Raiding and Teamspeak.

[Savvy]

I know this may be seen as insensitive and I apologize, but I seriously don't understand online voice stigma.

I personally don't see it as any different than talking to somebody in real life. Do the people who are too shy for VOIP just never talk to people IRL either?

Some people aren't social butterflies that want to essentially sit in a room of strangers and talk during what is in a lot of cases a stressful situation. If you like listening to a bunch of people chit chat in your ear then that's fine, but it shouldn't be so hard for you to understand why other people might not like it. Why do you see it as a stigma instead of a preference?

For me it's distracting, unnecessary and annoying listening to people bicker, shout and call out things that I already saw for myself well before it was announced. I'd rather just listen to my game and pay attention. Voice chat wasn't a thing in online games for a long time. Somehow people still managed to figure things out, work together, progress and communicate.

[FoxyAreku]

Some people aren't social butterflies that want to essentially sit in a room of strangers and talk during what is in a lot of cases a stressful situation. If you like listening to a bunch of people chit chat in your ear then that's fine, but it shouldn't be so hard for you to understand why other people might not like it. Why do you see it as a stigma instead of a preference?

For me it's distracting, unnecessary and annoying listening to people bicker, shout and call out things that I already saw for myself well before it was announced. I'd rather just listen to my game and pay attention. Voice chat wasn't a thing in online games for a long time. Somehow people still managed to figure things out, work together, progress and communicate.

I would hardly call it distracting. If you can see every last detail and mechanic at all times and you literally never miss anything that is happening, sure, you might not need it as a DPS, but no one is perfect and no such player exists, and ensuring no mistakes are made is pretty good.

Plus it helps people work together, saying "I'll take this add" or "I'll heal so and so, you get so and so", just as an example. There's nothing bad about this.

[Savvy]

I would hardly call it distracting. If you can see every last detail and mechanic at all times and you literally never miss anything that is happening, sure, you might not need it as a DPS, but no one is perfect and no such player exists, and ensuring no mistakes are made is pretty good.

Plus it helps people work together, saying "I'll take this add" or "I'll heal so and so, you get so and so", just as an example. There's nothing bad about this.

That's your opinion, and your preference, and if it helps you and the other people you're in voice chat with to play better, or to have a better time then use it. But you are stating what you feel and think as though that's just how things are for everyone, and that is some serious generalizing. What is for you isn't for everyone, and what is for me isn't for you. This applies to everything in life so how is this really hard for you to wrap your head around?