My girl plays on PS3 (despite my protests to get PC) so its incredibly frustrating for her especially when shes healing or something. Trying to type out 'Hey dood, don't forget to do this' rather than saying it isn't an option. Voice comms have become increasingly involved in online gaming and it is a handicap to not have them, yet we've a game developed for systems that do not support voice comms.

Again, so hard cores don't get the wrong idea I do not want content nerfed I don't even agree with the Echo buff but with the state of some of the community not being able to listen, trolling, lack of voice comms its a real pita to actually get stuff done in a timely manner and without wanting to choke someone through the interwebz.

There are a lot of people who play just because this is a final fantasy title, they want to experience the story and the nostalgia the game's cameos and references give them. They may not be the MMO-type or new to the genre, as unused as EVE's in-game voice was something like this might serve a good purpose in FF since its cross platform. I dare say, needed.