they are actually nothing like WoW. Order & Chaos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stARuX_A-Xk) is like WoW, and there is the proof. And it would be great to be able to have a global chatt, a team/group chat, and I've already suggested a merchant chat in another thread. Any of these should be able to be turned off in the menu for those who don't want to use them. idk the programming that is involved in different kinds of chat, so maybe that is the limiting factor here.
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