Raiding and Teamspeak.

[CrimsonThunder]

Something I'm curious about, not to start an argument either.

Do you guys run statics without things like TS or at least with members that for some reason or another cannot take advantage of the benefit of it? The reason I ask is because me and my fiance recently left our raid group that was on A2S for progression and while there was a myriad of reasons one of them was because she has difficulty hearing due to being half-deaf. We cleared A1S without using TS and I would argue using it would not have made much of a difference in the long run.

So where do you stand on the VOIP stigmas?

[AlphaFox]

It does help keep people organized to hear people call out, to know which healer is raising who so you dont burn MP. It just makes things much easier for the group. I know the one I was in didn't require you to speak but you did have to be in to hear them

[aesteval]

VoIP is very useful in the game for coordination. I have Mumble running off of a Raspberry Pi for my free company (and it's been regular content so far, no raids yet.) Most of us are also on PS4 so we don't really have a free hand to readily text chat. Voice is the most efficient way to communicate, but as you note - it doesn't work that way for everyone. It's still important to accomodate the rest of your team based upon individual needs.

[Tint]

i cleared every ex primal and all the coil turns in 2.0 without any voice chat o.o/
(final coil in a complete voice chat free static)

i hate voice chat and will never use it

[Tizzy_Tormentor]

I use voice chat a lot, mostly outside of raiding tbh (bants and such)

But we do use it for raids, helps keep us coordinated and we enjoy talking while raiding, makes it more fun.

[Werhusky]

Cleared all coils (when recent); A1S; A2S and all EX primals (when recent) without any voice programme. My static started using TS lately it can be nice help to call out the mechanics in A3S but idk been last phase before without and often it is more used for joking and distraction
Can be nice help to coordinate a "I don' have swift up" or when the SMN takes over the raise or to improvise if things go wrong but if team works and has same progress curve doesn't make a difference that much imho but can shorten progression surely.

[Kurogaea]

Something I'm curious about, not to start an argument either.

Do you guys run statics without things like TS or at least with members that for some reason or another cannot take advantage of the benefit of it? The reason I ask is because me and my fiance recently left our raid group that was on A2S for progression and while there was a myriad of reasons one of them was because she has difficulty hearing due to being half-deaf. We cleared A1S without using TS and I would argue using it would not have made much of a difference in the long run.

So where do you stand on the VOIP stigmas?

I stopped using it when raiding. I don't really need it either, in fact no one does. Just persistence and patience with yourself and your party members. Don't have that, you won't clear.

Not to mention the sheer amount of morons who talk crap about their fellow members. Most of these people being socially awkward and have no idea how to talk to people, just flat out d***s who make fun of anyone they're not familiar with, and then the typical elitist p****. Its just not worth it. Makes me a bit glad they didn't give us actual in-game chat, I'd be kicked out from the amount of 20yr old kids I traumatized for lack of respect for fellow players.

I don't use it for my friends either. You met me through chat, keep it that way. People to bias nowadays with voices. If your not clear voiced or sound intimidating they'll want nothing to do with you. Srry for little rant but yeah.

[Judge_Xero]

So where do you stand on the VOIP stigmas?

Question: What are the Stigmas of VOIP usage or lack there of?

I always just viewed it as a tool for communication.

[Mr_Nice]

Voice chat is vital, imo

[Miscreant]

The only time I would allow a static member to consistently not use TS would be if they had problems with their hearing, some times a members TS breaks and they go a raid without out it, thats fine but across progression as a whole a VOIP is a necessity.