MultiPlayer Foyer

**t1master** · 07-31-2010, 01:27

remember when they muted chat in rtw? they never looked back.

**Togakure** · 07-31-2010, 03:45

I think this may be the incident which Gregoshi-san is vaguely recalling. There was a major public outcry here when that happened. What was/were the incident(s) that led to that extreme action?

**Major Robert Dump** · 07-31-2010, 05:18

While I prefer a foyer/lobby as long as there is an associated IGNORE function, and especially a foyer with sub lobbies, I think those days are long past.

There is too much liability in having a lobby. Parents may be less likely to allow their underage children to play. Puritans and those easily offended my shy away from MP so they don't have to hear naughty words. Overly paranoid parents and politicians fear pedo bear will mack on their little Jimmy

**Tera** · 07-31-2010, 11:44

Japanese history attracts a different crowd than the more mainstream Ancient Rome or Napoleonic eras. Shogun 1 had a mature, adult following which I'm sure will be returning with the release of STW2.

So hopefully it will be an opportune moment to reintroduce chatting liberties.

**Swoosh So** · 07-31-2010, 12:55

There must be a mp foyer its the basics, ignore functions are adequate all they have to do is make an ignore - ignore every username associated with that account. Chat filters are fine for bad language.
Would be nice to see an early statement from ca as to whether or not were getting a chat lobby so we can decide if we want to follow this games progress or not. If there isent one included im jumping off completely, this is the alamo as far as im concerned for totalwar i bought ntw but skipped empire, ntw held my interest for about 1 week due to lack of a chat lobby and despite being a decent totalwar game was a complete waste of money due to lack of a lobby for me. Im not even going to bother with shogun if there is not a chat lobby included. That said i do hope ca turn it around and put back in the most basic of functions. Somone stated (think it was tera) that they talk up mp and include it to get over 90% review well lets see. Its no wonder gaming magazines are going bust when they simply gloss over multiplayer flaws pc zone = byebye and good riddance pc gamer next?

**NagaoKagetora** · 07-31-2010, 13:42

Originally Posted by Tera

Japanese history attracts a different crowd than the more mainstream Ancient Rome or Napoleonic eras. Shogun 1 had a mature, adult following which I'm sure will be returning with the release of STW2.

So hopefully it will be an opportune moment to reintroduce chatting liberties.

I dunno Tera, original Shogun MP did have a generally more mature following but it was in a game which overall had a small following. And it had its fair share of asshats amongst that community, I don't have to think very hard to remember quite a few individuals who delighted in trying to ruin others gaming experience.

Id like to see them implement an ingame foyer also but they need to do it right and put the effort in with the correct functions/tools or it will be a waste (and a nightmare with the huge following STW2 will attract).