I suggested this in Beta, and again after live, and I will do so once again.

 

Many MMORPGs now come with integrated Voice chat for parties/operation groups.

 

1. It is always presented as an OPTION for each player. You are not required to turn it on.

2. Within the options, you can turn on ability to "hear" others, and then separately turn on your own ability to "speak". You can choose to listen and not talk if you don't want to talk.

 

Everyone that PvPs agrees that having voice chat is an advantage in PvP. Everyone. It simply is, this is a no-brainer.

 

But for some reason, people say that voice in "pugs" is somehow horrible, because, presumably, every single person is a kid, or annoying, or yells, or whatever other anecdotal B.S. they want to make up in an effort to say we don't need integrated voice. Yet, these same people are perfectly ok using Vent/TS/Mumble with their guild mates for Pre-mades.

 

What people don't seem to get, is the fact that your guild-mates are just "pugs" that joined your guild and got your Vent/TS/Mumble info. Yet, somehow, magically, none of them are kids, annoying, yelling, etc.

 

The reason is that most people who speak out AGAINST integrated voice are, in fact, already in guilds, already have voice via Vent/TS/Mumble, and don't want to lose an advantage over PuGs. That's it. Pure and simple.

 

I am writing this as a player who is IN a guild, HAS Vent, and forms Pre-mades. I think integrated voice should be part of SWTOR to even the playing field for PuGs. Period.

Not to mention it will go a long way to helping improve the skills and game play of new players. I've never used it. Can't someone offer a channel to their group at the start of the WZ?

Won't work. Blizzard tired it. No one bothered to use it. Good idea though. You thought the nerd rage was bad in OPS Chat when your team is losing, Imagine people raging on you in voice chat in some unintelligible Eastern European accent. Edited October 13, 2013 by Odyseus

SWG had in-game voip. I have no idea why this game does not.

I suggested this in Beta, and again after live, and I will do so once again.

 

Many MMORPGs now come with integrated Voice chat for parties/operation groups.

 

1. It is always presented as an OPTION for each player. You are not required to turn it on.

2. Within the options, you can turn on ability to "hear" others, and then separately turn on your own ability to "speak". You can choose to listen and not talk if you don't want to talk.

 

Everyone that PvPs agrees that having voice chat is an advantage in PvP. Everyone. It simply is, this is a no-brainer.

 

But for some reason, people say that voice in "pugs" is somehow horrible, because, presumably, every single person is a kid, or annoying, or yells, or whatever other anecdotal B.S. they want to make up in an effort to say we don't need integrated voice. Yet, these same people are perfectly ok using Vent/TS/Mumble with their guild mates for Pre-mades.

 

What people don't seem to get, is the fact that your guild-mates are just "pugs" that joined your guild and got your Vent/TS/Mumble info. Yet, somehow, magically, none of them are kids, annoying, yelling, etc.

 

The reason is that most people who speak out AGAINST integrated voice are, in fact, already in guilds, already have voice via Vent/TS/Mumble, and don't want to lose an advantage over PuGs. That's it. Pure and simple.

 

I am writing this as a player who is IN a guild, HAS Vent, and forms Pre-mades. I think integrated voice should be part of SWTOR to even the playing field for PuGs. Period.

 

Could help a lil. But the big issue is the powerhealers the premades Always drags along in numbers. Those healers that PUG Always lack.

 

You could do as in pve, that you can only absorb a certain amount of kolto in a timeframe. That would bring more balance to pvp

I honestly doubt it would help anything. WoW has had it for years.. and I can't remember anyone ever using it.

 

Besides that, I have no interest in having to listen how *******, kids scream around the wrong moves.. insults and gibberish.

I honestly doubt it would help anything. WoW has had it for years.. and I can't remember anyone ever using it.

 

Besides that, I have no interest in having to listen how *******, kids scream around the wrong moves.. insults and gibberish.

 

Yeah, really not sure I want to hear every random keyboard warrior raging in voice chat. Reading that nonsense is bad enough.

I doubt there hero engine can handle VOIP 8 vs. 8. This is most likely the reason it is not in game.

You realize these are all dead threads that are periodically mass necro'ed by the same guy? Stop feeding him and let these threads go back to their grave.

You realize these are all dead threads that are periodically mass necro'ed by the same guy? Stop feeding him and let these threads go back to their grave.

 

Does it matter?

I like the proximity VoIP in planet side 2 it worked really well

 

Also to the above poster talking about wow in game VoIP yeah they implemented it

But it was really bad software sound was terrible and lots of people had issues with it

Im not sure that the voice comm would do the trick.

The bigger issue is that the premade teams has very balanced teams with real good healers, while PUG often dont have healers at all. And the heals are just outta the roof in this game, theres NO limits at all for heals. Players go from 0,5 to 100% Health in 1 sec if a few healers focus on that guy. And killing the healers in a premade Group is also almost impossible for a PUG team if its a scoundrel guarded by tanks and dps.

 

Its a huge issue and it needs urgetn attention or the game will keep losing players.