Because when you're not feeling the most sociable…
How to Activate & Disable chat in recent epoch
Last Epoch can be fun to play with other people, and the chat is what makes it possible. But often you just want to do some solo grinding and not deal with the online chat and social aspect of the game. Other times, some people are just annoying and you'd rather not deal with it.
In both cases, you need to know how to disable the chat. We're here to help with that if you can't figure it out!
The chat can be disabled via the main menu, so you can no longer see it. It really is that simple. It is elaborated with pictures below. If you want to learn how to get the most out of chat when you're using it, check out this guide on linking items in chat.