Voice Chat?

[Bourne_Endeavor]

I take you have never experienced the utter joy that is Xbox Live. Granted, FFXIV isn't nearly as hype competitive as say, Call of Duty, but I don't doubt for a minute a built in voice feature would lead to... shall we say, less than polite responses.

"Why the fuck are you using aoes?"
"Use fucking cleric. We're not here to carry your dumbass"
"WTF? Are you retarded?!"

I could go on.

Typing means people have to stop doing things, which most won't bother with. Voice? Now they can rage freely. And I ensure you, people will.

[Kaethra]

I take you have never experienced the utter joy that is Xbox Live.

Apples and Oranges. Do at least like I did and compare it to another MMORPG.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Apples and Oranges. Do at least like I did and compare it to another MMORPG.

How is it apples and oranges? The basis of a voice chat system doesn't change based on platform or even genre. People make those types of responses through chat. You honestly don't think it would happen in voice because this is an MMORPG?

[Kaethra]

How is it apples and oranges? The basis of a voice chat system doesn't change based on platform or even genre. People make those types of responses through chat. You honestly don't think it would happen in voice because this is an MMORPG?

You said Xbox live. I gave an example of a MMORPG. While you went on a off topic tangent about a platform that can't even play FFXIV.

I don't think, I personally KNOW it wouldn't happen. I played Everquest 2, Star Trek Online, DC Universe Online, Firefall, and a few others which all had voice chat. As I said people use it to socialize or explain things in a bit more depth if the text isn't understood. Those that leave it off or muted have never been harassed for it. I know in some of them I left it off (due to being in a TS channel normally), and was never told to turn it on.

Hell even the MMOFPS Planetside 2 has voicechat and no harassment behind it. A free-to-play, FPS. So even your little tangent is false. Experience this stuff, don't rely on false reddit posts or heresay.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

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You are comparing extremely small MMOs to arguably the second largest on the market. If people type profanities and jump on people for mechanical mistakes, it's silly to think they wouldn't use voice. Furthermore, because you haven't experienced it. Does not mean it hasn't happened. I've experienced decidedly little harassment or even jerk players in XIV, but I certainly won't say it doesn't happen. Yes, people can mute it, but as others have said-- including Yoshi himself. It will gradually be seen as mandatory, especially for new content.

[Kaethra]

You are comparing extremely small MMOs to arguably the second largest on the market. If people type profanities and jump on people for mechanical mistakes, it's silly to think they wouldn't use voice. Furthermore, because you haven't experienced it. Does not mean it hasn't happened. I've experienced decidedly little harassment or even jerk players in XIV, but I certainly won't say it doesn't happen. Yes, people can mute it, but as others have said-- including Yoshi himself. It will gradually be seen as mandatory, especially for new content.

EQ2 isn't small, and is on its 7th expansion. Planetside 2 likewise isn't small and holds a Guinness world record for most online players in a single battle. WoW also has voice chat that has never in the 5 years its had it, had the problems you described. Which NA population is double that of FFXIV's world population.

You're wrong, and at this point if you're willing to spread false information are damn near lying. Why are you lying to this community? You are knowingly spreading misinformation about a topic you obviously know nothing about. You lack any first hand experience on the topic.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

EQ2 isn't small, and is on its 7th expansion. Planetside 2 likewise isn't small and holds a Guinness world record for most online players in a single battle. WoW also has voice chat that has never in the 5 years its had it, had the problems you described. Which NA population is double that of FFXIV's world population.

You're wrong, and at this point if you're willing to spread false information are damn near lying. Why are you lying to this community? You are knowingly spreading misinformation about a topic you obviously know nothing about. You lack any first hand experience on the topic.

Small in terms of population. A single battle is not representative of the game nor are those types of battles generally held with complete randoms. You also conveniently didn't mention WoW previously. I'll call into question WoW's voice chat considering the game is known for high levels of toxicity. No other MMO blocks chat in their PvP yet the devs decided to specifically because player feedback apparently showed high volumes of negativity. Would that translate to voice chat? Maybe not, but I don't doubt for an instance it's a concern and one (not the only) reason we won't ever see it implemented in XIV.