Don't recall any notes to that effect.
However, if I dead, I just tell my group anything I need to on voice coms. No typing needed
I don't think typing ever worked when dead. But you were able to access your inventory and menu screen. But since the patch, I have not been able to access the menu screen while dead.
So last night customer service finally conceded that it was indeed not a problem with my settings or PS4 and was a bug, took 4 days to work that out. I can't type in text chat when I'm dead which is a pain. I know voice chat works but not everyone has a mic and having to press extra buttons to see the map is a pain too. PvP has enough issues, we don't need more.
Ticket # 190318-006512
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