Voice chat options?

Just wondering if anyone could recommend a smartphone friendly app that my friends can use so we can all chat together while playing?

After the PS4 beta a few friends have decided to pick this up so now we are looking at options so we can all chat together. We all have either a PS3 or PS4 but Sony's party chat does not work cross platform but we all have iPhones so would something like Skype be the best bet?

We started playing DC Online last night just for a laugh while we wait for my friends PS3 copies to arrive and we were shocked to see the game itself has a built in cross platform voice chat system so we were able to talk even though some were on PS3 and some on PS4. I know Yoshi P. Has already stated that they will never implement such a system in FFXIV but I really wish they would as it made playing together so much easier on DC last night and during the entire PS4 beta you could tell that communication between players was a problem. There were no end of times I couldn't be bothered to reply to someone or I let parties fall apart because it would take to long to explain/type mechanics like Ifrits nail to new players using the onscreen keyboard.

If you had android phones - Razer has a nifty (in beta phases atm) voice com thingum > http://www.razerzone.com/comms

Some people like to use skype (which I believe is available on all platforms) but eh I just dont like that program at all.
Vent is also available on cell phones but you'd have to pay for a server to connect to.

Only one of my friends is on Android the rest of us have iPhones. However he and myself will be playing on PC so we were planning to just use Skype on the PC while everyone else on PS3/PS4 could use their iPhones and download the Skype app. We were just wondering if there were any better options out there.

Skype is what I have available to me. We use voice chat, not video chat. Unfortunately, I have not found any way to create a group chat through the app. :( Someone with a computer version of the program has to do this and then add the phone users. (If anyone knows how to create a group call in Skype from the android phone app, please let me know. I have been unsuccessful finding this info online.)

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Originally Posted by Sadana

I have not found any way to create a group chat through the app. :( Someone with a computer version of the program has to do this and then add the phone users. (If anyone knows how to create a group call in Skype from the android phone app, please let me know. I have been unsuccessful finding this info online.)

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I would also love to know this. Me and my friends are suffering from the same issue. Need to have someone on PC group us together. (Iphone version)

I was't aware you couldn't start a group call through the app, good job I am playing on PC then so I can sort that out I guess

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Originally Posted by PROBOUND

I would also love to know this. Me and my friends are suffering from the same issue. Need to have someone on PC group us together. (Iphone version)

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Confirmed: app version on android does NOT allow for starting group skype calls... you can only join one. >:(

https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA1...stPage=false#3

On the off chance my entire party has only skype on their phones, I'm lucky to have a laptop I can use to start group chat. I hope the group chat feature is added to the phone app someday.

Teamspeak has an app on android and iOs, but You'll need a TS Server to use it.

Also it's possible to have both Your Smartphone Sounds (i.e. Teamspeak) and the ingame Sounds on the same Headset by using the PS4 Headphone jack and a few adaptors ;o)

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Originally Posted by AlexiaKidd

There were no end of times I couldn't be bothered to reply to someone or I let parties fall apart because it would take to long to explain/type mechanics like Ifrits nail to new players using the onscreen keyboard.

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Which is why most PS3/4 players eventually buy a cheap USB keyboard.

My FC uses Mumble, and I know several people use a smartphone/tablet app for it. Haven't heard any big complaints. Couldn't tell you much more than that, though.

Yeah if PS3/4 player get far enough into FFXIV I'm sure they will buy a keyboard but even still it can not compete with the sheer speed and convenience of Voice Chat. When I am in a hectic battle on FFXIV I don't have time to type out a message and explain something or even read the chat log. Like I said earlier we started playing DC Online last night for a laugh and we were amazed when we saw that it supported cross platform voice chat directly in the game so that was brilliant and it worked great.

Is mumble free or do you have to pay for servers to host the chat?

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Originally Posted by AlexiaKidd

Is mumble free or do you have to pay for servers to host the chat?

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It requires a server.

what about google hangout
http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/

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Originally Posted by evilsohn

Teamspeak has an app on android and iOs, but You'll need a TS Server to use it.

Also it's possible to have both Your Smartphone Sounds (i.e. Teamspeak) and the ingame Sounds on the same Headset by using the PS4 Headphone jack and a few adaptors ;o)

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Can you explain more on this setup? I hav both PS Headsets Elite/Gold and i have an Iphone with Teamspeak 3. How would i get ingame sound and voice chat on the same headset?

There is also Ventrillo, it's similar to TeamSpeak/Mumble in the respect it does require a server (which you can do yourself, host your own, or rent one).

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Originally Posted by PROBOUND

Can you explain more on this setup? I hav both PS Headsets Elite/Gold and i have an Iphone with Teamspeak 3. How would i get ingame sound and voice chat on the same headset?

