What do you think about the "Clan Chat"?

Clan Chat

The name sais it. Theres a new update in RuneScape and this time they've released the Clan Chat.

Heres the deal:

"Now, both Members and Free Players have their very own channel for chatting to friends and talking as a group, all accessed from some new and clearer interfaces.

Like private chat, Clan Chat works whether you and your friends are on the same game world or all spread across many different worlds.

The new Clan Chat interface can be accessed by clicking on the two smiley faces at the bottom-left of your in-game controls.

You may well notice, in addition to the Clan Chat, that the interfaces have had a tidy up. The dwarves of Keldagrim have produced a fine new tablet in place of the chat scroll, there are more chat filters at the bottom of the screen, and the general controls have been improved, making your day-to-day RuneScaping that much smoother and easier to look at."

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But do you think its really that good?

Its obvious, I'll give you that.

It was a bit confusing at first for me but after I gave it a better look it could be really usefull.

You can push the button 'All', that was there before but in a different name, 'Public Chat', now its next to the button 'Game' what was actually also in the Public chat section but you would have to click it a few times to have set the Public chat to Game. Its the 'all' chat, where you can see what you have done like "You successfully cook a swordfish". You can see trades and see what people have to say.

So there are 2 buttons now instead of one. Quite usefull right?

Then there still is the Public button and Private. Which is quite the same.

Then the new one "Clan", first before you can use it u must enter the new button next to the friends list on your right of the chat mode, the 'Clan Chat'.

You can make a 'room' there which will be your own chat place.

Than you can enter the 'Clan' again. It will say:

Attempting to join channel...

If u made a room yourself it will say;

Now talking in clan channel (lets say...) RuneScapeTo talk, start each line of chat with the / symbol

Now you can chat in your self made room! Yay you.

Just to give you a better understanding about all of the buttons theres a list below.

Buttons:

All:

Selecting the All filter will display all types of chat together in one place with your filter settings applied (e.g. if you have Public, Clan and Trade turned on, you will see all of these, but if you have Private turned off, you will not see that).

Game:

Selecting the Game filter will show only information from the game itself and not any chat sent to you by other players, regardless of your other filter settings.

Public:

Left-clicking this will display only public chat in the chat box. You will not see any clan chat, for instance.

Right-clicking this controls how much chat from other players you see on your screen. You can turn it to On, Friends, Off or Hide. If you set it to On, your chat interface will display all the text everyone types when they are chatting to you or other players. When set to Friends, the chat interface will display the chat lines for you and all your friends only. When set to Hide, if a player types some text, it is displayed above their head in the game window - nothing is displayed in the chat window. Setting it to Off disables public chat.

Private:

Left-clicking this will display only private messages in the chat box.

Right-clicking this sets how players can contact you with private messages. If set to On, anyone can contact you whether they are on your friends list or not. If set to Friends, only people on your friends list will be able to send you messages. Off means you will not receive any private messages.

This button also controls how other players will see your online status. Anyone that can send you a message will be able to see whether you are online or offline.

Note: Jagex staff moderators will always be able to send you messages regardless of your message settings. They can be recognised by the gold crown at the start of their messages.

Clan:

Left-clicking this button will cause the chat window to display only messages from any clan chat channel you are connected to.

Right-clicking it will allow you to control whether you will see chat from any clan channel you are on. You can also use it to control whose chat you will see. The options are On, Friends and Off.

Trade:

You can left-click on this option to make the chat box only show trade requests, challenges, etc.

You can also right-click to control whether players can send you trade requests or challenge you. The options are On, Friends and Off.

Report Abuse Button:

The Report Abuse button is your means of reporting any player in RuneScape that is being abusive towards another player or is breaking one of our rules.

When you spot such behaviour or language, click on the Report Abuse button, correctly type in the offending player's name and then select one of the rules they have broken.

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The interface has made an enormous makeover.

The buttons have been changed.

The chat section is bigger.

The menu to your right has been changed and the 'Congratualations you've just advanced a '...' level' has also been changed.

And of course if that has been changed the style as it is used with will affect anything, like the NPC's you talk with, its not the same anymore.

Like it was before the update:

After the update:

Personally, I like the old interface better. The new one is more ... formal in a ... more worse way.

It's so different all of the sudden.

It could be usefull and fun to chat with your friends all in one channel but to have changed the interface..?

I really need to get use to it though... but there are a lot of good updates about it.

What do you think?

Do you like it better this way or do you prefer the old way?

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So far, almost everybody likes the new update as it is. Especcially the new interface, a lot of people like the chat option but the interface is really something we will have to get used to.

