In Game Voice Chat, Why doesn't this game have it and would you use if it did?

if you have a ps4, discord isn't that convenient, you're basicically using that and a computer and juggling both. I'd like to see in-game chat, just restricted to party members. I'd not be interested in any openworld gobfest.

I wish the game did have in-game voice chat. But I come from a background of console gaming where so many games have had it baked in forever. It's far easier for some to talk than to access a separate program esp for some of our PS4 players, which I realized when I helped someone who perhaps....isn't the best with technology....access discord on their ipad so they could talk with us.

So in the end, yes I wish it was an option for the game to have in game chat. It's possible to cordone off voice chats into random open voice channels, team/party channels and such in a way it could be entirely optional.

However that requires effort on Square's part, time and development. It also may not be possible to do with the current game.

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Originally Posted by XiXiQ

if you have a ps4, discord isn't that convenient, you're basicically using that and a computer and juggling both. I'd like to see in-game chat, just restricted to party members. I'd not be interested in any openworld gobfest.

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For PS4 users I agree. using discord is a right pain in the butt for some people. PS4 party chat is easier, but then since PS4 plays with PC theres a roadblock. In game chat would nix that issue.

I don't see any issue with a party wide chat at the bare minimum.

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Originally Posted by Sigma-Astra

Easy, get a phone or a laptop. I mean, I don't know how it is for you, but I literally do not know a single person who does not have a personal smartphone at the very least besides the elderly who sometimes still like to use those "pay-as-you-go" flip phones. The person who is playing on a PlayStation 4 would have either a laptop or a smartphone easily in this day and age, if not both outright.

We do live in a technology heavy era now and the only people being left behind on it are the baby boomers mostly. And it's rare to find a baby boomer who actively plays on a PC or PS4, let alone XIV.

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It's not that easy. Many people have outdated technology or simply dont have the know how to operate some of it. Some may not have the best internet/router for it.

While the era is technology heavy now, it doesn't mean its always so, or it always works, or bad things dont happen to it, or people have the funds to have more than one item of technology. As for its rare for a baby boomer to play, I know quite a few that play on PS4 in FFXIV. and thats AWESOME, even if they don't understand how a phone works....... (true story right there to tell another time)

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Originally Posted by silverlunarfox

It's not that easy. Many people have outdated technology or simply dont have the know how to operate some of it. Some may not have the best internet/router for it.

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Well, the thing is, it's a double-edge sword. You have to ask yourself: how does one know how to properly use a PS4 or a PC and not a cellphone or laptop? Out of the three devices: cellphone, PC/laptop, and PS4 when concerning the inner workings of each device and their user friendly interfaces....a cellphone should be much easier to figure out by a much larger margin than a console or PC.

On a scale of difficulty for ease of use, I think it should be.

Smartphone ---> PS4 ----> Laptop/PC.

If one can figure out how a PS4 functions, even more so if they use a PC mainly, one can figure out a cellphone at the very least or you'd think they'd be able to.

The "not having enough funds" can be a understandable issue, but if a PS4 player's excuse (and I play on PS4 while using my laptop for Discord) is that they can't figure out how to get Discord to work on their smartphone or their laptop...I don't know, I'd have to start questioning if they knew where they should put their HDMI cable for their PS4 into their TV then...because yikes...

I actually use remote play on my pc to use ps4 party chat with a friend. Actually works better than discord sometimes.

Sounds like a waste of resources to me. I'd rather them use those resources for more in game content. And with all the ERP going around lately I'd want to vet people just a little more before randomly going into voice chat with them.

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Originally Posted by XiXiQ

if you have a ps4, discord isn't that convenient, you're basicically using that and a computer and juggling both. I'd like to see in-game chat, just restricted to party members. I'd not be interested in any openworld gobfest.

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Sony announced a partnership with Discord very recently. I believe they intend to add the functionality as native to PS4/PS5 by 2022.

https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/03/so...o-playstation/

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Originally Posted by Catwho

Sony announced a partnership with Discord very recently. I believe they intend to add the functionality as native to PS4/PS5 by 2022.

https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/03/so...o-playstation/

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This thread is from 2018.... Our favorite resident necrod it.

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Originally Posted by Fhaerron

However, it would be handy for when half the people of the group are on PC and the other half on console. .

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This won't be an issue for long with the ps5 getting discord functionality next year as part of Sonys cross-play plans.

In-game voice chat has been in WoW for years now and no one uses it. People will stick to their discord servers where they know the people.