How can this game not have built in voice chat?

[Slatervonjager]

1. square doesn't want to force it on people(as stated earlier, some people will attempt to force people that don't want to use it, into using it), 2. text chat abuse will be supplemented by vocal abuse, 3. There would be a massive amount of background noise from people that don't know how to set up their mic properly(forcing people to mute that guy, who then in turn talks to himself and gets pissed off because he's being ignored, and would then come to the forums to bitch about it), 4. there would be more trolling in VC then there would be proper use of it, 5. people who are like me don't want to hear stupid stoners using bongs and thinking they're cool because they smoke weed(yes, there are people that cannot stand it when people do this), 6. drunk people, 7. people that cannot hear(deaf) cannot utilize the feature and are thus kicked, or left alone, or are singled out because of their disability(they already have enough issue with people requiring 3rd party VC, do we really need to make them feel left out even more), 8. cost, 9. its more BS that people will cry about on the forums when there is no valid reason for the whining(assuming that you are entitled to something is no ta valid reason), etc.

There are more reasons to not use a built in VC then there are to use it. Using DCUO, which i have played and i regret ever playing, is not a standard which to compare anything to. I've never played WoW, but from what i understand, it has no built in VC, and its really the only MMORPG you can properly compare this game to.

Easy answer impossible because of cross platform.

Being cross platform has no baring on a VC server. If you think it being cross platform makes it impossible for a VC server to exist in the game for them, then how did they make it possible for us all to play together. VC servers are no where near as demanding as the game server.