The things that have made Clan Chat + the new update better: :thumbsup:

1) Interface is cleaner and tidier/streamlined

2) Less clicking (Saves time)

3) Bigger chatbox

4) More talking to friends

5) Usefull for people in clans and for trading

6) Good (Clan Chat) for special events/(mini)games

7) To just type '/' will make the private chats faster

8) More functions

Some ideas what the Clan Chat could have made better: :shame:

1) We should be able to register chats.

2) We should be able to join more than 2 chat channels at the same time.

3) Many people dont like the new 'improved' interface, RS had a unique signature and that was one of them

this interface is definitly going to take some getting use too, i hope i start to like it but for now it feels really wierd....i think the clan chat will work great though

One of the best update ever! ever!

The interface is now Much tidy and cleaner than before!

Lovig it.

I like the new interface better, and the clan chat isn't bad, but I would've preferred the dungeon update :D

I think it's a pain in the [wagon] to run.

EDIT:(We can say [wagon] now :shock: .)

I like the new one as it is ALOT cleaner..

Clan chat -

[edit]Meh oops it was just a rumor -.- <3 clan chat!!![/edit] I think we should be able to register chats.

its pretty rad for me.im not in a clan but it means i can chat to all my freinds when i want and the fact that i only have to use / is great.no more clicking on individual names anymore

I think it's a pain in the [wagon] to run.

 

 

 

EDIT:(We can say [wagon] now :shock: .)

Lol :XD:

I like the larger chat screen thats an adventage for sure.

Still, when your talking to people it has those tight and straight lines. I think thats a shame.

I liked the

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thingys better than the ( ) thingys though...

And that:

I think we should be able to register chats.

is a very good idea!

The new interface looks smoother, and I like the bigger chat box.

Great update =D>

very well done...but it might take awhile to get used to it :twisted:

Lol i am using clan chat as my private chat for friends who i talk to more often 8-)

I couldn't care less about clan chat, but I do like the new, more streamlined interface.

I like it now. Its much more smoother. The text box is now a lot easier on the eyes

P.S. F2P got another update

It looks a lot nicer.

Bigger chat box. New Chat system. You can go on Trade Chat (Yay!).

I think this was a great update :D

bigger chat box ftw, it looks alot nicer.

and clan chat is useful for people in clans

This update seems good. Jagex didn't bungle it!!!

i spend a lot more on my own clan chat then my normal chat now. :P

Hate it.

Hate it.

Why? Give us your opinion? What is so horrible about it that you HATE it with a passion? Is it simply something you dislike, then why the big words? Are you absolutely sure you wont ever find a use to it?, unless you dont play Runescape anymore I'm sure you will!

It's pretty neat, although after the novelty has worn off I probably wont use it except for coordinating events. I think IRC does the job, although I see it will have benifits for pking clans in the wilderness as they can now easilly communicate with each other. I would say good job JagEx =D>

-BloodAngel

i think the clan chat is really inovative :thumbsup:

but i really hate that they changed the interfaces

It's pretty neat, although after the novelty has worn off I probably wont use it except for coordinating events. I think IRC does the job, although I see it will have benifits for pking clans in the wilderness as they can now easilly communicate with each other. I would say good job JagEx =D>

 

 

 

-BloodAngel

There are way more use to it, here's a quick example : Castle wars

In the lobby room of each castle war team a player will start a channel by the name of the team (sara / zammy) in which eveybody will go, all players of the team will be able to inform each other of what's going on at any given moment.

Exemple :

"Level 120 flagholding in tunnels!! All come quick!!"

or announcing other players what you're doing "I'm camping by their flag", "I'm defending our flag" or anything

Much more teamplaying opportunities will open

In addition its something you will want to use in everyday playing each time you want to talk to 2 or more friends about the same matter, it will be easier to join the same chat room. Even for chatting with only 1 other person not having to change menu "simply type '/' " will make chatting way faster

Shoot. My guide to faking screenshots is obselete. I will have to get more screenshots to replace it.

I havent played runescape in a while 5 days or so, cause of some family issues.. so I dont have time to game. but I'll check it out

Wow, this is a great update. The interference is much better and tidier, and the clan chat rules! Everyone go on the tip.it chat now :P

I really like it. It has a lot of potential.

My only complaint is that I'd like to join more than one Clan Chat at one time.

It's only been out for a few hours and it's already done wonders for my clan. We were falling apart and now all of a sudden, we can coordinate properly. I'm loving it.

Best update of the year.