I have been playing for over a month now, and have had ooc /auction minimized in the corner of my screen for almost the entire time.
There's a consistent (and somewhat small proportionally) group of people that hold the other 600+ people hostage with mostly random banter.
I think it would be beneficial if you wanted to add an "opt-in" global channel that functioned under a /global or /1 type command?
Mostly it's not classic, and it's a shame because I find myself usually having to shout things that are zone specific (such as SoW and bind requests).
It's not at all convenient to get rid of ooc / auction. But neither are a million other things that make classic EQ what it is / was.
I generally can /who any zone I'm interested in to see who's there and ask someone politely to do camp checks, or to see if a camp is available, etc. I've met friends this way. Getting rid of global ooc / auction would do very little that couldn't be done in slightly more cumbersome ways.
That's my 2cp.
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