In the past, I was able to use voice chat when needed. Being a PST player means that a majority of my grouping time is done when my kids are awake, because they don't go to bed until around 8pm. And these days, when they get in bed, I want to unwind with some casual gameplay and some Netflix on another screen. And sometimes some wine. That means that voice chat is more of an annoyance than a benefit. My kids are noisy, and it makes it hard to follow along in voice chat (if there's such thing as auditory ADD, I have it). And I'd much rather watch a well acted show or movie than listen to someone wax nostalgic about something or someone else try to be clever and fail miserably.

My problem is that some FC's get to the point that if you're not in voice chat, you're completely left out of some things. There were literally people who just refused to type at all. My FC is thankfully not bad, there is a few voice chatters every night (that I've been told, again, i do not participate) but they don't exclude people who don't use voice chat. I understand and appreciate how much easier raids are when voice chat is in use, and I use it for that reason alone. I just don't get the "lets sit in here when i'm crafting and chit-chat" all night. And that's ok. Different strokes for different folks, so long as you don't leave people out who choose not to use voice chat!