I was hoping someone here could confirm... I'm guessing it's Origin's or the console's chat.
Well....I can confirm through [publicly released promotional materials] that there has been no in-game text chat in any build that the public has [seen].
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Benjamin Artwohl @bartwohl Do you know if the Game will have Text Chat on Launch Day for PC?@benirvo
Ben Irving @benirvo That will be available through 1st party only
Huh? First party is Bioware. Did they mean second party, like Origin/Playstation/Xbox? And how do they block third party, like Teamspeak and Discord? Blocking third party would be the only way they could make it be "only" first party.
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Benjamin Artwohl @bartwohl Do you know if the Game will have Text Chat on Launch Day for PC?@benirvo
Ben Irving @benirvo That will be available through 1st party only
Huh? First party is Bioware. Did they mean second party, like Origin/Playstation/Xbox? And how do they block third party, like Teamspeak and Discord? Blocking third party would be the only way they could make it be "only" first party.
Okay, we got a clearer answer now...
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You will need to use origin, XBOX or PlayStation text options
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For this stream will it be the Interceptor perspective ?
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Huh? First party is Bioware. Did they mean second party, like Origin/Playstation/Xbox? And how do they block third party, like Teamspeak and Discord? Blocking third party would be the only way they could make it be "only" first party.
Okay, we got a clearer answer now...
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You will need to use origin, XBOX or PlayStation text options
Okay, though again, they can't really block third party, at least on PC.
It's really weird to hear an EA/Origin employee refer to Sony and Microsoft as "first party". If I worked at Sony, I would refer to EA/Bioware as third party, lol.
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You will need to use origin, XBOX or PlayStation text options
I'll be on mic then.
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You will need to use origin, XBOX or PlayStation text options
Okay, though again, they can't really block third party, at least on PC.
It's really weird to hear an EA/Origin employee refer to Sony and Microsoft as "first party". If I worked at Sony, I would refer to EA/Bioware as third party, lol.
It's really weird, but correct (the first time I heard them referred to as First Party threw me off). I really wish I could do a full write-up these things, but that's not my department.
Okay, though again, they can't really block third party, at least on PC.
It's really weird to hear an EA/Origin employee refer to Sony and Microsoft as "first party". If I worked at Sony, I would refer to EA/Bioware as third party, lol.
It's really weird, but correct (the first time I heard them referred to as First Party threw me off). I really wish I could do a full write-up these things, but that's not my department.
I guess the distributor is 1st, consumers 2nd and the producer is 3rd. The primary contract / sale is between consumer and distributor.
Post by Pounce de León on Dec 12, 2018 8:12:34 GMT
Not wanting to drag it off topic, but there is still the EULA and what about GaaS, is the distributor still considered 1st party. Who actually offers the 'service' - since i rarely read any EULAs
Glad they're taking a break, but a serious question to ask BioWare ...
Looking for an answer to a question that was asked some time ago ...
All we got was a "working on it" response ...
To wit: BioWare, has Dice fixed the Frostbite soundbug?
In DAI and MEA, SP was very, very rarely hit by the sound bug. In 8 runs through DAI SP, I think I got hit maybe three times. In 14 runs through MEA SP, I probably got hit less than 10 times. So in both cases, I could go an entire run without encountering the sound bug.
I didn't play DAIMP, by the time the game was stable enough for me, I'd already lost interest in MP (I went back to ME3MP instead). But I have played a LOT of MEAMP and the sound bug can hit a lot in MP. I can go weeks without getting hit, some nights, I can get hit three times in a session. It tends to be streaky. It can happen on any map, with any faction, with any character and any weapon selection. Generally, it seems to hit more often on Paradox ... folks I play with refer to Paradox as the place where MEA sound goes to die.
Anthem has a SP component, but mostly it's a MP game. Unless the soundbug had been fixed, when Anthem ships, it will always have the soundbug as part of its DNA. BioWare/EA ... is this what you are doing? Shipping a AAA game with a bug that makes continuing a match problematic and requires a game reboot to fix? This has litterally been going on for years ... and in 2019 your going to ship a game with that bug?
I don't do Twitter, so maybe someone can re-ask the question. Or perhaps @postmodernlocke can look into it. Probably not your area of responsiblity, but you do occasionally lurk our forums. For DAI and MEA SP, it was not much of an issue, but Anthem is not that type of game ... it will be an issue, a known issue ... please, an honest answer and not just getting a "working on it" response would be respectful of your customer/fan base.
I'm guessing it's Origin's or the console's chat. 
