, local speaking is pointless. It gets drowned out among all the other text flying across your chat box. I don't even bother using it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cankiie Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 It was stated that Bioware disabled chat bubbles in the beta because they wanted to work on them so it could get in at LAUNCH. Launch means 20th December... Tomorrow people, tomorrow we will see, and then you can complain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoninoX Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 It was stated that Bioware disabled chat bubbles in the beta because they wanted to work on them so it could get in at LAUNCH. Launch means 20th December... Tomorrow people, tomorrow we will see, and then you can complain I truly hope you're correct! I guess we will find out in a few hours, Oh please let there be chat bubbles when I wake up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabios Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Im sure they could easily implent an option to show have overhead /say or /yell bubbles over your head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cairntrenor Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I guess we should complain now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shal Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I guess we should complain now. Indeed we should Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZuperTrooper Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Bubbles of bust! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frigidman Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I guess we should complain now. LOL Yeah =D They must have run across some really bad side effects, or bugs. This is kind of a chat 101 standard, and its taking them this long? Something must be causing them difficulties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luca Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Maybe it's a conscious decision and they will never give us chat bubbles, but personally I think that, yeah, it was a graphical glitch related to transparency, much like it happens sometimes with anti-aliasing: probably, because of the glitch, bubbles disappear and you can't see them, but it's just my theory. Given the inevitable pre-launch rush, they just queued down this problem while trying to resolve more pressing ones related to performance and whatnot (and that is a wise decision, because the most important thing is actually making your game playable, then it comes all the pretty enhancements like chat bubbles). Patience, patience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel_God Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Maybe it's a conscious decision and they will never give us chat bubbles, but personally I think that, yeah, it was a graphical glitch related to transparency, much like it happens sometimes with anti-aliasing: probably, because of the glitch, bubbles disappear and you can't see them, but it's just my theory. Given the inevitable pre-launch rush, they just queued down this problem while trying to resolve more pressing ones related to performance and whatnot (and that is a wise decision, because the most important thing is actually making your game playable, then it comes all the pretty enhancements like chat bubbles). Patience, patience! Personally I think that they have a lot of things to fix and they're not going to make a patch for each one individually(For example: Satele Shan being mini sized in first council meeting for Knight, Eyes disappearing in some peoples convos, Being pushed next to a door in voidstar can push an attacker to the other side, setting the spawns on that side and making the game unwinable, occasionally in warzones even with a full game the game ends due to not enough player, etc. etc.) So they'll probably get it in the next patch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yade Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Give chat bubbles please It's frustrating to only have the chat window, never know who is saying what... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grothaal Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 +1 for chat bubles. They greatly improve the imersion of the game, specially considering RPing. It was very nice to be walking around in LOTRO and cross a group of people chatting, the matter of the conversation being interesting you could try to join the discussion, good things came from it. The game as it without it looks so baren. Conversations should be as natural as possible, and chat bubles seem to be the easiest way to accomplish it, especially when it allows you do meet people you would otherwise simply run thru without noticing they are RPing, like the game is now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grothaal Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Personally I think that they have a lot of things to fix and they're not going to make a patch for each one individually(For example: Satele Shan being mini sized in first council meeting for Knight, Eyes disappearing in some peoples convos, Being pushed next to a door in voidstar can push an attacker to the other side, setting the spawns on that side and making the game unwinable, occasionally in warzones even with a full game the game ends due to not enough player, etc. etc.) So they'll probably get it in the next patch... While i certainly agree that bugs need fixing, they have a tendency to be one time issues, localized, a temporary nuisance and usually have easy workarounds, making little impact ont he overall experience. On the other hand, the lack of chat bubles can make most of the playable time of some players lacking immersion, make one feel alone even if hes in the middle of a large number of toons, because theres no interaction between players in the open world in a naturall way, unless people are in a guild or something, but then the universe of people becomes limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saydros Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I definitely concur: there's a need for chat bubbles, especially on roleplaying servers. The immersion robbed of us without them is unacceptable, certainly to this member of the roleplaying community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthBetraeus Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I'm for chat bubbles but with the option to disable them. By the time they implement them, if they even do, most players who have no interest in them will probably be annoyed by the screen clutter wandering through their respective hubs or during a battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AriochX Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 (edited) I HATE chat bubbles. They take up too much screen when you are in a mildly populated place. I dont know why it matters that you read it in a bubble instead of in a box... Oh well, I suppose if its an option people want, they deserve it. But, I must ask for the ability to disable such an annoying game option. Edited December 20, 2011 by AriochX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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