i have not played in a while my pc was away (spilled some rijoca on it lol ) any way its your game you can do as you see fit but removing world chat will just kill the game .alot of people get involved with the community there i understand its place for bitching and crying too but it is what it is .i got reeled into the game via the world chat 14 years ago

In the old days, people got reeled into the game via world chat because people were having fun there.
Nowadays, people are running away from the game because World Chat is used by others just to insult and fight others.

I literally see players join, read the WC, and leave after reading all the drama between players. They keep posting their constant drama, personal attacks, and moral lessons as if that were their place to vent their frustrations.

World Chat was designed as a place to communicate with everyone in a relaxed and FRIENDLY environment. This has not been the case for months already. Every single day I have to read through some player personal vendetta against another.

Then you say "punish the offenders" as if that were that simple. If I punish one single one of them, they will take it as a personal attack and then begin a flood of emails, insults, and private messages with their friends about how I'm such a horrible person for blocking them but not others and so on. Then turn against the game and the person they were fighting with even more in a toxic loop.

The point is, nobody gets reeled into the game via the world chat now.

So for now it is gone. There are also many other communication channels:

1) Discord is free and available to every player.
2) Squadron Chat is enabled.
3) The game itself while you play.
4) The forum.
5) This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for all account and subscription help.

 

I will miss world chat for the following reasons :
- say "thank you and see you soon" to all players;
- congratulate all the players who have moved up the ranks;
- encourage beginners and answer their questions about the game;
easily target players I want to be friend with and recrute;
- receive urgent information from Zuperman (restarting servers for example);
- promote a free and democratic world !
I will miss the world chat !

Love the last messages LukE!!!  Very fitting because Jesus said: I am the beginning and the end.  It is the best positive message to end the negativity..

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World chat will be renabled in the update today.
I added a new system to mute people in world chat. 
If this is not enough, i will disable it again and this time forever.