Raiding and Teamspeak.

[Judge_Xero]

I don't doubt that any content in this game can be defeated without voice comms. However, I believe it is absurd to dismiss it's usefulness. And if you're not going to use it, you're essentially stating to the rest of your team that you are willingly take a handicap (sometimes extremely minor depending the instance) before the fight has even started.

This is what I find so strange in this thread, is that the vocal majority who say it shouldn't be required and/or all content can be done without it are those that don't Raid. And yes I don't consider it Raiding when you are doing the Raid content Post major nerfs when a higher tier of gear is available, or even Post Major Nerfs/Echo.

i.e. Second Coil (Max available gear i110/i115) - So doing Second Coil in i130 Tome Gear with 20% Echo.

So what you have is OP -

reason I ask is because me and my fiance recently left our raid group that was on A2S for progression and while there was a myriad of reasons one of them was because she has difficulty hearing due to being half-deaf. We cleared A1S without using TS and I would argue using it would not have made much of a difference in the long run.

Then you have people replying in essence -

"Stick it to the man Bro - You don't need any available advantages. Look at me, I've completed all Raid Content and I've never stepped foot in a VOIP service."

-> Checks Lodestone -> Final Coil Completion - December 10 2015 - Alexander Savage - TBD -> Checks gear -> Upgraded Esoterics/Void Ark for their only job @ 60.


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That just completely paints a different picture in my mind.

well I didn't see no attitude maybe I just cant read text emotions that great.

It was not an attitude in the choice of words, it was more aimed at having a poor attitude in essentially blaming others for their short comings instead of reflecting on themselves for improvement.

i.e. -> "I did everything perfect and I still got kicked simply for not using VOIP"

Really? Is that really how it happened or is that how you perceived it? Maybe try to improve so you can see your own mistakes.