Honestly, you've added voice chat for squad but we cannot talk to anyone on the other team? How are you STILL behind Battlefield 4 in 2022 and its almost 2023. You give people the ability to grow their own communities and you talk like you are helping people at the same time as you continue to hinder them by only allowing team & squad chat.How could you be so dense as to not see the ability to communicate with the enemy team an essential part of the FPS experience?

@UNL1M1T3D_P0W3R wrote:@Prosak_the_Great All-Chat is intentionally missing as it'd be too toxic. It's not like the devs couldn't have put it in. Don't know how people struggle to understand this by now.The game doesn't need it, and it certainly ain't essential at all. People should be focused on playing the game and communicating only with their squads/team, not constantly heckling the other team and having them do the same thing back (which is exactly what would always happen). You want that terrible experience then CoD's prox chat is for you. The game most certainly needs all chat. For one everyone I play with misses saying "GG" at the end of the round. Second all chat is required to coordinate for team switching (or in 2042 leaving the server and rejoining a friend), or coordinating during an event for the entire server to see or do something. Just because something can be used for toxicity doesn't make it toxic nor does it mean that it was predominantly toxic.

DICE didn't include a scoreboard at launch because they felt it was too toxic. At least I assume the decision to not include a scoreboard, all chat, and voice chat at launch revolved around toxicity.DICE eventually added voice chat which is the most toxic feature in all of online gaming. Text chat is way less toxic than voice chat so I have no idea why it's not included in the game.

Dice are from Sweden, one of the most "woke" countries in the world (I live in Denmark, we are not at the same level but almost...).They should try introducing a thing called choice, instead of forcing their political agendas on people.A lot of older players would like the all-chat and an easy solution would be to make an opt-in-system, let people decide themselves.

@UNL1M1T3D_P0W3R wrote:@Prosak_the_GreatAll-Chat is intentionally missing as it'd be too toxic. It's not like the devs couldn't have put it in. Don't know how people struggle to understand this by now.The game doesn't need it, and it certainly ain't essential at all. People should be focused on playing the game and communicating only with their squads/team, not constantly heckling the other team and having them do the same thing back (which is exactly what would always happen). You want that terrible experience then CoD's prox chat is for you.Because I refuse to accept that it is a problemAll they have to do is to make it so people can opt out of the All-chat if they wish to. Maybe even keep it off as a default while letting us sign a consent to turn it on.Plus we have a powerful mute feature for all the junk typersThe servers are a lot less lively now.

Why is there still no Server Wide Chat?

18 Replies

UNL1M1T3D_P0W3R
3 years ago
@Prosak_the_Great All-Chat is intentionally missing as it'd be too toxic. It's not like the devs couldn't have put it in. Don't know how people struggle to understand this by now.

The game doesn't need it, and it certainly ain't essential at all. People should be focused on playing the game and communicating only with their squads/team, not constantly heckling the other team and having them do the same thing back (which is exactly what would always happen). You want that terrible experience then CoD's prox chat is for you.
OskooI_007
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
DICE didn't include a scoreboard at launch because they felt it was too toxic. At least I assume the decision to not include a scoreboard, all chat, and voice chat at launch revolved around toxicity.
DICE eventually added voice chat which is the most toxic feature in all of online gaming. Text chat is way less toxic than voice chat so I have no idea why it's not included in the game.
direct3r
3 years ago
atleast for Portal Matchups there should be an option to turn it on...
0_Katsui
3 years ago
we can't swear because it's too toxic. we can't disable the chat filter because everyone's too toxic.
we can't use a server browser because that'd be too toxic.
but don't worry, the specialists swear in their vocal lines while we operate them to kill people.
KILL = OK
SWEAR = NO
Conclusion: Being able to say to that enemy guy "nice shot!" is toxic. Kill your neighbors, don't talk to them.
UP_Hawxxeye
Legend
3 years ago
@UNL1M1T3D_P0W3R wrote:
@Prosak_the_GreatAll-Chat is intentionally missing as it'd be too toxic. It's not like the devs couldn't have put it in. Don't know how people struggle to understand this by now.

The game doesn't need it, and it certainly ain't essential at all. People should be focused on playing the game and communicating only with their squads/team, not constantly heckling the other team and having them do the same thing back (which is exactly what would always happen). You want that terrible experience then CoD's prox chat is for you.
Because I refuse to accept that it is a problem
All they have to do is to make it so people can opt out of the All-chat if they wish to. Maybe even keep it off as a default while letting us sign a consent to turn it on.
Plus we have a powerful mute feature for all the junk typers
The servers are a lot less lively now.
Ironhead841
Hero
3 years ago
@UP_Hawxxeye
I agree, that would be the best option allow us to opt into global chat and as you said if someone is being a goober just mute them.
I would like to have global chat back just to be able to give a "LOL", "Nice Shot" or "GG" every now and again.
Noodlesocks
3 years ago
Someone might get their feelies hurt ☹️
mrtwotimes
3 years ago
Direct chat to ANY player directly (friend or foe) could be useful I guess but I'm not sure how.
As far as open channel to everyone on the server, that should never happen. It serves no purpose. 90% of the text chat I see every game has zero value to the game being played. There are other way to communicate with people playing online as well.
Ironhead841
Hero
3 years ago
@mrtwotimes
Hence the option to turn it off if you don't want to see it, all anyone is asking for is the ability to opt in if they want.
Honestly, I don't understand the reasoning behind ever removing it in the first place.
TTZ_Dipsy
Hero+
3 years ago
That would be annoying as all hell