ARR and Voice over IP

[FedeMax]

I know the best way to conquer any endgame content is to be able to talk with your party members so that things can be done right away. Since everyone is already doing it with Mumble or Ventrilo, it will make sense to ARR to include a Voice over IP option.

Just like Call of Duty and other games, been able to communicate with your party members is really important. I want to do a poll for SE to include a Voice over IP option on ARR. When you join a party, you have a buttom in the UI to activated that Voice Chat.

I think it would be a fun way to social with everyone, specially since ARR is going to have a content finder option and meet new people.

DO YOU WANT VOICE OVER IP WITH ARR?
YES / NO?

[Seirra_Lanzce]

It'll be a long time to convince him now... lol but is mostly because of Language Barrier that YoshiP will not add a VoIP ingame. and ask us to use 3rd party instead.

[AmandaHuggenkiss]

[Mjollnir]

Yes, but...

[ispano]

Yes, but...

As stated in the link, not much more to say on it.

[Lady]

A voip that can be used by PS3 players & PC players, yes please.

[Linkurrra]

A voip that can be used by PS3 players & PC players, yes please.

I do agree with this, If there was an in game solution both PS3 and PC players could participate in voicechat!
But there may be a limitation with PS3's network if they allow voicechat outside of their network. Which is probably is the main reason that is stopping PC and PS3 players form being in voicechat!

However, I plan on using skype/TEamspeak/Ventrilo/Mumble from an App on my phone to talk to my team if I choose to play on the PS3 so that I stay in communication if necessary. Where there is a will there is always a way!

[Shougun]

I do agree with this, If there was an in game solution both PS3 and PC players could participate in voicechat!
But there may be a limitation with PS3's network if they allow voicechat outside of their network. Which is probably is the main reason that is stopping PC and PS3 players form being in voicechat!

However, I plan on using skype/TEamspeak/Ventrilo/Mumble from an App on my phone to talk to my team if I choose to play on the PS3 so that I stay in communication if necessary. Where there is a will there is always a way!

I was reading about it and it appears that even the games that try to implement their own voice chat have issues because of how the PS3 itself is built.. Anyone know of an effective voice chat from a game for the ps3?

It might just be impossible lol. I wonder if there is some way SE could set up the ability for PS3 users to login to Vent/TS/Skype/Mumble but not send anything - perhaps only one direction could make it more feasible..

They'd have to make some weird account service creator at home base to get into those PC apps though, unless there is some API / coworking with each company (I think, I've never networked more then a lan game.. which is nothing pretty much .. lol). Maybe they can create an API to send voice data to ps3 players and let players make their own plugins like for Mumble.

I dont know but I hope they explore at least the bare minimum - listening to other players.

I'd hate to see PS3 players not get into parties because they cant listen to the raid leader (in my experience "listen or gtfo" happens frequently (sometimes "mic")).

Ooo wait.... You said Steam. You can do voice and play games in Portal 2 with PC players. If FFXIV:ARR had Steam support it could happen.... lol But such a collaboration would be unlikely.

:O - Is it good quality? If SE could get the game to grab and send data to one of the 3d party applications available to PC users that could be a good compromise.. "Have it if you need it, otherwise its invisible".

[Linkurrra]

I was reading about it and it appears that even the games that try to implement their own voice chat have issues because of how the PS3 itself is built.. Anyone know of an effective voice chat from a game for the ps3?

It might just be impossible lol. I wonder if there is some way SE could set up the ability for PS3 users to login to Vent/TS/Skype/Mumble but not send anything - perhaps only one direction could make it more feasible..

They'd have to make some weird account service creator at home base to get into those PC apps though, unless there is some API / coworking with each company (I think, I've never networked more then a lan game.. which is nothing pretty much .. lol). Maybe they can create an API to send voice data to ps3 players and let players make their own plugins like for Mumble.

I dont know but I hope they explore at least the bare minimum - listening to other players.

I'd hate to see PS3 players not get into parties because they cant listen to the raid leader (in my experience "listen or gtfo" happens frequently (sometimes "mic")).




:O - Is it good quality? If SE could get the game to grab and send data to one of the 3d party applications available to PC users that could be a good compromise.. "Have it if you need it, otherwise its invisible".

The quality is OK. but not great. The best experience I have had is in Ventrilo and Teamspeak comes a close second. There is a new one I tried a year ago called C3. http://www.downloadc3.com/communicate/ It was unique because you could link copy a web link and past it in chat for people to join and download the web client automatically. They would literally be in your chat room in less that 30 seconds after clicking the link!

Either way there is not an all around elegant solution for in game voicechat with console players. The companies network always causes issues. They close their ports for security, but ports have to be opened up to do voicechat. PSN will do it for their built in one, but that doesn't do any good for PC players.

[Nuinn]

It would be helpful, as long as I can mute out someone who's abusing it or being rude (followed by a kick from pt if particularly offensive!). Very used to Ventrilo, but even though it takes a few clicks to set it up & start I still find it to be a minor nuisance ._. Loved logging in, getting into a raid, and having to do pretty much nothing to be able to hear the raid leader issuing orders and responding.