Guild Wars 2

so with the new option you can chose that the chat shows only the language you are using, my question is , if for example i write in english , but my client /text/audio is on german, will my messages show up in the chat for the english speaking people ?

how does the chat decide what to show and what not ? based on the message itself, does it read and identifcate what language it is? or based on the language set from the client ?

all i know is that if i toggle the option off i can see everything , english , german , french etc, but i am not sure if the english speaking people that has the optiopn toggeld “show only english” see my message or not

The option works off the language version you are using. It doesn’t care what language you type, only your client.

My best friend is from Quebec, uses a french client but does all communications in english, NA server. She was blocked by people who used “english only” checkoff.. and by default her chat was set to French Only as well.

Language filter is horribly implemented.

From the patchnotes:

Megaservers

• Added a chat option – enabled by default – that shows only the messages coming from players sharing your client’s text language.
  • This option is only applied in to the /map and /say channels, as well as the /team channel in the Edge of the Mists. Other channels are not affected.
    • Messages from players in your friend list are never hidden.
    • Messages from players from the same World as yours are never hidden.
    • Messages from players currently in your party are never hidden.
    • Messages from players representing the same guild as you do are never hidden.
    • Reminder: if you encounter players using abusive or rude language in chat, please report them by right-clicking their name in the chat window and selecting ‘Report.’
    • Blocking a player still functions the same way.

Teofa Tsavo.9863:

The option works off the language version you are using. It doesn’t care what language you type, only your client.

My best friend is from Quebec, uses a french client but does all communications in english, NA server. She was blocked by people who used “english only” checkoff.. and by default her chat was set to French Only as well.

Language filter is horribly implemented.

well kitten , then that means everyone that has that option toggeld on won´t read my messages even if i write it on english , great job anet =_=

Sekai.2987:

Teofa Tsavo.9863:

The option works off the language version you are using. It doesn’t care what language you type, only your client.

My best friend is from Quebec, uses a french client but does all communications in english, NA server. She was blocked by people who used “english only” checkoff.. and by default her chat was set to French Only as well.

Language filter is horribly implemented.

well kitten , then that means everyone that has that option toggeld on won´t read my messages even if i write it on english , great job anet =_=

Yes, unfortunately. It has impacted my friend quite a bit, seems a lot of players in NA have “english only” checked or are simply unaware it is on by default. They simply don’t see her chat.

Oddly, mine’s set to show English only, but I get asian characters still… I think this is a feature in progress.

Jesus, why would that be enabled by default? Had no idea, disabling it as soon as I log in again

This chat system in it’s current form is awful, atm I have to switch my client language at least 4 times an hour in order to chat with other people on my map.
Because it doesn’t matter if I write in their language, if my client isn’t set to english, german, french, … they can’t read me.

Piogre.2164:

Jesus, why would that be enabled by default? Had no idea, disabling it as soon as I log in again

It doesn’t really matter, you would be able to read anything again.
But unless the others deactivate it too, your messages will only be visible to those with the same client language as you.