What's your opinion of voice comms in ESO?
I've played ESO since launch but took a break for a few years, returning around a year ago.
In the time I was away, voice comms have changed a lot in my experience. This post is from the pov of large groups, not small groups of 4 or fewer players.
During my first tenure, they were more structured. Almost all comms had rules against hot mics with push to talk being expected. We understood we were in voice chat for the purpose of coordination, so there wasn't much chit chat and raid leads would usually enforce battle comms.
Now the norm seems to be hot mics. I constantly hear people eating and gulping during raids, background TVs, outside conversations and even belching(!) during raids. Like seriously, don't you think you should mute before burping?
Then there's occasional humming, talking to oneself in a low voice, and vocal tics/stims...
Beyond the more obtuse stuff, there's constant yapping about irrelevant topics or incidental things. The other 11 people don't need to know every time you get an ink drop!
Sometimes we wipe because of comm chaos because someone thinks it's open mic at a comedy club or needs to describe their food order in intricate detail while we fight.
There's usually 4-5 people chatting constantly with everyone else as their captive audience.
I don't know if the zoom revolution that happened while I was away from eso has anything to do with it, but it seems etiquette has almost completely disappeared.
I find it exhausting. I've come to prefer kwtd gf pugs without voice comms over more structured groups now for this reason.
How does everyone else feel about the state of voice comms in eso?
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