In-game voicechat

[JunseiKei]

There's also the possibility of exclusionism happening. Either with people that don't have mics or even the disabled. I have a friend IRL that plays this game and is deaf. You'd not believe the amount of people that would not raid or even do EX primals with him just because he can't get in and hear/do call outs. Worst part is, he rarely ever messes up his mechanics.

[Bixillarla]

No thank you. I don't want to be forced into voice chat in game. There are great free programs you can use for that if you need it. Don't force it on everyone.

[Deedsie]

I don't want it.

[AlphaFox]

We can add it, but I want to be able to disable it cus I already am in Discord with my friends. Plus the idea of trying to hear 24 people during Dunscaith or any other content just sounds horrible. Random crappy music put to the mic, kids crying or screaming, that person who won't blow their damn nose (away from mic!), that girl/guy who thinks this is a try out for American Idol (or whatever show in your area). Would pass on it all.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

There's also the possibility of exclusionism happening. Either with people that don't have mics or even the disabled. I have a friend IRL that plays this game and is deaf. You'd not believe the amount of people that would not raid or even do EX primals with him just because he can't get in and hear/do call outs. Worst part is, he rarely ever fails to do his mechanics incorrectly.

That double negative making it so the person always fails their mechanics. \o/

[Croweyes]

Did you know WoW has an in-game voice chat? No? Not surprising really, day it came out it was a joke, It was choppy, low quality and was drop my the community in a heartbeat. I can't think of a single person willing to use it unless they have a crippling fear of downloading Skype, Teamspeak, Ventrilo, Discord.

My thoughts? Download an actual voice chat program.

[CGMidlander]

If SE were to add voice chat, it'd be missing crucial features and just generally suck until a QoL patch a year and a half later. lol

[Malzian]

LotRO had a pretty decent in game voice chat that only worked within parties. You could turn it on or off as you see fit, use it with our without a mic so you can just listen if you wanted workout having to talk... It was actually pretty decent and (for the most part) was generally used for ours intended purpose of helping raid. That being said, if you didn't have your mic connected and wanted to use voice chat, you had to completely closer the game, connect your mic and start it up again. Using a specific voice chat program allows a little more flexibility, Ann's also allows you to talk to people even if they can't get in game, so I think that along worth the reloading issue makes an external voice chat more useful.

[Emerald_Swords]

Ugh no.

We already have 3rd party applications that do just that and something the game would hinder. In-game voip has typically been awful,I like crystal clear voices, not garbled robotic ones.

[Adire]

This is why we don't need voice chat in the game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEwGpwxtx_E