voice chat between pc and ps3???

[Slade]

Hello all and good evening. I am wondering if any of you have heard anything about whether or not SE will be setting up an in game voice chat system for ARR. I know that there has been alot of talk about trying to level the playing field for ps3 players and i fear that without there being some type of ability for the ps3 to utilize vent, mumble, and teamspeak there will be many players who find themselves alienated because they cannot listen to or speak with their team members in endgame content where most shells require that you at least be able to listen in on the oral communication of the group. I have several friends who are waiting for the ps3 release and this has been a cause for major concern for them.

[Andrien]

It would be cool if they can pull it off.

[Yucie]

Xbox has a huge advantage here: party chat.

Shame PS3 lacks such a feature. (not)

[Meatdawg]

http://share.blog.us.playstation.com...trilo-for-ps3/

[Raldo]

Pretty sure they've said that they have no intention of adding voice chat to the game, but I could be wrong.

[Mikita]

Pretty sure they've said that they have no intention of adding voice chat to the game, but I could be wrong.

I vaguely recall reading something along these lines as well.

One interesting thing is that a sizable percentage of English speaking players seem to use voice chat whereas in FFXIV I have never come across Japanese players who use it, much less an LS that requires it. This difference could weigh in on the decision of whether or not to implement built in voice chat.

[Slade]

I vaguely recall reading something along these lines as well.

One interesting thing is that a sizable percentage of English speaking players seem to use voice chat whereas in FFXIV I have never come across Japanese players who use it, much less an LS that requires it. This difference could weigh in on the decision of whether or not to implement built in voice chat.

You are probably on to something there. Its probably not something being discussed, but then again they have been preaching all this "global standard" hogwash. English speaking ps3 players will definitely be the last people invited to the party when playing among their peers. I guess its going to maybe the psn network doing something along the lines of supporting vent

[Mikita]

You are probably on to something there. Its probably not something being discussed, but then again they have been preaching all this "global standard" hogwash. English speaking ps3 players will definitely be the last people invited to the party when playing among their peers. I guess its going to maybe the psn network doing something along the lines of supporting vent

I think Yoshi P has a bit more of a global mindset than most other Japanese players, and so he knows what is available out there and wants to incorporate a lot of those things into FFXIV. It was also interesting to read that Yoshi P uses voice chat (as he mentioned in the link posted by Kaplan).

But Japanese players in general tend to be more private, and voice chat would probably be seen by many as an unwelcome intrusion on personal privacy.

For a game where a large percentage of the player base is Japanese, I agree with the first 3 points Yoshi P brought up as the cons of implementing voice chat.

1. There will be times when voice chat will be mandatory for things like instanced raids.
2. In particular, there is a fear that female gamers will get harassed when the say something and will then want to stay away.
3. A gap will appear between those that have/don’t have a mic.

At least for those people who do want voice chat, there are options out there and SE doesn't seem to be against their use.

While not ideal for them, PS3 players who want voice chat may just need to prepare other means for it.

[Slade]

I think Yoshi P has a bit more of a global mindset than most other Japanese players, and so he knows what is available out there and wants to incorporate a lot of those things into FFXIV. It was also interesting to read that Yoshi P uses voice chat (as he mentioned in the link posted by Kaplan).

But Japanese players in general tend to be more private, and voice chat would probably be seen by many as an unwelcome intrusion on personal privacy.

For a game where a large percentage of the player base is Japanese, I agree with the first 3 points Yoshi P brought up as the cons of implementing voice chat.



At least for those people who do want voice chat, there are options out there and SE doesn't seem to be against their use.

While not ideal for them, PS3 players who want voice chat may just need to prepare other means for it.

I hear you, but the truth is that as the game there are already many endgame shells that require voicechat for instanced raids. Plus i kind feel that its a little sexist of yoshi p to imply that woman cant handle the things said in an online game. Really as a man or woman you will be subjected to people who will be rude and say inappropriate things. Women are already playing with men in raids and using voice chat. Not having some form of voice chat for ps3 players will create a divide among ps3 and pc players instead of creating a divide between the haves and have nots in regards to a mike.

[KaplanHomahru]

Sadly, no they have no plans

http://www.ffxivcore.com/topic/32516...l-fantasy-xiv/