PC Voice Comms

qsnoopyjr

Does the PC version of ESO have voice comms?
Everyone I talk to in cyrodil all suggest I use TS/vent/ or mumble.

How come the consoles have voice comms but the PC version doesn't have it?

Ommamar

Because the PC was the beta for console...

They are correct at the moment only third party software is available for chat.

Ourorboros

Cuz PC version is the red-headed step child to the console. There MAY be an upgrade to include Voice Chat in the future, sometime after console release. Emphasis is on MAY.

qsnoopyjr

You know,
GW2 doesn't have voice comms either.

What's up with these socialable games not having voice communications on PC?

Elsonso

The no conspiracy theory answer is that the console platforms already have a common voice chat that is available and ZOS is making use of this. The PC and Mac platforms tend to depend on third party programs, like TS, Vent, Vox, Mumble, Skype rather than having a more integrated solution.

sk8ingeckoub17_ESO

qsnoopyjr wrote: »

Does the PC version of ESO have voice comms?
Everyone I talk to in cyrodil all suggest I use TS/vent/ or mumble.

How come the consoles have voice comms but the PC version doesn't have it?

Because the console UI designers felt consoles couldn't handle text chat so they instead focused hard on getting us voice. That and i imagine it wasnt that hard to implement using at least part of the code from the voice program already pre-loaded into every single xbox and ps4.

That said i hope the pc players get it too and i hope us console get text...

Davadin

i just want voice GROUP chat.

i dont have a lot of times playing so im not an "active" players in any of my guild.

this means a lot of my dungeons run is with PUGs.

that also means, 4 out of 5 times, people goes "hey you have TS/Vent/whatever" and half people said no, the other half have different ones, then people gotta share their server info, then put their password, bla bla *** bla......

other MMO?

join a PUG. press and hold a button to talk.

qsnoopyjr

Davadin wrote: »

i just want voice GROUP chat.

i dont have a lot of times playing so im not an "active" players in any of my guild.

this means a lot of my dungeons run is with PUGs.

that also means, 4 out of 5 times, people goes "hey you have TS/Vent/whatever" and half people said no, the other half have different ones, then people gotta share their server info, then put their password, bla bla *** bla......

other MMO?

join a PUG. press and hold a button to talk.

Yup too true.

Everquest has it, I'm not sure about World of Warcraft.

I do know Guild Wars 2 doesn't have it and people complain all the time about "uhhhh I faced a premade and we all solo que, they had voice comms we didn't... yap yap yap"

Voice comms isn't hard to implement I'm sure TS and vent have been around for a long time.
Just why isn't there voice comms on the PC?

It's not rocket scientist to make, people with android phones can talk to people with iphones, so don't tell me its super hard to implement because it isn't.

pecheckler

ESO PC would be well-served to have VOIP communication for group chat only. Proximity chat would be a very very bad idea. Guild chat is a tough one. Some guilds are small and would be well-served to use it as well, but most guilds are enormous so a popular 3rd party VOIP client would be much better for those.

Elsonso

Alliance specific proximity chat would be handy in Cyrodiil.

qsnoopyjr

Lemme ask another question,

Do you think people are afraid to use voice comms?

I can see people using xbox or ps4 to talk to there friends... But complete strangers, I feel like they will avoid talking to them at all costs.

Like ventrillo, teamspeak, mumble isnt hard to download at all, doesnt take up much space... Yet I find a lot of people without it and I think its because people are afraid to talk in voice.
Also, I think if this game did implement voice comms on PC, it wouldnt get used up much, because EQ has it and nobody uses it... Everyone still prefers the text chat over the voice communications. I think its because it helps with anonymity and majority probably insecure about using voice comms.

I mean think about it, does LoL have voice comms? Does GW2 have voice comms (Nope). Both are competitive #esports games and you pretty much need voice, yet they dont even bother implementing it due to what I think about what I just said about it.

