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The Impractical voice only chat.

  • Alucardo
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    If they get text chat I want official support for my Xbox controller on the PC version.
  • NewBlacksmurf
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    Eriquito3 wrote: »
    Eriquito3 wrote: »
    rb2001 wrote: »
    Question: How do you guys and gals text chat on a console, anyway? On screen keyboard sort of thing?

    Do you just plug a keyboard into the sucker?

    If so, it's a shame that it would be so easy to allow you to text chat, but that ZOS, for most likely legal reasons (root problem: people can't be trusted with such freedom), you are getting shafted.

    Each console handles this in its own ways.
    Excluding Ps4 if on Cbox One if the keyboard is plugged in prior to turning on the console then a game or app must also be developed to utilize the keyboard.

    By default only the letters n numbers work minus the number pad and all function keys, shift and enter.

    As seen on Warframe and Neverwinter when the keyboard is plugged in prior to turning on the console the enter key prompts the text box and you type. Problem is linking and replying or highlighting, quote, etc have convoluted commands and controller+keyboard requirements cause there is no mouse support or a cursor.

    What seems practical ends up with new challenges for some.
    To each its own but I'd rather not have it on Xbox one.

    It's on PC and works great there

    Those are minor challenges when in comparison to not havING a chat at all. I would rather have th k see minor inconveniences and be able to group up, trade, and talk with people all around, than not have it and deal with the garbage we currently have.

    The pros outweigh the cons immensely.

    Actually a lot of what your commenting as pointed out in another thread is your refusal to adapt
    You purchased a game that works the way it's designed.

    Either adapt, be innovative or stop complaining. You've even shared many times you're not willing to compromise....bud that's your issue overall.
    It's nothing wrong with feedback but at this point you've spent his weeks whining about something that seemingly is not going to change. Oddly what you desire exists on PC.
    Sale the console and get a PC...move on or play the game on console as is and be innovative

    I honestly can't understand why you didn't return the game of it didn't meet your desires but that's another topic

    Nice way to dodge facts and throw insults around. Any other MMO on console has text chat very similar to pc, so why should this game differ? Try to stay on topic, and reply to my comment properly.

    Listen...MMO doesn't mean what you think it does.
    I'm not dodging anything as your comments aren't on the table.
    I'm not a dev so there's nothing I "need" to answer but I am trying to share wisdom with you.

    There is a lot of fun and pleasing entertainment available to you in this game.
    All of us encounter things that we don't think are the best but you just use your brain and the tools you have to work around any Obstacle.

    Communication is communication and we have a way to do so with many different options.

    Dude you gotta learn to figure stuff out as everything isn't going to be done for you. That's life

    -PC (PTS)/Xbox One: NewBlacksmurf
    ~<{[50]}>~ looks better than *501
  • Eriquito3
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    Eriquito3 wrote: »
    Eriquito3 wrote: »
    rb2001 wrote: »
    Question: How do you guys and gals text chat on a console, anyway? On screen keyboard sort of thing?

    Do you just plug a keyboard into the sucker?

    If so, it's a shame that it would be so easy to allow you to text chat, but that ZOS, for most likely legal reasons (root problem: people can't be trusted with such freedom), you are getting shafted.

    Each console handles this in its own ways.
    Excluding Ps4 if on Cbox One if the keyboard is plugged in prior to turning on the console then a game or app must also be developed to utilize the keyboard.

    By default only the letters n numbers work minus the number pad and all function keys, shift and enter.

    As seen on Warframe and Neverwinter when the keyboard is plugged in prior to turning on the console the enter key prompts the text box and you type. Problem is linking and replying or highlighting, quote, etc have convoluted commands and controller+keyboard requirements cause there is no mouse support or a cursor.

    What seems practical ends up with new challenges for some.
    To each its own but I'd rather not have it on Xbox one.

    It's on PC and works great there

    Those are minor challenges when in comparison to not havING a chat at all. I would rather have th k see minor inconveniences and be able to group up, trade, and talk with people all around, than not have it and deal with the garbage we currently have.

    The pros outweigh the cons immensely.

    Actually a lot of what your commenting as pointed out in another thread is your refusal to adapt
    You purchased a game that works the way it's designed.

