^this right here. I like the nuances and paranoia of not knowing what online actually implies.

topkilla wrote:I like just the "Online". You don't know what they are doing. Maybe they are planning an assault on you. Maybe they forgot to put their phone to sleep before watching Netflix.

Haha, you're absolutely right. And it's a simpler ui, which is hugely important.

I think it would be better to have the messages in the chat window work like in WhatsApp (and probably in other chat programs). When a message has been read (that is, the player has come into the chat room, not viewed the notification on their phone's home screen) a little 'tick' icon should appear next to the message.
In multi-chat rooms, the tick could be in the players color, so you know which of your allies has received a message or not.

I'm not a fan of this. It makes it seem like all my opponents are like my ex girlfriend (freaked out on me for not replying to her text messages when I had forgot my phone.) Sometimes I need time to think about a response and it takes me a while to think of something that makes sense so having my opponent know that I have seen his messages isn't very appealing to me. I like the messaging system as it is

topkilla wrote:I like just the "Online". You don't know what they are doing. Maybe they are planning an assault on you. Maybe they forgot to put their phone to sleep before watching Netflix.

The reason I suggest it is because many people play multiple games at once, and one game may be very active at a given time and not allow time to check other games right away. The distrust this creates is a something of a punishment for these people.

I don't mean to overblow this. It's a small suggestion, for a small solution to a small problem.

kevlargolem wrote:

topkilla wrote:I like just the "Online". You don't know what they are doing. Maybe they are planning an assault on you. Maybe they forgot to put their phone to sleep before watching Netflix.

The reason I suggest it is because many people play multiple games at once, and one game may be very active at a given time and not allow time to check other games right away. The distrust this creates is a something of a punishment for these people.

I don't mean to overblow this. It's a small suggestion, for a small solution to a small problem.

Which was my point...