#8 - June 24, 2010, 2:20 a.m.
Q u o t e:
i have a quick question regarding the new chat function.
before the patch, in order to reply to a whisper i would press r, now, when i reply to a whisper, the "whisper xxxxx" stays "saved" as the last chat channel.
so when i press enter to type in party/raid/bg i get /r with the last person or whoever it is im targeting instead of /party/etc.
how can i change it so i can have r as reply only and enter as my last chat channel?
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With patch 3.3.5 whispers are included as the "last chat channel" functionality to which you're referring. Combined with the ability to move chats into their own windows, remembering the channel to which your last message was sent -- including whispers -- is a really important, intuitive feature so that players can more easily hold multiple conversations with people. Instead of always hitting "r" to reply to any whisper, we expect players will adjust to the fact that your most recent chat type or whisper will be saved as the default type when you next open up the dialog box. This means you will need to type things such as "/1" or "/bg" to switch to a different type.
We feel players will see the benefits of these changes as they begin holding more conversations and separating them from the main chat frame into their own tabs. This is a big feature that brings more of an instant message style to the game interface, which is important given that we anticipate many players will be engaged in more private conversations with friends across Battle.net while in the game. You can easily organize separate conversations however you wish on your screen, minimize those conversations, be visually notified when a new message is received in any conversation box, and always know that your last whisper or chat type will be the default next time you want to type something.
