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NeonXXP's avatar
6 years ago

Please allow us to disable all chat on PC

My pre-teen son is desperate to play Apex but there is no way I am going to expose him to the toxic scum that lurk in voice and text chat. So far all you can do is mute people individually, but that is not enough. With no way to disable text chat and audio comms altogether, this game simply isn't safe. With such a robust ping system there is no excuse for not being able to blank out potentially abusive people. I personally don't want to hear the rants of solo Wraiths either. Just let us turn it all off by default please.

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  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
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    6 years ago

    Hi there, @NeonXXP.

    Try having your son create a chat room. If they are the only one in it, they shouldn't be able to hear other players as they can only hear anyone that's in the same chat room.

  • NeonXXP's avatar
    NeonXXP
    6 years ago

    @o8_Dnap_8o Mortal Kombat was an 18 when I was his age. A 16 guidance rating is irrelevant as the content is not an issue, its the degenerates of the world that spoil things. There is no reason to force this in Apex, most people use Discord and in game coms is rarely used positively. Existing SBMM is the answer to any concerns about age and skill level.

  • @EA_Aljo
    Does that disable text chat? He can already mute individuals manually at the start of every single match, but that is rigmarole and doesn't really solve the greater problem. Surely just an option to default out of all coms isn't that big of an ask.
  • @NeonXXP I pretty much have the same issue but instead of it being for someone else its for myself, my solution is at the start of every game during the character selection screen in the bottom right corner it will say mute squad and i just hit that every round because it mutes both teammates text and voice chats, sometimes I forget to click the button and I will have to do it manually like your son does currently, If you go into settings you can turn voice chats volume to 0 so you will never have to hear anyone on a mic if you forget to mute them but I do agree I would really love an option to mute text chat all together so we arn't forced to do it every single game... i believe on pc the mute button is F, on xbox its Y and on PS4 its Triangle so aslong as you can do this everytime during the character selection screen you should be fine as a temporary solution i do it most of the time without even thinking about it
  • Ff3NiXx's avatar
    Ff3NiXx
    6 years ago

    PEGI 16, stop allows kids to go play APEX THX !

  • EA_Aljo's avatar
    EA_Aljo
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    6 years ago

    @NeonXXP 

    Unfortunately, there isn't a way to completely disable text chat currently. I'm very sorry ☹️