Tired of toxicity/distractions. Muting individuals after the game isn’t enough. Just give us a global toggle to turn ALL chat off. Basic QoL, devs.
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Absolutely. You’ve nailed the core issue: toxicity isn’t isolated to the match itself. You have to endure it in the pre-lobby, the game, and the post-lobby. Muting after the fact is a poor solution. A global ‘disable all chat’ toggle is a fundamental QoL feature that’s long overdue.
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You can mute individual players during a game from the Player List (ESC menu).
This is fast becoming one of my most used features as the game is becoming increasingly toxic in the lower ranks, especially from gold players directing their anger at silver and bronze players in team games.
I absolutely agree that a global mute chat option is needed though.
The facility to limit pings to no more than once every few seconds would be great too.
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While I am grateful for the new update, I am still missing the option to disable the all chat. Please add this crucial funtionality!
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While I really appreciate the effort of the devs, I need the possibility to disable the All-Chat. There are days that I don’t care what somebody may write, and there are days where I just want to get better in AoE 4 and don’t want to be called a pathetic noob by a player spamming one civ and behaving toxic.
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I played one game today, this was the chat:
DEVS! Really? This is the community you want to foster? If you dont chat ban guys like him, give us an option to globaly disable the all chat!
This is the player btw: Mycelus – AoE4 World
I reported him, but I reported several guys like him and the reaction was always, that no bad behaviour could be determined. Dont implement 4 differerent harassment options to select, if only racist stuff gets punished.
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Games that are 20 years old can disable all chat. The only reason to get chat banned is to insult the devs or to say racist things. Everything other will get ignored, lol. Yes you can mute the player in game, it just takes 10 sec per player, needs confirmation and is clunky. I have the feeling the wild west vibe is appreciated.
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absolutly, would really enjoy the games a lot more if not every other game is ended with an easy or an other insult.
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Yep, why can’t I just disable chat for opponents in team games? What’s the point of chat with opponents other than trash talk. I won’t be buying any DLCs unit I can block chat.
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Start fixing and improving basic stuff, I wont buy another dlc if the base mechanics of the game dont get fixed.
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There should be “muted chat” tag next to the username though. I would absolutely not play with unresponsive teammates who won’t respond to “market pls” or resource requests.
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I can cope with tilting teammates. But I dont want to deal with toxic individuals after trashing me after a long day of work. I rather not play at all. There is an option to disable taunts, but there ISNT an option to disable “All Chat”, which I dont understand. A small option, that is a huge improvement for a lot of players. I dont think Teamchat should be mutable.
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I think that I can disable all chat on xbox in the settings. There are quite strict privacy controls. Even disable crossplay or disable communications with people outside of Xbox. Then I can also stop all invites to voice chat and games, as well as making it impossible for anyone to send me private messages.
@TowerRushEnjoyer Great suggestion.
If I start playing these games online soon, then I’m probably going to be paired with players in Asia due to my location. Most of them won’t know any english and I don’t know their language 
So it will be awful I’m sure lol. No escaping the people who don’t communicate. Already been there with War Thunder team mates 
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I agree, turning off chat is necessary globally. I think this toxicity can be a factor players might move away from playing this game.
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There is a need for a simple option to turn off enemy chat. Not everybody accepts trash talk as part of online gaming.
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New content is nice, but maintaining and improving the overall game is fundamental. I dont know how complex adding a toggle to disable enemy chat is; but it has to be doable, right? For the sake of improving this game.
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“Muting all chat” is important in several contexts—gaming, online meetings, classrooms, or collaborative platforms—because it helps maintain order, focus, and a positive environment. Here are the main reasons why it matters:
1. Prevents Toxicity or Spam
- In online gaming or public forums, chat can sometimes become hostile, offensive, or filled with spam.
- Muting chat helps avoid exposure to toxic behavior, harassment, or disruptive comments.
2. Supports Mental Well-Being
- Negative or overwhelming chat messages can increase stress or frustration.
- Having the ability to mute all chat creates a calmer, more controlled experience.
3. Improves Productivity & Learning
- For gamers, it allows focusing on strategy and gameplay instead of irrelevant banter.
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There are more downside having a Chat in 1 vs 1 than benefits. Please give us an option to not be forced to read what other toxic player are writing!
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The only solution seems to me to get chat banned to disable Enemy chat in 1vs1. Which would be sad, there are nice guys out there.