The Sound of Silence

[Jim_Berry]

I have no keyboard. As a tank, I can't always stop to use PS4's virtual chat pad unless it's a simple "Yes!" or "No!" response. I also have tendencies to type with correct grammar ("You, too!" instead of " u2"), so other than saying "Hi" in the beginning, you won't get much chatter from me.

[eaudaemon]

I'd love to be more social with folks in dungeons, but I can't type and tank at the same time.

If there was a voice chat? That could work, but then everyone I grouped with would be subjected to a deluge of terrible puns, and they'd leave before the first boss.

I approve of the voice chat, typing messages is an outdated means of communication that we have out grown already.

[dragonseth07]

At least our characters move normally instead of sidling left and right or running backwards... :P

Strafing vs turning your facing when running sideways are mechanically different, and you should always be using whichever is appropriate to the situation.

Same with backpedaling vs running straight back.

[Kosmos992k]

Strafing vs turning your facing when running sideways are mechanically different, and you should always be using whichever is appropriate to the situation.

I understand that from a game mechanics point of view, but the sheer number of people who wine in thread after thread about breaking the immersion of the game makes me wonder because there is nothing quite so immersion breaking than seeing a character crabbing sideways or springing backwards without turning.

An opt-in voice chat? Like every group has a voice channel that is off by default. If you want to join it simply click a button in the party menu. If you really don't want to hear your party members just don't ever join.

Cross platform games seldom implement voice chat in-game because of cross platform compatibility issues - third party solutions are clearly opt-in though since you must 'opt-in' by downloading some client tool to use it.

I approve of the voice chat, typing messages is an outdated means of communication that we have out grown already.

Does that mean that this forum should be replaced by everyone posting links of an audio recording of their comments instead of posting the text? You know, with typing messages being outdated and all...

[Mycow8me]

I say a greeting but its really hard to have a conversation with randoms you may never see again. What If I ended up really liking someone I was talking to and come to find out they aren't on my server. Gets to the point of "why bother, I'm only here for the 9001th run for some tomes anyways... Lets just get this over with". If everything was openworld and I was running into ppl on my server very often I'd be talking to people alot. I still don't hardly know anyone on my server beyond random names I recognize. Miss my FFXI days.

[bswpayton]

Most of the parties I get in df will stops at the initial greetings, and a good number of people does not even bother to answer them.

Then, a full run without a single word than myself trying to talk a couple times but met with a silence wall.

Sometimes you just wana get down to business , start with a hey, end with a thanks guys the end ha

[Jim_Berry]

Console users ruined sociability of a MMORPG. Not because they are jerks. But because like the last poster said. They have to switch to a keyboard and put down a friggin controller.

The same can be said about PC players. Us console players have be social with you guys by buying devices or voip apps just to chat with you when we have our own built-in chat from the console itself.

[Yeol]

Hello o/
Take care!

That's pretty much all I say.

[Musashidon]

i say nothing, you are my tickets to finishing the dungeon lets just beat it silently.

netflix is much more interesting then the players anyways.

[eaudaemon]

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In my opinion, forum messages and in game chats are two different creatures all together, were not healing, tanking and dodging AOEs in forum plus this is a medium where our opinions are recorded and documented for other people to read when they have the time to do it, in game chats are way different, we have to find a faster and better way to communicate while were doing our roles in game, just like in the real world where interviews and meetings are done via skype, its way better since there are ways less for people to misunderstand if the person is just joking around or being serious.

If I say in game: "Your dog is fuzzy." do you think I am making fun of your dog? or do I mean that your dog is adorably furry? if I said that in voice chat while laughing with an "awww" tone in my voice, you can already discern that I'm saying your dog is adorable.