Hey guys! 
I know how annoying getting random symbols (@"/_%|*) even in private chat channels in TERA can be, especially while having your daily ERP time with your e-girlfriend. Being told how to speak in a video game in 2018 is just a bad, distasteful joke. We're yet to receive an explanation why this filter even exists in the first place. In fact, I think it's always been there. I remember a few years ago it wasn't possible to ask someone 'Where are you from?' How's that for poor quality humour! This insanity has got so far that any Cocktail Dress costume, as well as any Jerkin armour piece etc gets partially censored in chat as a result of having this absurd filter. 
The first unannounced rework of the filter even had SPONGEBOB on it! Since Spongebob is still on the list, as well as other words such as "shit" which are no longer being censored, there must be another, smaller version of the list that is being used but I doubt they'd bother to provide it, seeing how condescending they've been so far. So, going for the next best thing - this list (see attachment). Note that if a word from the list is censored in the chat (most are), then the system won't let you use it as a character name on its own either. For example: "kkk" is censored (don't ask; Gameforge logic!). However, "Get.Rekkkt" can be chosen as a character name. Until someone "gets offended" by it, of course. In a video game. haha 
See here what choosing a clever and funny name could get you 2 years later thanks to the ever-low standards Support and some random person's narrow-mindedness:
Gameforge: banned temporarily for an ironic name
So, not only did that player 1) get insulted in-game, then reported probably by the same abuser, not only did he 2) get blocked by Support without warning but he even 3) got silenced on the forum - the only official place where he would expect to be able to communicate, exchange ideas and share experiences with fellow players. Sadly, even here we gotta mind our every word in order not to trigger a moderator or "offend" someone else. You guys find this OK? Because I don't. 
There have been many calls over the past 2 years for the removal of this ridiculously degrading censoring but Gameforge seems to not care enough to even provide any sort of reasoning for having it. Game being PEGI 12 doesn't justify in-game environment to feel like a communist regime. Understandably, forum management doesn't deserve being mentioned here as moderators have been more than unhelpful in conveying players' annoyance with this filter. What's more, they keep censoring posts and warning people. They even permanently banned someone in their continuous effort to drive regular players away from TERA.
This censor really.... (11th Jun 2018) (31 comments; ignored)
(see post #13 where the user gets targeted by moderators, arrogantly warned and permanently banned for trying to help, then 2 weeks later gets unbanned and his post completely censored)
Profanity filter #3 (23rd Jan 2017) (103 comments; ignored)
Profanity filter #2 (24th Dec 2016) (21 comments; force closed because 'been closed before')
Profanity filter (29th Nov 2016) (270 comments; force closed for no reason)
This leads me to the conclusion that it's something they've done for money and are simply ashamed to admit it - to make PR at our expense or to keep up appearances in order to get funding from some governmental/European programme. That would be really sad and disgraceful if true.
Anyway, at this point we can only hope they'll eventually fire the person responsible for this last-century feature and we'll be able to enjoy expressing ourselves freely. Not that anything's preventing players from continuing to put extra dots/dashes/spaces in the middle of filtered words but that's beside the question. Obviously, creating an on/off switch is beyond Gameforge's knowledge, otherwise we would've got it long ago.
Have fun! 
Edit | Vayus
Attachment removed. A list full of insults does not belong into the forum.
