Consider this scenario, your regular toon you play always usually gets several tells to join a team the second you log on. It is nice to have a set group of friends that you routinely play with but sometimes it is almost boring as you have experienced almost all content with the same group of friends. That whole, 'whats he gonna do next' feeling is gone because you know exactly what they are going to do.
For instance, after several months playing with my level 50 i got tired of the same old faces and wanted to try something new so I made an alt no one new about and it revitalized my CoH experience leveling with new people and enjoying low level content.
With Global chat it will make that scenario even worse, and personally I have never liked the hide feature, it makes me feel somewhat dirty when I use it. What if you would like to make new friends with different characters.
With global chat beta you had to activate it before anyone can click on you and make you a global friend. I suggest that for each character you have there is a check box under the options that allows that character to be included in your list of characters for your global chat handle. The reasoning is thus, if your friend tries to click on you he has to get your permission to see your handle/characters. If you dont want certain groups of friends to even be able to see your handle/characters you have to deny him this option which will only make for sore feelings. But by instituting an activate feature on a character basis, your alias characters can play with a clear conscious.
Any thoughts?
