Quote Originally Posted by Mercutial View Post
It's not always about a raid leader "doing call-outs" or "coordinating". It has a lot to do with a raid team discussing strats between pulls... conveying split second decisions to teammates due to the RNG nature of many of the game's mechanics.... and (gasp) fostering a team-like environment that every successful static has.

Your insinuation that only poor players use VOIP as a crutch borders on trolling. And any serious raider would agree with that.
Is this why there are many statics (on the JP side) that do not use VOIP at all? Strat discussion should be used outside of raid hours, unless there is a cataclysmic problem. If you execute properly, there are no split-second decisions that needs to be communicated. Voice chat does not solely foster a team-like environment. If you rely on voice to do this, there is a problem with your static.

I also never said only poor players use VOIP. What I said was VOIP is often used to compensate for poor players who could not do the content otherwise. The players who have poor situationally awareness, do not research or prepare, and need the constant reminders to perform.

That != only poor players use VOIP.