117030-account-based-circle-chat

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I've been wondering, why can't I have my alts talk in circle chat without having to be part of it. I already have character who's in said circle. Why can't I level as my alt but still speak in guild/circle chat as the character who's a member? It would be way easier to keep in touch without having to account-friend everyone. I realize that channels are a good solution for this, but those are faction dependent, so... yeah. 
 
They reason why I ask is because I have character on both blue and red side and I like to keep in touch with my usual circle of friends in game. Yes, there's whisper, but /w /atell <first name last name> takes effort now versus /cx and you can't have a conversation with 3+ people using whispers. 
 
I'd love to see Carbine provide some transparency when it comes to doing circles based on player accounts. Imagine the possibilities? I'm a role player, and the only way to keep in touch with players on the other faction to organize story, conflict driven RP events is through the forums. Having Exile and Dominion players it the same circle would make it so easy to plan out real PvP based RP that involves the war in some way.	
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			Dropping the faction barrier for circles would be really helpful, IMO. It's sad when I'm playing my Dominion alt, but my friends happen to be doing Exile things - or vice versa. Making circles account-based is an interesting solution, though!	
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			Not gonna happen. You still can't send stuff via mail to your opposite faction alt and you wanna have chat for both sides?	
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			Both, preferably. :)	
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Cross-faction/account-based circles and cross-faction/account-based mail would be very, very helpful. For example, we wouldn't need more than one architect. Right now, if you want to be 'self suficient' in housing (so to speak), you need to level up one of those on each side. And architecture in this game is a frustrating mess of RNG. I do not think there's anyone out there looking forward to unlock everything for a second time. Or to have to deal with the Spotlight unlock again.
 
I believe the official reason given in Twitter "once upon a time" for the current limitation was as follows (paraphrased):
"The Faction divide has to mean something! Enemies don't sit to have tea! ;) Mm? What is that, player? That the auction house is already cross faction? OH WELL! See, that is because, you see, convenience, see...what? That cross-faction Circles and mail would also be convenient? No! The Factions have to mean something, darnit! The players must hate the other side, depending on which one they are currently playing in! IT HAS TO MEAN SOMETHING! WE MADE FACTIONS FOR A REASON QQQQQQ!"
 
Or something like that, yeah.	
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			Account based circles would be great, it would save the time it takes to get all of my alt characters invited to a circle and just generally be a huge convenience for everyone. Make them cross faction too, it's not liek there is any logical reason to prevent communication between the two factions. (Planetside is proof of this + there are addons that allow it somewhat.)	
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			Not so sure I would want cross-faction circles, though I would love it if they were account-based within the faction they were created on. Same goes for guilds. I would love if we can automatically join a guild with every character rather than just one. Not that I'm bothering with guilds anymore, but it might be nice for those who do. Especially altoholics. :)	
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			Exactly what Morgana said. Foes are foes. While even on PvP servers we do communicate between guilds, but there should be at least some sort of thrill or hostility, even if it isn't actually mean spirited. However with circles only fitting 100 people, alts shouldn't be taking up extra space and at the same time we should still be able to speak to our friends. As for using circles to communicate PvP RP events trough both factions, perhaps there could be some sort of chat line for that exact purpose? Perhaps some sort of hub in the open world where exiles and dominion could meet to broadcast messages to each other? Kind of like sapping into other faction's communication to announce something, or being a double agent and giving them helpful information? It would help RPers and on PvP servers it could become an objective to protect/ not let your enemy use. 	
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			Account based circles would need to be an OPTION. While I am currently only in one circle, there are other uses for circles where I would only want one or two of my characters in a circle. But honestly, it's not that hard to add all your characters to a circle. There's nothing wrong with actually needing someone else in an MMO to help you do something.	
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Account based circles would need to be an OPTION.
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