So what’s going on with chat? I can only use chat when the servers are quiet, and not when busy. All I get is “Not available to you right now” I have not received a chat ban, I can chat in game, but not in the hangar, or send private messages while in the hangar. Anyone else getting this too?
Happens to me and a couple of my squad mates too since three weeks IIRC. Some times I play a match then and it comes back but mostly not.
And it occures only when we log in in the afternoon or evening.
Seems intermittent. Same thing happened to me half an hour ago, but now chat in hanger is back online. Presumably a server issue.
Yea, nah, it’s really flakey, and has been for a month or 3 even. It needs fixing as something is genuinely wrong.
It’s eiher a bad connection somewhere along the tubes of the internet, or it’s gnuinely a server/data center problem.
I’ve had the window up for an hour to get it to connect, then it seems that the chat server crashes or something as there’s no-one in chat, and there’s no channels cept the main created channels.
Thanks Guys! Happy Hunting.
Chat has been a little wonky for a year now, but as mentioned, the last 3 - 4 months it has been extra dodgy. The busier times of day are definitely worse. I can usually get in first thing in the morning(5+ GMT), but lord help me if I have to restart the game or my PC for any reason, because the chances of getting back into chat are slim & none for a good long time. It used to let you in after you played 2 - 3 games . . usually, but even that is of little to no use lately. Once everything quiets down, as you mentioned, then it is much easier to get the chat(s) to load. Normal 25 - 30 in the English chat is now lucky to be more than 6 or 7 during the day. It’s almost like it is being throttled down or restricted until players from the other side of the world log off. I have no idea how many use the Russian or German language chats, or any other besides English for that matter. But I do know that English is a minority language for the game in general. It has worked great for 8 - 9 years, and with even a lot players online, so it’s a mystery. If they just don’t want us to have a chat anymore, that’s ok I guess. But at the very least, separate the Squadron chats from the no working chat. As a Deputy Commander it is very difficult to get anything done in the game because the chat never works. Having to rely on a 3rd party chat app just isn’t very useful either. Maybe find something that could be overlayed with the game and relieve Gaijin from having to bother with it.
I spent 12 hours, from 6am to 6pm just the other day and was never able to get the chat to load. Twice it tried and I could post in the Squadron chat, but the main chats never would load. And as soon as I did say anything in Squadron chat . . . . “you are disconnected from chat” . . . so . . . lol. And I was playing too, did the whole 35k for the tank event, both Daily tasks and the Special task, so I was putting in the effort, which used to trigger it . … not anymore. It’s like they just don’t want the players to use chats anymore, but just can’t bring themselves to pull the trigger on removing it altogether . … lol
I just tried chat, where it’s 8:31 am Pac Time and no go…says not available to you at this time. :(
Something bad happen to Russia? Usually Gaijin adjusts chat when a “significant” issue occurs with that particular country.
maybe server powered by hampter has some issues