In-Game Voice chat

[JillyBean]

Believe it or not, not everyone has a pc/laptop just sitting next to their ps3 ready to connect a headset to it.

Seriously. Or they would probably be playing on it.

[Delsus]

No that person did not read it if he/she did, he/she would have not said most pc players use some type of out of game voice chat. This whole post was about making equal footing for ps3/pc.



Believe it or not, not everyone has a pc/laptop just sitting next to their ps3 ready to connect a headset to it.

Don't need the PC or laptop right next to the PS3, most ps3 players have a bluetooth headset, get a cheap bluetooth adapter to connect the headset to and your done (depending on the range) or what about smartphones, there are smartphone clients for Mumble, Vent and teamspeak, which just about covers them.

This will cover 99.9% of people that will be playing FFXIV including the PS3 players.

[Malakhim]

Guess you didn't read... this mostly about ps3 players who cannot use that......

I'm pretty sure he did read, actually. In fact he did exactly what you asked, which was to post his thoughts on the matter. Did you just want people to agree with your post and not hear a word of an actual debate? I'm ready to disagree as well just out of spite. Come on, dude.

Anyway, I don't see why they couldn't get a feature like this going as long as they can get it done in a way that doesn't mess with connection speeds and stability and whatnot. It shouldn't be that hard for them to do, although I agree that it isn't particularly necessary right now, although if it is, there's no reason that a PS3 player can't use a Vent or Mumble app on their phone or something like a PC user would use a third party program. I'm willing to bet someone would make an add-on for just that, though it would also only be available to the PC crowd as well.

[CamAlch]

Guess you didn't read... this mostly about ps3 players who cannot use that......

I am not necessarily against implementing an in-game voice chat system, but it's not absolutely essential for PS3 players to participate in voice chat. In FFXI I knew several PS2 players who used Team Speak on their laptop while playing the game on their console. In addition Ventrillo, Mumble & Team Speak all have mobile applications available for iOS and android.

So there are options, albeit not as convenient as an in-game feature, but options nonetheless.

[Denmo]

Guess you didn't read... this mostly about ps3 players who cannot use that......

Consider labeling your thread with a more accurate title.

[JillyBean]

People usually get their own Vent or Mumble server. Often if there is a in game one people will still opt for getting their own vent server.

Maybe, and that's their choice, and it will always be available to those who do want it. But my two main home linkshells, none of us used Mumble or Vent and would have absolutely used an in-game voice chat.

[Elexia]

That plus have you hear in-game chat in games that support it?

[Malakhim]

The PS3 crowd better brace for a certain degree of alienation however, since all add-ons will only work on the PC version as far as the devs have let us know.

[Elexia]

The PS3 crowd better brace for a certain degree of alienation however, since all add-ons will only work on the PC version as far as the devs have let us know.

And will be implemented on the PS3 version if it's popular.

[Siegtaru]

And will be implemented on the PS3 version if it's popular.

By that logic, if someone were to say, create an addon for the PC version that allowed remote connection to a VOIP server, as the normal VOIP program would do itself, then if that became popular and was carried over to the PS3 client, VOIP on the PS3 is as simple as... well, that.