    Either adapt, be innovative or stop complaining. You've even shared many times you're not willing to compromise....bud that's your issue overall.
    It's nothing wrong with feedback but at this point you've spent his weeks whining about something that seemingly is not going to change. Oddly what you desire exists on PC.
    Sale the console and get a PC...move on or play the game on console as is and be innovative

    I honestly can't understand why you didn't return the game of it didn't meet your desires but that's another topic

    Nice way to dodge facts and throw insults around. Any other MMO on console has text chat very similar to pc, so why should this game differ? Try to stay on topic, and reply to my comment properly.

    Listen...MMO doesn't mean what you think it does.
    I'm not dodging anything as your comments aren't on the table.
    I'm not a dev so there's nothing I "need" to answer but I am trying to share wisdom with you.

    There is a lot of fun and pleasing entertainment available to you in this game.
    All of us encounter things that we don't think are the best but you just use your brain and the tools you have to work around any Obstacle.

    Communication is communication and we have a way to do so with many different options.

    Dude you gotta learn to figure stuff out as everything isn't going to be done for you. That's life

    It's not a matter of trying to figure it out. I use the channels given to communicate, and as many others and myself included have said... the current system in eso is not efficient or practical for this game. And other games on consoles in this same exact genre have successfully implemented a tool that efficiently gets the job done, ie TEXT CHAT.


    So again you are asked, why should eso stray from such an effective tool (especially when the tools currently in place are not effective as they should be)?

    Hi
  • Kleptobrainiac
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    Eriquito3 wrote: »
    Eriquito3 wrote: »
    Eriquito3 wrote: »
    rb2001 wrote: »
    Question: How do you guys and gals text chat on a console, anyway? On screen keyboard sort of thing?

    Do you just plug a keyboard into the sucker?

    If so, it's a shame that it would be so easy to allow you to text chat, but that ZOS, for most likely legal reasons (root problem: people can't be trusted with such freedom), you are getting shafted.

    Each console handles this in its own ways.
    Excluding Ps4 if on Cbox One if the keyboard is plugged in prior to turning on the console then a game or app must also be developed to utilize the keyboard.

    By default only the letters n numbers work minus the number pad and all function keys, shift and enter.

    As seen on Warframe and Neverwinter when the keyboard is plugged in prior to turning on the console the enter key prompts the text box and you type. Problem is linking and replying or highlighting, quote, etc have convoluted commands and controller+keyboard requirements cause there is no mouse support or a cursor.

    What seems practical ends up with new challenges for some.
    To each its own but I'd rather not have it on Xbox one.

    It's on PC and works great there

    Those are minor challenges when in comparison to not havING a chat at all. I would rather have th k see minor inconveniences and be able to group up, trade, and talk with people all around, than not have it and deal with the garbage we currently have.

    The pros outweigh the cons immensely.

    Actually a lot of what your commenting as pointed out in another thread is your refusal to adapt
    You purchased a game that works the way it's designed.

    Either adapt, be innovative or stop complaining. You've even shared many times you're not willing to compromise....bud that's your issue overall.
    It's nothing wrong with feedback but at this point you've spent his weeks whining about something that seemingly is not going to change. Oddly what you desire exists on PC.
    Sale the console and get a PC...move on or play the game on console as is and be innovative

    I honestly can't understand why you didn't return the game of it didn't meet your desires but that's another topic

    Nice way to dodge facts and throw insults around. Any other MMO on console has text chat very similar to pc, so why should this game differ? Try to stay on topic, and reply to my comment properly.

    Listen...MMO doesn't mean what you think it does.
    I'm not dodging anything as your comments aren't on the table.
    I'm not a dev so there's nothing I "need" to answer but I am trying to share wisdom with you.

    There is a lot of fun and pleasing entertainment available to you in this game.
    All of us encounter things that we don't think are the best but you just use your brain and the tools you have to work around any Obstacle.

    Communication is communication and we have a way to do so with many different options.

    Dude you gotta learn to figure stuff out as everything isn't going to be done for you. That's life

    It's not a matter of trying to figure it out. I use the channels given to communicate, and as many others and myself included have said... the current system in eso is not efficient or practical for this game. And other games on consoles in this same exact genre have successfully implemented a tool that efficiently gets the job done, ie TEXT CHAT.


