Communicating

EverQuest provides an ongoing source of social interaction. You can chat with fellow players on message boards, or talk to NPCs and other players within the game.

In general, whenever you send a message all players in the immediate vicinity "hear" you, and whatever you typed appears in the scrolling text portion of their screens (their Chat Window). However, you can also send private messages.

You send messages using the Chat Bar, and all communications from all characters show up as text in the Chat Window.

To send messages to characters in the game:

* Press Enter to display the Chat Bar
* Type your message
* Press Enter to send the message
Note: This assumes that your chat is set to use /say as the default mode. That is the default setting.

To talk to a non-player character (such as a shopkeeper NPC):

* Click on the non-player character (the NPC's name should appear in the Target Window), then press h
Note: You should see your character hail the NPC in your Chat Window.
* The NPC will often respond to your hail. Words in [brackets] indicate keywords - when you see these, try asking an NPC additional questions using those words. You may get some useful information, or even a quest.

Note: However you choose to communicate, please refrain from using inappropriate language.