I have to say I am on the fence with this one. When playing friendly pirates, I enjoy being able to chat with friends. However, on days like yesterday where I had to play non-friendly during the two quests, I would like to see preprogrammed chat only. So many rude players in that game Where are the moderators?
I admit I only play pirates for quests or play friendly pirates on double days, so I don't practice much. So when I do play outside of that, I hear the typical "you stink" and much worse. I dread quests with pirates because of this. I know the good players complain about the "you cheater" comments thrown at them, but I did have to laugh when somebody accused me in two rounds of that last night. I took it as a compliment
I think the best solution would be a chat off button with some type of indicator that your chat is off so the rude players know you are ignoring them. That way their fun of being obnoxious in that game is taken away.