Seriously. why is this not fixed yet? it works 1/4 of the time. it's the most important channel that an empire needs at a hex section. why isnt this fixed yet? Does SOE want the game to be ruined by everyone spouting tactical information over /y? FIX IT ALREADY!!!!
/bump. why isnt anyone discussing this? it's a huge complaint ingame on /y and how it's being used wrong. then everyone is like. well the /re isnt working so guess we let the NME know what's going on.
Seriously, I don't know why it hasn't been fixed yet. At the moment, it's the only channel that can be used to discuss tactics safely when one is not in an outfit/platoon/squad, or for platoon-to-platoon tactics. Also, the different channel types need to be explained to new players/everyone. Not many people know of /re or /reg.
i've tried /re /reg /region, same result everytime : region chat is completely random and as the OP says, Please FIX this!
Just change /yell to be faction only.. Realistically the only reason to be talking to someone in another faction would be to taunt and or troll them, which is what its being used for 90% of the time anyway...
Agreed, posted this several times, not sure why it's not fixed. Without /re there's a serious lack of inter-faction communication within the region. Leaving /yell the only way to communicate with your faction, which is dumb for obvious reasons. Lack of a communication are not only confusing for the new people, but they make a game not feel alive. I'm betting with a solid working /re people will feel more engaged to battles, will be able to talk about flanking strategies, will be able to alert of what people see without letting the other factions know. Heck it sure would be nice to just be able to ask where everybody's going without guessing.
I had thought it was only supposed to work in regions you own. Then by chance I used it while attacking the crown and it worked, despite us not owning the region. So I guess it actually is broken, but only seemingly in enemy territory; I have never had an instance of it not working in friendly regions just enemy regions. Or perhaps it is only supposed to work in regions you own, and what is broken is the regions not correctly updating ownership.
It needs to be fixed bad. And faction chat. Obviously needs to be done. And Continent chat. Super useful for being a team.
Having a game where team play is encouraged(squad bonus xp etc) and communication is vital in getting things done. Not having a fully working region chat this late after release seems a bit silly to me. The amount of times I've wanted to co-ordinate something with friendlies in my hex and not being able to do so is astonishing. I then just pull up my map and watch what used to be a strong focussed zerg mill about for a few minutes before just dispersing in about 5 different directions. Although the only possible upside to not having a working region chat is giving out false information to the enemy with /y when /re is working in a region.
Leave /yell as it is. It is always good for some loling during a battle when some new user on the opposing faction starts yelling where he is. NC: /y Repair the generator! TR: /y Don't do it! It's a trap!
