Private messaging on the forum?

[Gryphonknight]

@Saphirra

Why is it disabled, do you know?

I am a moderator on another forum and a chat mod in another game.

Usually the Devs match the game and forum so no PM in game. No PM on forum.

@Coppersky

Private messages: An often requested feature, but due to various reasons including player safety we’re not currently looking into implementing this.

I my experience PM, both game and forum, consume huge amounts of development cycles and staff time as permanent bans and device bans require staff accounts.

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