    So again you are asked, why should eso stray from such an effective tool (especially when the tools currently in place are not effective as they should be)?

    Because only like 500 ppl out of the millions that play want it?
    The artist formerly known as StaticWax.
  • Geemarc
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    Because only like 500 ppl out of the millions that play want it?

    And only like 80 out of the millions that play don't want it. See what I did there..

    I love how you can speak for the entire ESO community. Good job!
    Edited by Geemarc on 15 August 2015 00:51
  • NewBlacksmurf
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    Eriquito3 wrote: »
    Eriquito3 wrote: »
    Eriquito3 wrote: »
    rb2001 wrote: »
    Question: How do you guys and gals text chat on a console, anyway? On screen keyboard sort of thing?

    Do you just plug a keyboard into the sucker?

    If so, it's a shame that it would be so easy to allow you to text chat, but that ZOS, for most likely legal reasons (root problem: people can't be trusted with such freedom), you are getting shafted.

    Each console handles this in its own ways.
    Excluding Ps4 if on Cbox One if the keyboard is plugged in prior to turning on the console then a game or app must also be developed to utilize the keyboard.

    By default only the letters n numbers work minus the number pad and all function keys, shift and enter.

    As seen on Warframe and Neverwinter when the keyboard is plugged in prior to turning on the console the enter key prompts the text box and you type. Problem is linking and replying or highlighting, quote, etc have convoluted commands and controller+keyboard requirements cause there is no mouse support or a cursor.

    What seems practical ends up with new challenges for some.
    To each its own but I'd rather not have it on Xbox one.

    It's on PC and works great there

    Those are minor challenges when in comparison to not havING a chat at all. I would rather have th k see minor inconveniences and be able to group up, trade, and talk with people all around, than not have it and deal with the garbage we currently have.

    The pros outweigh the cons immensely.

    Actually a lot of what your commenting as pointed out in another thread is your refusal to adapt
    You purchased a game that works the way it's designed.

    Either adapt, be innovative or stop complaining. You've even shared many times you're not willing to compromise....bud that's your issue overall.
    It's nothing wrong with feedback but at this point you've spent his weeks whining about something that seemingly is not going to change. Oddly what you desire exists on PC.
    Sale the console and get a PC...move on or play the game on console as is and be innovative

    I honestly can't understand why you didn't return the game of it didn't meet your desires but that's another topic

    Nice way to dodge facts and throw insults around. Any other MMO on console has text chat very similar to pc, so why should this game differ? Try to stay on topic, and reply to my comment properly.

    Listen...MMO doesn't mean what you think it does.
    I'm not dodging anything as your comments aren't on the table.
    I'm not a dev so there's nothing I "need" to answer but I am trying to share wisdom with you.

    There is a lot of fun and pleasing entertainment available to you in this game.
    All of us encounter things that we don't think are the best but you just use your brain and the tools you have to work around any Obstacle.

    Communication is communication and we have a way to do so with many different options.

    Dude you gotta learn to figure stuff out as everything isn't going to be done for you. That's life

    It's not a matter of trying to figure it out. I use the channels given to communicate, and as many others and myself included have said... the current system in eso is not efficient or practical for this game. And other games on consoles in this same exact genre have successfully implemented a tool that efficiently gets the job done, ie TEXT CHAT.


    So again you are asked, why should eso stray from such an effective tool (especially when the tools currently in place are not effective as they should be)?

    Then perhaps make changes within yourself and how you interact with others.
    This isn't meant to be mean but it may come of harsh. If you're having problems interacting with ppl on video games to the point where you can only use an informal method of communication there are some other outside influences.

    It's a video game.
    EVERYONE playing wants to play it cause it's what they enjoy.
    Use that cause you have it in common with others.
    Use that you're on the same console. (Console war talk) or use the faction and alliance.

    Heck anything to get along with ppl.
    There are hundreds of thousands of ppl online everyday. There has to be over 200 ppl that you pass by in a month.
    Make friends and build or join a network and enjoy the game as is.

