Chat Channels and Social Tags

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Karadiyar chat lives on one screen with three channel tabs:

• Global channel for everyone in the world
• Side channel for your faction only: Free Peoples share one hall, Dark Forces share another. You only see and speak in your own side's room.
• Alliance channel for your alliance only (appears when you belong to a clan)

If you are not in an alliance, you still have Global and Side. Alliance chat uses a dedicated alliance room, so only your clan sees those messages.

Alliance Overlord, Captain, or Counselor can also send a Chat Rally push to gather members into alliance chat once per day. See How Alliances Work.

The chat screen uses a dark theme so long conversations stay easy on the eyes.

Each message can show social identity metadata:

• alliance name tag near character name
• alliance role icons (overlord, captain, counselor)
• race and side-based visual coloring

Premium players can show profile frames in chat avatars. Frame visuals come from premium profile settings. See Premium Subscription.

@Mentions

You can tag another player in chat by typing @ followed by their character name.

• Start typing after @; after 2 characters, a suggestion list appears with matching active character names.
• Use arrow keys and Enter or Tab to pick a name, or tap a suggestion.
• Valid names use 3–16 lowercase letters and numbers (for example `@narniel`).
• Only names that match a real active character become a clickable @Name link in the message. Tap it to open that player's profile.
• Mentions work in global, side, and alliance chat.

When someone mentions you

If another player mentions your character name, that message is highlighted when it scrolls into view. The highlight fades after a few seconds. Once you have seen it, older mentions stay normal on reload so the chat does not keep flashing.