Comments on: Three – Er, Two – Things I’d Love to See in WoW

By: Phyllixia

Phyllixia — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:17:30 +0000

If Blizz *doesn’t* implement Web chat, would it be worth making one of the chat programs commonly used (eg. MSN, Yahoo, etc) the unofficial guild one? People don’t have to join if they don’t want to…

By: zupa

zupa — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:12:50 +0000

This is the first I’ve ever heard of a webchat system that is linked to the game servers, and I think it’s a brilliant idea!

As for implementation, I would expect it to be on a per-server basis, which should mean no real technical roadblocks at all. All you really provide is another game client, in the form of a website with chat features.

Surely it could talk directly to whichever hamster is routing the various in-game messages and take it from there.

Hope blizzard are watching ;)

By: Kestrel

Kestrel — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:07:36 +0000

Although I never used it, I loved EQ2’s webchat idea & implementation.

Practically speaking, I’m not sure Blizz could do it: That’s a helluva bandwidth issue, if even 10% of us were online–over 1,000,000 people using chat channels?? Ouchies.