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Post by Geralyn on Aug 31, 2019 14:58:59 GMT
Effective September 19th, 2019, Cryptic/PWE will be sunsetting the exterrnal connection to STO chat via XMPP.
Relevant excerpt:
"As of September 19th, 2019, Star Trek Online will no longer be supporting connection to our internal chat system via an XMPP client. While this feature was interesting and often convenient, it also unfortunately makes it easier for gold spammers and others to reach our chat system. Allowing access via an XMPP client also creates several technical challenges that make it difficult to keep our in-game chat safe and smooth. At this time, we don’t have any plans to replace this with a different service."
No, I don't know how this supposedly combats "gold spammers," considering you can't reach Local or Zone through XMPP, nor would anyone in their right mind spend real money on an account that will get banned shortly thereafter for spamming. This seems to translates more directly to, "We don't feel like spending time, money, or effort on this anymore."
Despite the offer to "discuss the situation futher" on the Arc form, it looks like this decision has already been set in stone.
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