Guild Wars 2

As an RPer on tarnished coast, I’m having a great time, but I notice that the range on /say and /e is so large that it’s extremely difficult to achieve a realistic range at which others can’t hear you and noise from people much too far away is pervasive, as well as privacy difficult to balance.

Sorry to bring up WoW, but they’re a good role model for what makes an effective /say and /e range. It’s a good deal shorter while long enough to work and makes character proximity interactions feel a bit more natural in how they split up.

I agree with this. If I am standing outside the Maiden’s Whisper, someone inside should not be able to hear/see me.

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The bigger /say range is good for WvW though. I can /say to people that are attacking or defending a tower or camp that I am at. I don’t want to clutter team or map with that traffic. Plus if everybody attacking or defending is using those chats, then nobody will know who the intended recipients are.

I would have to add in a lot more information. I would have to say for instance, “Attackers at BV coming from the north” if I can use say then it can be something like “look north.”

So keep it in WvW and limit it everywhere else. Problem solved.

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