added a secondary low priority event listener for chat events, to try and make sure Factions is able to handle slashless commands and faction chat before other plugins do anything

src/com/massivecraft/factions/Factions.java

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import com.massivecraft.factions.commands.*;
 import com.massivecraft.factions.gson.Gson;
 import com.massivecraft.factions.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.massivecraft.factions.listeners.FactionsBlockListener;
+import com.massivecraft.factions.listeners.FactionsChatEarlyListener;
 import com.massivecraft.factions.listeners.FactionsEntityListener;
 import com.massivecraft.factions.listeners.FactionsPlayerListener;
 
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ public class Factions extends JavaPlugin {
 	.create();
 	
 	private final FactionsPlayerListener playerListener = new FactionsPlayerListener();
+	private final FactionsChatEarlyListener chatEarlyListener = new FactionsChatEarlyListener();
 	private final FactionsEntityListener entityListener = new FactionsEntityListener();
 	private final FactionsBlockListener blockListener = new FactionsBlockListener();
 	
@@ -127,6 +129,7 @@ public class Factions extends JavaPlugin {
 		// Register events
 		PluginManager pm = this.getServer().getPluginManager();
 		pm.registerEvent(Event.Type.PLAYER_CHAT, this.playerListener, Event.Priority.Highest, this);
+		pm.registerEvent(Event.Type.PLAYER_CHAT, this.chatEarlyListener, Event.Priority.Lowest, this);
 		pm.registerEvent(Event.Type.PLAYER_INTERACT, this.playerListener, Event.Priority.Normal, this);
 		pm.registerEvent(Event.Type.PLAYER_MOVE, this.playerListener, Event.Priority.Normal, this);
 		pm.registerEvent(Event.Type.PLAYER_JOIN, this.playerListener, Event.Priority.Normal, this);

src/com/massivecraft/factions/listeners/FactionsChatEarlyListener.java

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package com.massivecraft.factions.listeners;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
+import org.bukkit.command.CommandSender;
+import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
+import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerChatEvent;
+import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerListener;
+
+import com.massivecraft.factions.Conf;
+import com.massivecraft.factions.FPlayer;
+import com.massivecraft.factions.Factions;
+import com.massivecraft.factions.util.TextUtil;
+
+
+// this is an addtional PlayerListener for handling slashless command usage and faction chat, to be set at low priority so Factions gets to them first
+public class FactionsChatEarlyListener extends PlayerListener{
+
+	@Override
+	public void onPlayerChat(PlayerChatEvent event) {
+		if ((event.getMessage().startsWith(Factions.instance.getBaseCommand()+" ") || event.getMessage().equals(Factions.instance.getBaseCommand())) && Conf.allowNoSlashCommand) {
+			List<String> parameters = TextUtil.split(event.getMessage().trim());
+			parameters.remove(0);
+			CommandSender sender = event.getPlayer();			
+			Factions.instance.handleCommand(sender, parameters);
+			event.setCancelled(true);
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		if (event.isCancelled()) {
+			return;
+		}
+		
+		Player talkingPlayer = event.getPlayer();
+		String msg = event.getMessage();
+		
+		// ... it was not a command. This means that it is a chat message!
+		FPlayer me = FPlayer.get(talkingPlayer);
+		
+		// Is it a faction chat message?
+		if (me.isFactionChatting()) {
+			String message = String.format(Conf.factionChatFormat, me.getNameAndRelevant(me), msg);
+			me.getFaction().sendMessage(message);
+			Logger.getLogger("Minecraft").info(ChatColor.stripColor("FactionChat "+me.getFaction().getTag()+": "+message));
+			event.setCancelled(true);
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+}

src/com/massivecraft/factions/listeners/FactionsPlayerListener.java

@@ -35,15 +35,6 @@ public class FactionsPlayerListener extends PlayerListener{
 
 	@Override
 	public void onPlayerChat(PlayerChatEvent event) {
-		if ((event.getMessage().startsWith(Factions.instance.getBaseCommand()+" ") || event.getMessage().equals(Factions.instance.getBaseCommand())) && Conf.allowNoSlashCommand) {
-			List<String> parameters = TextUtil.split(event.getMessage().trim());
-			parameters.remove(0);
-			CommandSender sender = event.getPlayer();			
-			Factions.instance.handleCommand(sender, parameters);
-			event.setCancelled(true);
-			return;
-		}
-		
 		if (event.isCancelled()) {
 			return;
 		}
@@ -54,15 +45,6 @@ public class FactionsPlayerListener extends PlayerListener{
 		// ... it was not a command. This means that it is a chat message!
 		FPlayer me = FPlayer.get(talkingPlayer);
 		
-		// Is it a faction chat message?
-		if (me.isFactionChatting()) {
-			String message = String.format(Conf.factionChatFormat, me.getNameAndRelevant(me), msg);
-			me.getFaction().sendMessage(message);
-			Logger.getLogger("Minecraft").info(ChatColor.stripColor("FactionChat "+me.getFaction().getTag()+": "+message));
-			event.setCancelled(true);
-			return;
-		}
-		
 		// Are we to insert the Faction tag into the format?
 		// If we are not to insert it - we are done.
 		if ( ! Conf.chatTagEnabled || Conf.chatTagHandledByAnotherPlugin) {