If I told you they added prox chat would you go stand on a soapbox in the tower and do your ranting with your mic there?

You're assuming they didn't run into technical issues with the way they designed Destiny to work and the effects that it may have had on implementing a proximity chat system with the way that players phase in and out of different game instances.

AFAIK, there is fire team chat, so you will still have plenty of opportunities to meet random people in strikes. I suspect the lack of proximity chat has more to do with their T for Teen rating than anything else. Personally, I'd like to see prox chat available but disabled by default; I'm not sure what the situation is on PS but xbox parental controls allow good control over internet chat.

My entire friends list is made up of people I know in real life. I don't add anyone I meet online. I know you, and some others might, but I would appreciate you not making sweeping generalizations. Not everyone is like you.

The tower just needs a chat box if they're not going to add proximity chat. Bungie is fully capable of even putting in a language filter so that little kids aren't spamming cuss words. It would add a lot more of a social aspect to the tower and make it easier to find people interested in doing Raid's or joining clans. I mean seriously, Playstation Home has a chat box.

I am fine without it. It's not a deal breaker, it's not a big deal.

Prox chat would be a nightmare of trolling and general irritation. However, some kind of social communication beyond voice-chat in teams is definitely required. A chat box would be fine.

So you think griefing aand trolling wouldnt be a problem? Well you must be new here so welcome to the destiny forums, take a look around and yes youll be allowed to edit uour post.

I have no use for proxy chat and no desire for it but im not such a fool i think it isnt retarded its not there for the people that do. Bungie claimed it was a social game not a social game for deaf mutes, the only downside people can come up with is chat abuse lmfao. There should be proximity chat in the wild and p2p or p2group chat in the tower by invite, not proximity. On top of that there should be a way to add anyone to your fireteam who your in conversation with which doesnt involve horrible slow psn invites or a return to space.

I think Bungie made the right call about the Fireteam only chat. I actually gained more friends in a smaller amount of time the way it was set up. It kept the interactions game/mission related. Others have commented that it was silly to send an invite just to watch them go to orbit then back; I didn't find this to be that much of an inconvenience, I don't really remember it, but I imagine this could be made a seamless interaction. The only thing I did was set my Fireteam such that anyone could join. I sent no invites at all. I just played the game. This system creates a clear starting point for the interactions and that contributes to it being a more natural/organic experience. It keeps it a positive action; internally saying "yes, I want to play with them." In other games it's a "no, I don't want to hear you." Everywhere outside of the Tower was a 'mission.' The Tower is the social hub of the game and that's where the 'on-by-default/publc/prox chat' people want belongs if it gets added at all. I also think a clan message board in the Tower would be a good idea as well. There are situations that a Fireteam could be automatically created; PvP, Strikes, and anywhere else that the game puts you on a team. This could override the individual Fireteam settings and then the 'to orbit and back' doesn't need to happen. Besides, prior to those team events we're all in orbit already and it would just make sense to do it there. Public Events; there could be a setting like "Public Event Chat: On/Off" This way a 3 person Fireteam could be doing the Explore missions, join a Publilc Event, communicate with the randoms/non-teammates during the event, then finish the event with their Fireteam still intact. I don't how difficult any of these things would be to add/change. I'm not even asking for them. The thing that has bothered me most about the chat debate is that, often, it's both sides saying "my way is better and you're wrong." I think there are ways that the wants of those for public/prox chat can be met that won't cause those of us that don't want it to go back to excluding ourselves. I loved how it worked in the beta. I loved how I would be in a 'public' space and I didn't have to select 'mute all' to enjoy my experience. I can see where some things could be changed to satisfy more, if not all, with regard to chat settings. But if nothing changes I'll be totally cool with that. Other things I loved about the chat; it was in surround sound, it was affected by the environment, and it was impacted by distance.

Playing warframe, it has open word chat , loving it

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The other reason they don't have proxy chat is it's not nearly as easy as it was before. Things have changed both the culture, tech, and needs have all changed. When I match make multiplayer the lobby and game is silent, even in strikes I played 6 in the beta and no one was talking at all. So I just go straight to party chat with my friends, clan, or girlfriend. Yeah I met a lot of people through game chat, and matches but didn't really meet anyone through proxy chat. Yeah there were some fun moments with proxy chat while playing hide and seek in halo but it was mostly irritating for me and them. Proxy chat just isn't important anymore. This is a hyper connected world. We don't need proxy chat, with all the connections we have made. I personally would rather not have than have to deal with the problems it had. Just my two cents.

I get what your saying however I will say you have ways of talking to people without a in-game chat. Such as you can msg them, add them, & create a Text Chat. But I have seen the very worst of where in-game chat systems can go & I assure you, it can go very very bad. I agree with Bungie's decision as they desire to create a good atmosphere one with little to no drama if possible, removing it ensures less likely hood of it happening. You must understand 2 things. 1: Any world humans enter, it will develop politics if not treated in someway by the community from the start. 2: Though the system may be 110% perfect, people will directly choose to break the system. In this case the system is the in-game chat system, it be perfect IF everyone got along, but they won't so their end lies a problem. Somethings in this world is wrong, it isn't you perhaps, it is the world who might be wrong....

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The only time I see chat being needed/wanted is if we're on a strike together, or in a multiplayer match on the same team. Otherwise, emotes are more than good enough to convey things. And besides, I spend 75-90% of my time in parties. A lot of people do.

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80% of my friends list is people I know in real life. You wanna meet people, either go to the tower and dance then invite to party or fireteam or go and get real friends. Problem solved.

basically i can see how prox chat could ruin portions of the open worldliness.. but I also think that there should definitely be areas of localized prox chat.. and or just the option to have it on or off.. we need this communication in the game somehow.. for sure..

I couldn't give a fig either way. But the option to at least turn on voice chat should be a thing. So everyone can get what they want