    If you can't...there not much else ppl can offer. Text chat isn't the issue here tho
    -PC (PTS)/Xbox One: NewBlacksmurf
    ~<{[50]}>~ looks better than *501
  • EZgoin76
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    I have no problem talking to other people in voice chat. Yelling over them if need be. Being able to talk and communicate with people using voice chat isn't the issue being discussed here. It's the limitations of voice chat and what it won't let us do. There is no reason at all we shouldn't have both tools at our disposal.
    I want to change the world. I'm just to lazy to do it.
  • Chrlynsch
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    "hot mics" should kick you from the server just like when you type too many messages in zone chat.
    Caius
    Pack Leader of Scourge Alliance- First Fang of Hircine, The Beast of Bruma
    PC NA
  • NewBlacksmurf
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    Geemarc wrote: »
    Because only like 500 ppl out of the millions that play want it?

    And only like 80 out of the millions that play don't want it. See what I did there..

    I love how you can speak for the entire ESO community. Good job!

    The best example was made on ESO live today...ppl will tell you what they don't like but when things are fine they don't come to the forums.

    His point is based on forum polls only 500 ppl are complaining vs the hundreds of thousands not complaining. On ESO live he then continues to say it's a sweet spot when 50% complain and 50% are happy.

    That's where he's was going with the comment about 500ppl
    Edited by NewBlacksmurf on 15 August 2015 04:16
    -PC (PTS)/Xbox One: NewBlacksmurf
    ~<{[50]}>~ looks better than *501
  • bedlom
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    +1 for chat box on console

    As someone who has been playing on PC for a long time I can see the damage its doing not having a chat box.

    Just make sure it can be disabled thats all you need to do ZOS.
  • bedlom
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    And an option to disable VC all together one time only pls it is awful
  • Tectonaut
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    I just turn off area chat, trying to mentally filter between 30 voices at the same time gives me a bad headache. I would like text chat, but until the day it exists I'll just do my thing. Ever notice that "most" people that are against text chat for consoles are those that play on PC?... Yep I said it, ready for the yelling (though it's true). I'm not against addons or controller use for PC users, so why are PC users so devoted to keeping text chat from console?
  • Nosam
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    Tectonaut wrote: »
    I just turn off area chat, trying to mentally filter between 30 voices at the same time gives me a bad headache. I would like text chat, but until the day it exists I'll just do my thing. Ever notice that "most" people that are against text chat for consoles are those that play on PC?... Yep I said it, ready for the yelling (though it's true). I'm not against addons or controller use for PC users, so why are PC users so devoted to keeping text chat from console?

    Didn't you know , that's supposed to be "fun'?

    Hearing 30 people at once chatter and background noise while playing a game , it's so very relaxing and enjoyable amirite ?
  • MrGrimey
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    Then perhaps make changes within yourself and how you interact with others.
    This isn't meant to be mean but it may come of harsh. If you're having problems interacting with ppl on video games to the point where you can only use an informal method of communication there are some other outside influences.

    It's a video game.
    EVERYONE playing wants to play it cause it's what they enjoy.
    Use that cause you have it in common with others.
    Use that you're on the same console. (Console war talk) or use the faction and alliance.

    Heck anything to get along with ppl.
    There are hundreds of thousands of ppl online everyday. There has to be over 200 ppl that you pass by in a month.
    Make friends and build or join a network and enjoy the game as is.

    If you can't...there not much else ppl can offer. Text chat isn't the issue here tho

    Watching you defend no text chat in a mmo is pretty funny... Please continue :smiley:
    Edited by MrGrimey on 15 August 2015 04:57
  • Tectonaut
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    Lol It's not a problem with social interaction. It's a problem with noise pollution. Some people don't even use it to talk, some just use it to troll noises.
  • Eriquito3
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    Eriquito3 wrote: »
    Eriquito3 wrote: »
    Eriquito3 wrote: »
    rb2001 wrote: »
    Question: How do you guys and gals text chat on a console, anyway? On screen keyboard sort of thing?

    Do you just plug a keyboard into the sucker?

    If so, it's a shame that it would be so easy to allow you to text chat, but that ZOS, for most likely legal reasons (root problem: people can't be trusted with such freedom), you are getting shafted.

    Each console handles this in its own ways.
    Excluding Ps4 if on Cbox One if the keyboard is plugged in prior to turning on the console then a game or app must also be developed to utilize the keyboard.