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You will need a cable that splits Your Headset Plug into two seperate ones (mic and sound) [let\\'s call this A] and another that turns mic and sound back into one plug [B].
Then You will need a splitter [C] - usually these are used so that two people can jack their headphones into the same portable device, but we will be using it just the opposite way.
Put [B] into Your iphone and connect the mic part directly to [A].
Now put [C] between the sound parts of [A] and [B] and connect the remaining cable of [C] to your gamepad (you\\'ll want to press the PS Button and change the sound options in the menu, so that all sound is directed to the gamepad).
Connect Your headset to [A] and it should work just fine.

(I have two regulators on my splitter, so I can adjust the volume of my iphone and the game sounds seperately)

There is a ventrilo App for Andriod called ventriloid.
There is one for iPhone called Ventrilode.

Note, these are just for ventrilo, but they work fine.

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Originally Posted by Bixby

Which is why most PS3/4 players eventually buy a cheap USB keyboard.

My FC uses Mumble, and I know several people use a smartphone/tablet app for it. Haven't heard any big complaints. Couldn't tell you much more than that, though.

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The only problem with the phone app for mumble is it makes you SUPER loud.

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Originally Posted by evilsohn

You will need a cable that splits Your Headset Plug into two seperate ones (mic and sound) [let\\'s call this A] and another that turns mic and sound back into one plug [B].
Then You will need a splitter [C] - usually these are used so that two people can jack their headphones into the same portable device, but we will be using it just the opposite way.
Put [B] into Your iphone and connect the mic part directly to [A].
Now put [C] between the sound parts of [A] and [B] and connect the remaining cable of [C] to your gamepad (you\\'ll want to press the PS Button and change the sound options in the menu, so that all sound is directed to the gamepad).
Connect Your headset to [A] and it should work just fine.

(I have two regulators on my splitter, so I can adjust the volume of my iphone and the game sounds seperately)

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Thx for the details

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Originally Posted by Errors

There is also Ventrillo, it's similar to TeamSpeak/Mumble in the respect it does require a server (which you can do yourself, host your own, or rent one).

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So with Ventrillo I can just host my own server on my PC without having to pay for one? Is it difficult to setup the server?

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Originally Posted by AlexiaKidd

So with Ventrillo I can just host my own server on my PC without having to pay for one? Is it difficult to setup the server?

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You can do that with TeamSpeak or Mumble, too. Bandwidth may be an issue depending on how many people you're wanting to connect and what kind of connection you've got.

And I've got no idea how easy any of them are to set up. I just googled for a minute.

Speaking from personal experience Skype and iphone don't get along too well, iphone would rather you use Face Talk, or whatever the name of their equivalent app is instead. I had installed the Skype app on my mother's iphone so she could keep in touch with my brother (he can't afford to make long distance phone calls), but she's had nothing but issues with it. So my brother tends to contact me since I have Skype on my PC & Android.

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Originally Posted by AlexiaKidd

So with Ventrillo I can just host my own server on my PC without having to pay for one? Is it difficult to setup the server?

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You can (and like Bixby mentioned), you can do the same with others. However, if you aren't up for managing/running a server on your personal computer, and/or unsure if your network can handle it. I'd suggest just renting a server. It's usually less than $2 a month for a basic service. And the bonus is that you can use it for other games as well since it isn't tied to a specific game. My FC uses a vent server for 30+ users, but not all of us play FFXIV all the time, sometime we play other games and just have mindless chitchat.

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Originally Posted by Bixby

You can do that with TeamSpeak or Mumble, too. Bandwidth may be an issue depending on how many people you're wanting to connect and what kind of connection you've got.

And I've got no idea how easy any of them are to set up. I just googled for a minute.

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Well I have a 150mb connection so surely that would be enough for 10ish people to use. I'll have to look into this more then and see what our options are. I hope we can get something sorted soon as some of my friends are already moaning about all the hoops they have to jump through to play FFXIV so I would hate to lose them to DC Online because I really just want a game we can easily all play together.

Heh, skype was all the rage back then. Now it's all about discord(ing).

You're looking for a voice chat application that you can use on smartphones so you can talk with your friends while you're playing?

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Is there a reason nobody so far has suggested Discord as an option? It's available on both iOS and Android and works almost about the same on both platforms.

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Originally Posted by CaptainFishSticks

You're looking for a voice chat application that you can use on smartphones so you can talk with your friends while you're playing?

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Is there a reason nobody so far has suggested Discord as an option? It's available on both iOS and Android and works almost about the same on both platforms.

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