New Building - Communications

[Jhall]

How about adding a communications building to build?

Once built players could have access to chat and mail in game.

I think this would help alot with player interaction and overall fun of the game.

 

[finger]

Researching "writing" at Iron Age to allow access to a global chat would keep out a lot of spam.

 

[FirelordJoelle]

But there isn't a library during the Iron age. Unless you're saying something else and I'm missing the joke...

 

[Napoleon I]

It's unnecessary, you could always pigeons.

 

[finger]

I was actually 100% serious... most games with a global chat system suffer because spammers can just clone accounts and keep spamming.

If you set a limit (say iron age) at which you can join the chat you force spammers to put in a lot of work to be able to enter the chat.

In age of empires you research a technology called "writing" that lets you see your allies bases and units. I was implying something like that could fit in really well with the current architecture of the game. Possibly being researched at the Alliance Gate (I had forgotten they didn't have the library then).

 

[Jhall]

Yah make it so it cant be unlocked until Gunpowder Age or something so spammers will not be able to abuse it.