I have just tried the chat box, and it was quite cool to talk with other enthusiasts. But the chat box is really lacking :
Can’t drag and drop pictures / files
Doesn’t highlight hyperlinks
Can’t select text, so this makes sharing hyperlinks really impractical
I am pretty sure that the links are “cut” so selecting them wouldn’t work anyways
The other #1 feature that needs to be implemented is :
Being able to put a little note on my friends, to remember who is who
Of course, there are a million other features you will need to add (block invitations, sort your friends by groups, etc…) but I believe those points I highlighted are crucial
All is not bad, I talked to another guy and it was cool!
I haven’t used the system yet … but I can only surmise that it was added to do exactly what Fezvez stated: talking to other devs without having to give them your Skype or GTalk address. It is probably designed to allow some developers to keep their Unreal Engine chats confined to the Marketplace and not have to open their Skype up to everyone.
I am going to assume that based on the feedback received the features will be improved. 8-}
Epic Launcher is also hosting Fortnite and UT + possibly more games in future. It’s steam alike service + game devs also can utilize this functionality.
I actually find it’s pretty funny - sometimes you really want to smash your artists or programmers and now you have a chance