    By default only the letters n numbers work minus the number pad and all function keys, shift and enter.

    As seen on Warframe and Neverwinter when the keyboard is plugged in prior to turning on the console the enter key prompts the text box and you type. Problem is linking and replying or highlighting, quote, etc have convoluted commands and controller+keyboard requirements cause there is no mouse support or a cursor.

    What seems practical ends up with new challenges for some.
    To each its own but I'd rather not have it on Xbox one.

    It's on PC and works great there

    Those are minor challenges when in comparison to not havING a chat at all. I would rather have th k see minor inconveniences and be able to group up, trade, and talk with people all around, than not have it and deal with the garbage we currently have.

    The pros outweigh the cons immensely.

    Actually a lot of what your commenting as pointed out in another thread is your refusal to adapt
    You purchased a game that works the way it's designed.

    Either adapt, be innovative or stop complaining. You've even shared many times you're not willing to compromise....bud that's your issue overall.
    It's nothing wrong with feedback but at this point you've spent his weeks whining about something that seemingly is not going to change. Oddly what you desire exists on PC.
    Sale the console and get a PC...move on or play the game on console as is and be innovative

    I honestly can't understand why you didn't return the game of it didn't meet your desires but that's another topic

    Nice way to dodge facts and throw insults around. Any other MMO on console has text chat very similar to pc, so why should this game differ? Try to stay on topic, and reply to my comment properly.

    Listen...MMO doesn't mean what you think it does.
    I'm not dodging anything as your comments aren't on the table.
    I'm not a dev so there's nothing I "need" to answer but I am trying to share wisdom with you.

    There is a lot of fun and pleasing entertainment available to you in this game.
    All of us encounter things that we don't think are the best but you just use your brain and the tools you have to work around any Obstacle.

    Communication is communication and we have a way to do so with many different options.

    Dude you gotta learn to figure stuff out as everything isn't going to be done for you. That's life

    It's not a matter of trying to figure it out. I use the channels given to communicate, and as many others and myself included have said... the current system in eso is not efficient or practical for this game. And other games on consoles in this same exact genre have successfully implemented a tool that efficiently gets the job done, ie TEXT CHAT.


    So again you are asked, why should eso stray from such an effective tool (especially when the tools currently in place are not effective as they should be)?

    Then perhaps make changes within yourself and how you interact with others.
    This isn't meant to be mean but it may come of harsh. If you're having problems interacting with ppl on video games to the point where you can only use an informal method of communication there are some other outside influences.

    It's a video game.
    EVERYONE playing wants to play it cause it's what they enjoy.
    Use that cause you have it in common with others.
    Use that you're on the same console. (Console war talk) or use the faction and alliance.

    Heck anything to get along with ppl.
    There are hundreds of thousands of ppl online everyday. There has to be over 200 ppl that you pass by in a month.
    Make friends and build or join a network and enjoy the game as is.

    If you can't...there not much else ppl can offer. Text chat isn't the issue here tho

    Answer my question. Stop dancing. Just answer my question
    Hi
  • MrNevermore
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    Then perhaps make changes within yourself and how you interact with others.
    This isn't meant to be mean but it may come of harsh. If you're having problems interacting with ppl on video games to the point where you can only use an informal method of communication there are some other outside influences.

    It's a video game.
    EVERYONE playing wants to play it cause it's what they enjoy.
    Use that cause you have it in common with others.
    Use that you're on the same console. (Console war talk) or use the faction and alliance.

    Heck anything to get along with ppl.
    There are hundreds of thousands of ppl online everyday. There has to be over 200 ppl that you pass by in a month.
    Make friends and build or join a network and enjoy the game as is.

    If you can't...there not much else ppl can offer. Text chat isn't the issue here tho

    What would you suggest for people with a hearing impairment? Should I have to change that to play an MMO? I can enjoy the game 'as is' but it's not what it's meant to be for me. I'm still levelling at the moment, but I've read a lot of negative threads about the group finder at Vet levels and I've experienced it's incosistancy at work up to this point. Once I hit that point and I'm relying on voice chat to find group members in public chat or guilds, I might as well put the game in it's case and forget about it. I don't want to do that because this is an amazing game and I'm really enjoying it.

    I actually need text chat to communicate, without it, I'm stuck playing a game by myself and not being able to immerse myself entirely.

