Allow in game messages to be sent to fellowship members and add new message icon

[John_S4]

I would like the ability to send in-game messages to people in my fellowship even if they are not on my friends list. This goes hand-in-hand with my request to add a mute feature to fellowship chat.

Option to mute fellowship chat

I often find myself wishing fellowship chat could be muted during shard dungeons. I (along with many others I’ve spoken to) find it can be overwhelmingly distracting when trying to do high level runs which leads to us asking for quiet on the channel which ruins others enjoyment. An option to mute fellowship chat - along with some kind of visual icon or color change to our name on the fellowship roster so that people know they are not being ignored - would greatly enhance everyone’s experience. …

This will allow for non-disruptive communication between fellowship members.

It also emphasizes the importance of my previous suggestion of including timestamps on in game messages

Timestamps on messages

I would love to see timestamps on messages received in game. I often find that I’ve missed messages from players and when I check my inbox, I have no idea if the message asking me to join a group is recent or from hours ago. Thanks!

Additionally, it isn’t very apparent when a new message is received. I would like an envelope icon added as a circle below the experience bar (like the active bombs or rain) to indicate I have a message waiting.

[Nol_Mimi_Reyalta]

I’ve asked for this a few times already as well, so I am not really holding up any hope for it being added, but obviously I agree.

[Zacarun]

Where did you ask this? Can you share the reply?

Both muting (during an important event or high shard) and more possibilities with the messages would be super helpful and solve a lot of current issues regarding communication. That would be awesome to have those!

[Nol_Mimi_Reyalta]

As examples of the message notification icon (I forgot to mention timestamps in the mockup thread for some reason even though I meant to mention timestamps there):

Suggestion: UI Change (Flexibility change) (With mockup)

Red is mainly for showing where things go. (Dividing lines, for example). Blue circles are to show handles (for moveable parts) This is not to scale. [image] What is different from the current UI as compared to the proposal? Very little aside from adding filters and position adjustments. The ability to filter and change positions makes a huge difference for some players though. Log: So basically the idea here is that your log could be separated so that you can look at just combat, just lo…

Change messages icon when unread messages

As of now, the message notification/party invite is not reliable, because any area change basically means you dont get notified of a message. This means you might think a friend didnt want to reply to your message when in reality they never even realized you messaged them!. This usually means that the easiest way to contact a friend is to party invite them multiple times in hopes of them joining your party so you can voice talk to them. A potentially simple fix is to change the color of the m…

Muting thing:

Lock option on Party Chat/Fellowship Chat

I think this has been suggested before, but yes. Two things I think I’ve asked for before are Option to toggle lock outgoing chat modes between fellowship, area, party instead of having to press on your compass to talk, which seems very unstable as it is. Option to disable or change the volume of certain sound groups (and/or increase the dropoff past a certain distance). ** As examples: ** I might want the voices of people in my fellowship muted while I’m doing a raid. ** I might want the v…

I found one where I mention messaging party members, but I think the fellowship one might be way older.

As far as the response: Generally little to no response.

[Randy_M]

I would like to see it where members of your party have a little more volume and those not in your party stand in the background more.

The volume of conversation is overwhelming at times even when just gathering outside the Player House making plans for the evening. I don’t want to mute the other conversations as lots of information gets passed and those who need help should be able to be heard.