Here’s an odd confession: I like to have global chat (or the equivalent thereof) running in my MMORPGs most days. Most days. While it can get eyerollingly awful with the immature arguments and casual racism, world chat helps to keep me appraised of what’s going on with the game and its community. Sometimes I even learn something important or find out that an issue that I’m suffering is widespread.
But I probably wouldn’t throw out an actual question in world chat unless I had no other recourse. There always seems to be more people waiting to attack you for being a know-nothing scrub than to help on the wider scale. So for assistance, I’ll turn to more specific channels or my guild. I’ve found that many MMOs have great advice channels and that it’s worth staying tuned into them, even if they’re supposedly only for “newbies.”
So which MMO chat channel would you recommend as one that offers the best advice? If you need some feedback or opinions right then and there and had no friends on hand to offer it, where would you turn?
Every morning, the Massively Overpowered writers team up with mascot Mo to ask MMORPG players pointed questions about the massively multiplayer online roleplaying genre. Grab a mug of your preferred beverage and take a stab at answering the question posed in today’s Daily Grind!
