<call#> do we want it?

[Exn]

perhaps something less complex like a ready check feature.

Yeah maybe, but I don't know if you'd want a ready check feature going off during the encouter. I can understand right before engaging, but once the battle starts, your going to need something that can alert your party, without forcing them to physically take action to confirm (because they're prolly preoccupied doing whatever there sposed to be doing).

[Xeonerable]

No because it was more annoying than it was useful.

In all honesty if someone needs to be paged back to the game just find somebody else in the meantime, and if they are your supergoodfriend then you'll probably be able to text them, but even thats annoying.

Be patient or move on, but don't be annoying.

[Dimitsuri]

<call> (Yes Please)

[Seirra_Lanzce]

well make it only possible when is in PARTY! like WoW's RAIDCALL

[CrystalWeapon]

<Yes, Please> but for the love of god let us adjust the volume/mute it. My ears have bled so many times from listening to music while someone did a <call1> >->;

[Orophin]

I'd rather wait and see what they have planned instead of adding something new. I can't say I was a big fan of the <call> stuff anyway since it got abused more often that not. That or people spamming their WS macro with a call in it...so annoying.

[Applesnap]

No, thank you. It's technically a waste of SE's time to implement since the whole system can be circumvented by turning one's sound off or onto mute. That time can be better spent on other things.

/tell chimes should suffice really.

[Linkurrra]

I'm fine with having calls again as long as the volume of them can be controlled in the audio settings! Because all I remember the most about them was startling the living bejezus out of me because they were so loud! Especially in headphones! :P

And before ppl go. Oh Noes! then ppl could mute them all together and it would defeat their purpose! (yeah well for starters ppl should have the option to not hear them if they don't like them! Deal with it!)

Second you could make it so that the volume can't be muted but only turned down to 50% That way a player can't turn it off but listen to them at a more less deafening level!

[ChiefCurrahee]

<call> is much more than a ready check.

You don't ready check in middle of a fight, you don't ready check to get attention of alt-tabbed players, you don't ready check to notify team mates of shifts in stategy.

Most players don't use 3rd party voice chat. vent,mumble and team speak are mostly used by organized player groups. Not pick ups, not cross world parties or by small player groups.

Visual cues have their place. But audio cues can be easily recongnized when the UI is filled with clutter or in the heat of battle.

lets say you join a pick up for a primal fight, are you going to use a ready check to make sure everyone knows the fight is about to enter phase 2 or 3 of the battle?

Are you going to spam the chat box to inform your party?

Are you going to use a visual cue that puts a blinking Icon above a players head or next to the party frames UI? One that can be easily missed by players focused healing or crowd control?

I think a <call> sound would inform groups and deliver your meaning in an instant.

[DardGhalawad]

#Thumbs Up#
Bring the <call#>, with more sounds of course.
And we should be able to set the sound settings of the <call#>.