    I'm not sitting here and lambasting the developers for not putting it in, I'm jut saying there are probably more players who can't use voice chat than people think.

  • IOUAT
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    no they dont need to consider it. they too just add it already and stop this nonsesne. the games been out for a while already. it cannot be that hard to put in text chat. neverwinter has it so why not eso
  • XarxesTheScribe
    The worst part is, that's not even bad for area chat.

    Trading/crafting is the part of the game that's being ruined by this. The only people that use area chat anymore are the people you just listened to--people saying nothing worth listening to.

    We need a trade chat that can be toggled.
  • Tectonaut
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    To anyone who says that "You knew there would be no text chat before you bought it". Not true, I put my faith in this series and pre-ordered before pc beta. I truly don't believe I am at fault for assuming it would have text chat standard (like all mmo's ever made).

    Or or, "many" people that are currently complaining would stop complaining if you tweaked two things Zenimax, you wouldn't even need to add text chat if you fixed group finder and did not auto log people into area chat. Fix those two things and I know I'd settle down.
  • usrevenge
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    rb2001 wrote: »
    Question: How do you guys and gals text chat on a console, anyway? On screen keyboard sort of thing?

    Do you just plug a keyboard into the sucker?

    If so, it's a shame that it would be so easy to allow you to text chat, but that ZOS, for most likely legal reasons (root problem: people can't be trusted with such freedom), you are getting shafted.

    DC universe has text chat and you could do either or.

    you don't need to be constantly text chatting, text chat is normally reserved for things you HAVE to get people to see.

    getting a group, trading, and hey moron you are doing that fight wrong are usually the only thing people talk about unless they are just talking in zone chat.

    voice chat is used mostly in DCUO especially once a group is formed.
  • AH93
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    I think text chat will be happening at some point, it should have been implemented to consoles to begin with, and communicating is a real pain without it, especially when trying to find a group for the the group dungeons, since the group finder tool doesn't work.

    I see people mentioning hearing people's voices is immersion breaking, I am also questioning why our PSN tags are above our heads and not our character's names? Kind of sick of seeing all the xXL33tMaReXx etc.
  • Draghorn
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    Geemarc wrote: »
    Because only like 500 ppl out of the millions that play want it?

    And only like 80 out of the millions that play don't want it. See what I did there..

    I love how you can speak for the entire ESO community. Good job!

    The best example was made on ESO live today...ppl will tell you what they don't like but when things are fine they don't come to the forums.

    His point is based on forum polls only 500 ppl are complaining vs the hundreds of thousands not complaining. On ESO live he then continues to say it's a sweet spot when 50% complain and 50% are happy.

    That's where he's was going with the comment about 500ppl

    Really?...If they can't see that that 500 is representative of a larger group of people that would like to also have text chat then I don't know what people could do to make them understand that they need to implement text chat.

    As you can see from my sig I'm on PC, I have no idea why people on PC would want to deny people on console the ability to text chat. :/ I don't know maybe me being a new ESO player has something to do with it. :/

    I usually mute the voice chat on the games I play anyway, so if PC ESO had only voice chat I would have just muted it and not communicate at all. Which I guess if fine for me since I'm having a blast currently just solo exploring and questing in the open world. I'm probably not going to engage much with trading, dungeons, or PvP; but I could see if these are the major things you would like to engage in that the voice only chat would be kind of a nightmare. >_< And that is not even getting to the part where the voice only chat makes the multiplayer stuff kind of inaccessible to deaf players.

    Edit: Also yes going with showing your username and not your character name is kind of weird to say the least. I would have prefered to use my character name in game.
    Edited by Draghorn on 15 August 2015 15:20
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  • mistermutiny89
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    Another thread on text chat for console? Yay!! Oh wait the haters from the poll that are against text chat are here. :(

    I just want my own special place with my own people! Haha but really serious let down that the forum messiah of all is in this thread as well. :(

    All I Can say is that if text chat was so game breaking and terrible why is it in the PC version? Consolers are here now and we want to play and interact with the ESO community the same way PC can. A community with endless proximity that doesn't ignore the deaf players or those with anxiety issues.

