Whispering your enemy, will it work in a Free to Play game?

Razicator · 2012-05-28, 08:50 PM

So in PS1 you could directly whisper to any player on the server, even enemies on the other faction. This created for some interesting opportunities and hilarious situations. But will it work in a free to play game, where there's much less at stake for a less-than-civil player? It worked in PS1, but what about PS2?

In a free to play game, where you can just make another account anytime, what's there to help keep the community civil? Should we enable communication with the enemy, especially through whispers? Local taunts are fine, but direct communication? What about local chat?

Some possibilities: like League of Legends and Steam, you must first add someone on your friends list in order to receive whispers.Or we can leave it like PS1, unlimited personal whispering, but obviously with an ignore

Gameplay possibility: implants to enable "hearing" enemy's local chat, which is normally not possible.

Zulthus · 2012-05-28, 08:52 PM

I didn't particularly like it in PS1 but people seem to think it's a fair tactic so it's probably staying in.

SKYeXile · 2012-05-28, 08:53 PM

People were so civil when it was P2P.... ...if you dont like it, ignore i say, me however? i enjoy it.

May contain nerd rage:
http://future-crew.net/images/skyexile/hackmuch.jpg

this is just a sample

Toppopia · 2012-05-28, 08:54 PM

have an ignore feature, always works well.

Badjuju · 2012-05-28, 09:06 PM

Originally Posted by SKYeXile

People were so civil when it was P2P.... ...if you dont like it, ignore i say, me however? i enjoy it.

May contain nerd rage:
http://future-crew.net/images/skyexile/hackmuch.jpg

this is just a sample

Haha that was a good read.

Graywolves · 2012-05-28, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by SKYeXile

People were so civil when it was P2P.... ...if you dont like it, ignore i say, me however? i enjoy it.

May contain nerd rage:
http://future-crew.net/images/skyexile/hackmuch.jpg

this is just a sample

Hate tells is easily the best part of Planetside.

As in many other games as well.

SKYeXile · 2012-05-28, 10:08 PM

i do just love how clueless some people are to, i try reasoning with some people and they're like "nope, nope..you live in another country?...BULL SHIT, must be hacks, dont try to lie to me!"

NCLynx · 2012-05-28, 10:20 PM

Originally Posted by SKYeXile

People were so civil when it was P2P.... ...if you dont like it, ignore i say, me however? i enjoy it.

May contain nerd rage:
http://future-crew.net/images/skyexile/hackmuch.jpg

this is just a sample

Hate tells were the biggest compliment one could ever get. There are plenty of reasons why I hope they keep cross faction tells in game but that has to be one of the main reasons.

Fuse · 2012-05-28, 10:25 PM

It worked great in PlanetSide. I loved it. That said, the community was nothing like it is in the average multiplayer game these days. I can't see it working well in any new title honestly, much less a F2P. I'll miss it, but I don't think it will be allowed. It's probably for the best.

Nabeshin · 2012-05-28, 10:34 PM

Originally Posted by SKYeXile

People were so civil when it was P2P.... ...if you dont like it, ignore i say, me however? i enjoy it.

May contain nerd rage:
http://future-crew.net/images/skyexile/hackmuch.jpg

this is just a sample

I wish I would have thought to SS some of mine. The one I will never forget was back when you could still instakill people by running them over. I ran over an autorunning TR max with a mag. He called me a no skill ******. To which I replied, you are not worth the waste of ammo. Which lead to more raging.

SKYeXile · 2012-05-28, 10:56 PM

Originally Posted by Nabeshin

I wish I would have thought to SS some of mine. The one I will never forget was back when you could still instakill people by running them over. I ran over an autorunning TR max with a mag. He called me a no skill ******. To which I replied, you are not worth the waste of ammo. Which lead to more raging.

lol, champion.

I used to have alot more, these are just from a 3 month period in 2007.

But yea, been serious with raging kids isn't worth the time, best to play the superiority or stupid response card, continued hate is insured. I wish i played in the mag mowing days, it would have been glorious.

Warborn · 2012-05-28, 10:57 PM

I got more hate tells than friendly tells. It's nice being able to whisper an enemy and congratulate them on a good kill or something, but on the other hand it is a bit annoying getting hate spam. Personally I don't think cross-team comms are really that needed. People spamming local chat with "TR SUX DIX" over and over doesn't add to the game. People messaging you and calling you a bunch of bad words doesn't add to the game. And all for the sake of the very rare "nice shot" or something? I don't know. Seems like it isn't worth it.

Nabeshin · 2012-05-28, 11:26 PM

Originally Posted by SKYeXile

lol, champion.

I used to have alot more, these are just from a 3 month period in 2007.

But yea, been serious with raging kids isn't worth the time, best to play the superiority or stupid response card, continued hate is insured. I wish i played in the mag mowing days, it would have been glorious.

Lol the mag mowing hate was epic, Bloodstar and I used to tagteam AMS bubbles and just drive in circles killing everyone as they spawned.

SKYeXile · 2012-05-28, 11:28 PM

Originally Posted by Nabeshin

Lol the mag mowing hate was epic, Bloodstar and I used to tagteam AMS bubbles and just drive in circles killing everyone as they spawned.

lol like 2 lawnmower blades. I can imagine why OSP has so many kills so fast then. But what to exploit in PS2?...hrm.

duomaxwl · 2012-05-28, 11:32 PM

I hope you can. I'll /t someone and compliment them if I think they got the drop on me. I think it's normally taken the wrong way though.