Feedback: Most Chat Filters Should Default to "Mine Only"

Unless you are parsing, you do not want to see 53 other raider's damage over time spells spamming your chat window.

The same is true of heals, etc.

With the new chat filter changes done on January 17, it was a very unpleasant surprise to discover as the raid begins and you are very busy doing your part, that your chat box fills with 5,000 lines of rapidly moving spam.

While you are trying to follow raid instructions during combat, you now have to open your Options > Chat and look at the entries to try to find which ones you have to change to stop this spam.

I had to move DoTs to a hidden window, which meant I was not healing my group or tanks during this time. It was only later that I discovered that you can change DoTs to Mine Only, except it's not under the five "DoTs" entries but under "Damage Over Time".

99% of players do not want to see other players damage, healing, etc. For those that do, they can change it. Do not design something to default for the 1%, design it to default for the 99% and let the 1% change the setting.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Also hide 0 heals by default also please.

I think you are underestimating how many bug reports will get opened from new players/new installs for "I can't see anyone elses damage".

Put in a pop on first load that says all filters are set to self only and if the player wants to see other crap, they need to adjust the filters and give them directions on how to do it.

There...problem solved.

Should have a super set button for: "show all" and "show mine"

Click the "show all" button and it sets all the chat filters to show.
Click the "show mine" button and it sets all the chat filters to show mine ( non zero ).

Job security.

Is the Customer Service AI bot at risk of losing its job?

They are worried about shrink spells.

I'd say for all new character INIs, see only your own stuff by default. Don't go back editing existing INIs for this type of change.

Not to pile on, but you guys really screwed up the filters on that one. While i saw that there were changes to some of the filters in the patch notes, i did not realize that you were going to move literally all of my normally hidden spam smack dab into my main chat window. /rolls eyes so hard.

Give the main chat window a spam tab THAT DOES NOT FLASH RED. By default, put all the hits, heals, etc in the spam window.

It would be even better if the main chat window had 3 tabs by default THAT DO NOT FLASH RED.

1 for all forms of chat (guild, raid, group, say)
1 for all non-combat spam (emotes, event messages, etc)
1 for combat spam (melee, nukes, heals, dots, etc)

Correct me if I am wrong but there is no way to keep windows from flashing red. It would be nice if I could disable windows from flashing. I would use tabs a lot more if I could disable the flashing.

It is very annoying.

However, try unchecking Options (General tab) > Blink Active Chat Window (right side, bottom checkbox). You may need to drag the bottom of the Options window down to show all options.

Also, each chat window and tab, right click and unpick, "Highlight New Messages".

Instead of just 'Show' and 'Hide', many filters should also have 'Mine', 'Group' and 'Raid' options.

Also, having a 'Log only' option would be great for people that want to pars but not spam themselves into immobility.

p.s. A save and load option for filter settings would be great (maybe even copy from another character?)

All I require to see is my damage, my heals, my pet damage, my bard songs and NPC. 1 button to press do do that would be great.

I have no interest in others damage or mine or my pets misses or 0 heals.

I am boggled by the proposition that EverQuest should hide more information from players. I am especially boggled that the proposal especially targets those who have the least understanding of EverQuest already underneath them (users of default settings)

I don't think anyone is asking to intentionally hide information from players. What we want is the OPTION to hide chat information we don't want to see. Forcing players to see garbage is just as bad as hiding certain information from players.

That is the literal, explicit request of the OP, and everyone cosigning. Do you mean in some other thread that no one is asking for that? Here, that is exactly and only what's being asked for.

And it's bonkers.

Ok, let's revise this then.

Create a big easy to see button/setting to change most chat filters to Mine Only. Players can use this if they wish.

During the Tutorial, add a step which you can see others helping you kill something and the spam you get. Then have one of the tutorial NPCs offer to show you how to use the Mine Only setting.

This should satisfy your, "Oh, no, they are hiding stuff that 99% don't want to see and the 1% can unhide", complaint.

Defaulting a filter to "mine only" (or the equivalent) is in no way hiding info from players...it's a chat filter setting that anyone can ajust to their liking. Anyone who wants to see the spam, can easily change it. All it takes is a note in a patch message when a new filter gets added/changed, or put in a pop up message for a new toon that they need to adjust their chat filter settings. What you see as "hiding" (which it isn't) is what I see as making the game playable.

That is a false statement.

as for the rest:


it's a chat filter setting that anyone can a[d]just to their liking. Anyone who doesn't want to see the spam can easily change it. All it takes is no notes in any patch message, nor putting in any pop up messages.