First of all I’d like to say I’m very thankful that there’s an ability to disable chat, as I find Global chats annoying in most game experiences.
However, I feel that there are a handful of issues with it that are holding it back.
- When Chat is disabled, the chat window can still appear and be typed into. Nothing happens when you press enter, of course, but it’s odd that the window is even there if you have chat fully disabled. Similarly, clicking on a party member still shows the option to DM them and it pops open the chat window with a /w [USERNAME] filled in as if you could still message them.
- It seems odd that disabling chat is an all-or-nothing experience. I would prefer more granular control over it, so that you could for example disable any chats other than Party chat and whispers from friends, so you can still message the folks you play with.
- I’m sure it’s been brought up before, but being able to link items to party members in chat would be great. Not only to be able to show off a cool drop, but also to let your team look at an item you’re offering to gift.