    For those against text chat think of putting forward the idea of making text chat a toggle feature from the menu. Then you get what you WANT and we get what we NEED!
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  • NewBlacksmurf
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    MrGrimey wrote: »


    Then perhaps make changes within yourself and how you interact with others.
    This isn't meant to be mean but it may come of harsh. If you're having problems interacting with ppl on video games to the point where you can only use an informal method of communication there are some other outside influences.

    It's a video game.
    EVERYONE playing wants to play it cause it's what they enjoy.
    Use that cause you have it in common with others.
    Use that you're on the same console. (Console war talk) or use the faction and alliance.

    Heck anything to get along with ppl.
    There are hundreds of thousands of ppl online everyday. There has to be over 200 ppl that you pass by in a month.
    Make friends and build or join a network and enjoy the game as is.

    If you can't...there not much else ppl can offer. Text chat isn't the issue here tho

    Watching you defend no text chat in a mmo is pretty funny... Please continue :smiley:

    Perhaps humorous to you but it's concerning to me that on the forums a small group of ppl seem to be unable to operate their consoles. The majority of the issues why ppl argue for text chat box is because in their heads a game genre somehow comes with specific in-game features. The other concern is that at no point was the console said to have text chat but was said to have voice chat. Then the last concern is that seemingly this is only a TESO concern because what ppl are sharing is no different than any other console online game.

    What I'm hearing is ppl don't like consoles and how communication is done largely. Yes there are very very few exceptions but...I can't understand why ppl buy stuff and then flood forums to try and make a company change due to buyers remorse.


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  • NewBlacksmurf
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    Another thread on text chat for console? Yay!! Oh wait the haters from the poll that are against text chat are here. :(

    I just want my own special place with my own people! Haha but really serious let down that the forum messiah of all is in this thread as well. :(

    All I Can say is that if text chat was so game breaking and terrible why is it in the PC version? Consolers are here now and we want to play and interact with the ESO community the same way PC can. A community with endless proximity that doesn't ignore the deaf players or those with anxiety issues.

    For those against text chat think of putting forward the idea of making text chat a toggle feature from the menu. Then you get what you WANT and we get what we NEED!


    It's been discussed many, many, many times.
    Please watch the past ESO live episodes mentioned in my signature
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  • tntpop
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    this is exactly why I dropped the Ps4 version ..... I like people but.... I hate the public.....
  • MrGrimey
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    MrGrimey wrote: »


    Then perhaps make changes within yourself and how you interact with others.
    This isn't meant to be mean but it may come of harsh. If you're having problems interacting with ppl on video games to the point where you can only use an informal method of communication there are some other outside influences.

    It's a video game.
    EVERYONE playing wants to play it cause it's what they enjoy.
    Use that cause you have it in common with others.
    Use that you're on the same console. (Console war talk) or use the faction and alliance.

    Heck anything to get along with ppl.
    There are hundreds of thousands of ppl online everyday. There has to be over 200 ppl that you pass by in a month.
    Make friends and build or join a network and enjoy the game as is.

    If you can't...there not much else ppl can offer. Text chat isn't the issue here tho

    Watching you defend no text chat in a mmo is pretty funny... Please continue :smiley:

    Perhaps humorous to you but it's concerning to me that on the forums a small group of ppl seem to be unable to operate their consoles. The majority of the issues why ppl argue for text chat box is because in their heads a game genre somehow comes with specific in-game features. The other concern is that at no point was the console said to have text chat but was said to have voice chat. Then the last concern is that seemingly this is only a TESO concern because what ppl are sharing is no different than any other console online game.

    What I'm hearing is ppl don't like consoles and how communication is done largely. Yes there are very very few exceptions but...I can't understand why ppl buy stuff and then flood forums to try and make a company change due to buyers remorse.


    So? This is a thread about wanting text chat, what is your purpose here?

    How would text chat hurt you at all? That's why your "passion" about this subject is so funny, you're just coming across as a hater. Go get some fresh air or play your anti social version of eso, stop spending your whole day trying to derail threads with your off topic none sense
    Edited by MrGrimey on 15 August 2015 19:05
  • ZOS_Alex
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    Hello,

    An ongoing discussion about this topic already exists. For the sake of keeping feedback consolidated, we are closing this thread and ask that you please continue the discussion here.

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