ADPowah Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 This is so that general doesn't look like this: New user01: "BUY CREDITS @ SELLYOURSOUL.COM $50 = 1M credits" New user03: "Friend us @ FreeTrojan.com for $50k credit!!!" New user02: "Powerlevel for $25 to WIN PVPs @ imgunnastealallyourstuff.org" New user01: "BUY CREDITS @ SELLYOURSOUL.COM $50 = 1M credits" New user03: "Friend us @ FreeTrojan.com for $50k credit!!!" New user02: "Powerlevel for $25 to WIN PVPs @ imgunnastealallyourstuff.org" New user01: "BUY CREDITS @ SELLYOURSOUL.COM $50 = 1M credits" New user03: "Friend us @ FreeTrojan.com for $50k credit!!!" Actual Player: "BT HM needs two DPS" New user01: "BUY CREDITS @ SELLYOURSOUL.COM $50 = 1M credits" Newuser03: "Friend us @ FreeTrojan.com for $50k credit!!!" New user01: "BUY CREDITS @ SELLYOURSOUL.COM $50 = 1M credits" New user02: "Powerlevel for $25 to WIN PVPs @ imgunnastealallyourstuff.org" New user03: "Friend us @ FreeTrojan.com for $50k credit!!!" New user01: "BUY CREDITS @ SELLYOURSOUL.COM $50 = 1M credits" New user02: "Powerlevel for $25 to WIN PVPs @ imgunnastealallyourstuff.org" New user03: "Friend us @ FreeTrojan.com for $50k credit!!!" New user01: "BUY CREDITS @ SELLYOURSOUL.COM $50 = 1M credits" New user03: "Friend us @ FreeTrojan.com for $50k credit!!!" New user01: "BUY CREDITS @ SELLYOURSOUL.COM $50 = 1M credits" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyvid Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Blame gold farmers / buyesr for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimasterjac Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 Really? Ops chat is considered Group chat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeda Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Ops chat is considered Group chat. isnt the max level that they can get to 15? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tloops Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 nobody uses chat anyways...at least not on my server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelinCarnate Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 You can thank all the gold sellers who, in the past and in other games, used "free trial" accounts to spam advertisements in chat channels, or use annoying methods to advertise their wares. Yup, this is the exact reason why. While it would be nice to allow all chat options for the free accounts, it would cause chat to just be spam after spam after spam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelinCarnate Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 (edited) I thought whispers with them, or party chat was allowed. If not they should be. I can understand cutting them off from general chat, but there is no reason they shouldn't be able to whisper or use party chat. If they are a gold spammer, all that requires is the "report spam" feature, that's why it's there, but this is a lousy move to limit gold spamming. That being said, sometimes even general chat is necessary if they want to LFG for something. Then you would get tell after tell after tell from gold spammers. Not a lousy move. It only seems that way because you have not had to deal with it. Edited June 5, 2012 by HelinCarnate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ_SAX_MAN Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Then you would get tell after tell after tell from gold spammers. Not a lousy move. It only seems that way because you have not had to deal with it. it isn't hard to use the report spam and ignore button, and your chat won't look like that if you report and ignore the spammers. How are free trial people supposed to LFG for esseles, or for Heroic Quests. If they can only reply and not do outgoing whispers, how are they supposed to talk to their buddy they met the previous day and party up with em? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dein_Cathair Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I have played this game since Early Release. And when my friend wanted to try the game, I thought the free trial program would let us play together. No, what I get is a friend's toon who can't chat, leaving no point in letting us play with friends! If you can't chat, you can't look for groups, strategize, hell, you can't even tell your friend you made this guy! This is absurd, and I'm not going to demand anything, just saying that I think they should either fix the Free Trial Program, or get rid of it. I understand they want people to buy it, creating 'freemium', but this isn't the way to go. I'd rather be limited to level 15 than limited to not being able to chat! BioWare, you've lost all other free trials from me. Sounds like they know how to do it right to me. You see... Free accounts in many games just means a methodology for gold spammers to get on a server and cause chaos and disruptions. Thanks bioware for doing it correctly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balrizangor Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 I agree with OP. bioware really has some issues. What is the point in chat restriction to groups, guild and whisper if they can't talk in general or trade or whatever else to get into a group or guild? Honestly the logic behind these devs is truely something to laugh about. Inb4postdeleted. I am glad BW is doing this. I do not want to see gold seller spam flooding general chat from the free accounts made, just like what goes on in WoW .... If you do not understand why BW did this, you must be new to MMOs or are just being purposely argumentative ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tahana Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Because of Gold Sellers and spam. But how do you know this will happen w/o actually trying? Because its happened before.. many many times.. OP how many times do you need to touch fire before you learn it is hot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styxx Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 it isn't hard to use the report spam and ignore button, and your chat won't look like that if you report and ignore the spammers. How are free trial people supposed to LFG for esseles, or for Heroic Quests. If they can only reply and not do outgoing whispers, how are they supposed to talk to their buddy they met the previous day and party up with em? LFG for Esseles, or Heroics = whisper to someone that is LFG for them in general - common practice anyway Talk to buddy via whisper and party chat There... was it hard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelinCarnate Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 (edited) it isn't hard to use the report spam and ignore button, and your chat won't look like that if you report and ignore the spammers. How are free trial people supposed to LFG for esseles, or for Heroic Quests. If they can only reply and not do outgoing whispers, how are they supposed to talk to their buddy they met the previous day and party up with em? You would be using that report button and the ignore function all the time. The spammers create a toon, spam for a while, create another toon, spam for a while and so on. Multiply that by a dozen or so different people and it gets extreemly annoying, extreemly fast. How do they group? Honestly, if they want to do group content they can buy the game. You can get from 1-15 without doing a single heroic mission. The need to prevent spamming is greater than the want to use chat for people that are not providing any revenue for the game makers. For black tallon and esseles, Im sure eventually people will see others hopping around by the gate to the mission and figure out they are free players and they can invite them. Edited June 5, 2012 by HelinCarnate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimasterjac Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 nobody uses chat anyways...at least not on my server My server does :/ and it just makes no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimasterjac Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 You would be using that report button and the ignore function all the time. The spammers create a toon, spam for a while, create another toon, spam for a while and so on. Multiply that by a dozen or so different people and it gets extreemly annoying, extreemly fast. How do they group? Honestly, if they want to do group content they can buy the game. You can get from 1-15 without doing a single heroic mission. The need to prevent spamming is greater than the want to use chat for people that are not providing any revenue for the game makers. For black tallon and esseles, Im sure eventually people will see others hopping around by the gate to the mission and figure out they are free players and they can invite them. If BioWare, unlike other companies, banned the account itself and not the char, then the reporting would eventually become a warning, and people might stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KivanSane Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Am I the only person that sees a problem with this? Or am I just the only person to try the Free Trial program for a friend? Trial Accounts that can chat lead to asian gold spammers. Asian Gold spammers lead to player hatred. Player Hatred leads to players unsubscribing. I see no future in trial accounts being allowed to chat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kindara Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 This is pretty standard due to the fact Gold Sellers abuse chat for free trials. Most games with free trials have extremely limited chat capabilities. Use Skype to chat with your friend. If he likes the game he can buy it, update his account and chat all he wants. Chat capabilities are not needed to try out a game for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafaman Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 If BioWare, unlike other companies, banned the account itself and not the char, then the reporting would eventually become a warning, and people might stop. Yea... that doesn't work. Bioware is banning accounts. Did a little research on this after I was spammed by a gold reseller via email, and Bioware is getting good at shutting down these guys. But it is hardly a blip on the radar. The market for gold is still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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