Microphone enabled in dungeons/trials/raids

[NephthysVasudan]

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Sorry...but I have to say "hell no"
It's bad enough when I get idiots and morons who are so stupid and salty that they have to express themselves in text chat - to hear them in voice chat would make me cancel my subscription and say "#### you" to the rest. Ok maybe not but the anger is valid.

I do not need a bunch of idiot children crowding voice coms over something like that...especially when its randoms.
There are too many ways to solve this via other means that are very useful and to top that off free - and it restricts abuse to the point where people have to know where to go.

I strongly advise you check out discord.
https://discordapp.com/
Its free - no trash - no bs - just simple - easy - convenient. Anyone can start their own private server at no cost.
Works on everything from cell phones to most computers if not all.
Already found it to be handy in impromptu voice coms for private parties.
Id rather SE focus on other things as opposed to implementation of an entirely new feature that will get abused to no end. I agree with Yoshi on his cons list..most emphatically.
Again - I get the motivation and the why - but the randoms/mob - would make it stupidly miserable.

[mikanana]

Sorry...but I have to say "hell no"
It's bad enough when I get idiots and morons who are so stupid and salty that they have to express themselves in text chat - to hear them in voice chat would make me cancel my subscription and say "#### you" to the rest. Ok maybe not but the anger is valid..

You can just tick out the mic in the settings, as I said in the original post it is optional when entering a trial or dungeon

[NephthysVasudan]

You can just tick out the mic in the settings, as I said in the original post it is optional when entering a trial or dungeon

There's not enough justification for this feature....not with the tools already available to us.
99% of the time - i would never use the game feature when I can use Discord.

And 99% of the time you don't need voice chat for the things we do in FFXIV - unless its a private - very focused group - and even they will yield to applications like discord before turning to the game.

And in the majority of packages out there - the feature is automatically shut down from the get go - so when people join in...they will likely never turn it on for fear of getting into something they don't want to hear.

There's not enough justification for this is the bottom line. Good intentions or not....abuse factor is too high. SE won't spend the money or hours on it.