Voice comms isnt hard to implement at all. Would be very nice to have voice comms instead of having to downloading more addons... I mean not addons extra software!! Wait addons are extra software, that may have viruses in them, depending where you download it. I'd rather be virus free and not have to download any extra software and a game of this generation should have voice comms included.

jrmhpeters

I wouldn't mind it I guess...so long as there is a way to mute or shut it off. It's like zone chat... sometime it's just a plague.

SHADOW2KK

I can understand where you are coming from OP, but I have experienced common chat in other games like Battlefield 3/4 with the frankly horrendous ESN Sonar or w/e it is, which allows for voice chat, but its low quality, and its horrible, with loads of people screaming.

At least with TS3, Skype, Mumble, Vent or a number of other VOIP programs, it is arguably IMO a lot better.

Sure it is a pain giving ip and pass out and getting people set up, but its worth it in the long run IMO.

Zone chat can be irritating as it is, but zone chat voip would be horrible lol, if you could mute it of course then yeah by all means I suppose:P

qsnoopyjr

Ya, I didnt really mean it for zone chat, more so for groups, tells, guild, social bubble (maybe like add people to your voice comms but they dont have to be in group with you).

Cant see 100+ people trying to talk at once, but I wouldnt just not exclude zone voice because some people might like it.

You just pick which ones you want voice for.

SHADOW2KK

qsnoopyjr wrote: »

Ya, I didnt really mean it for zone chat, more so for groups, tells, guild, social bubble (maybe like add people to your voice comms but they dont have to be in group with you).

Cant see 100+ people trying to talk at once, but I wouldnt just not exclude zone voice because some people might like it.

You just pick which ones you want voice for.

Ahhh oky doky, yea fair enough:}

Nyghthowler

qsnoopyjr wrote: »

Like ventrillo, teamspeak, mumble isnt hard to download at all, doesnt take up much space... Yet I find a lot of people without it and I think its because people are afraid to talk in voice.

No, they aren't hard to download. But I'm in 5 guilds and they all seem to use different programs. Im not having 5 voice chat programs on my 'puter and have to manage 5 different logins to talk to every one.
Plus the random login b.s. for groups. ZoS can either implement voice chat for PC or I'll continue to type.

qsnoopyjr

Nyghthowler wrote: »

qsnoopyjr wrote: »

Like ventrillo, teamspeak, mumble isnt hard to download at all, doesnt take up much space... Yet I find a lot of people without it and I think its because people are afraid to talk in voice.

No, they aren't hard to download. But I'm in 5 guilds and they all seem to use different programs. Im not having 5 voice chat programs on my 'puter and have to manage 5 different logins to talk to every one.
Plus the random login b.s. for groups. ZoS can either implement voice chat for PC or I'll continue to type.

Hah, yes this is true too.

Hence why I said mumble, TeamSpeak, ventrill... And More! LOL

Huggernaut

Ourorboros wrote: »

Cuz PC version is the red-headed step child to the console. There MAY be an upgrade to include Voice Chat in the future, sometime after console release. Emphasis is on MAY.

Ya, May 2028, but only if you purchase the new expansion pack "Cadwells Revenge!" for the low low price of $1899.99, inflation is a ... *bleep*.

It actually boggles my mind how any online multiplayer game releases nowaday without voice chat support.

This what I'd LIKE to say lol ... but the truth is, I'm not sure I could handle zone chat turning into voice chat lol. At least not without an infinitely long ignore list by my side I mean let's face cold hard reality ... there are a lot of trolls out there.

NewBlacksmurf

qsnoopyjr wrote: »

Does the PC version of ESO have voice comms?
Everyone I talk to in cyrodil all suggest I use TS/vent/ or mumble.

How come the consoles have voice comms but the PC version doesn't have it?

We don't really know why the PC does not support native voice chat.
It's believed that either:

1 ZOS could figure out how to do it right on PC (which seems wrong after playing both PC beta to release and now console BETa)
2 People wouldn't use it (take for example WoW)
3 (untrue but a common sarcastic response) PC is still in BETa for a console game

I think PC should support both but a year later...and still no console release or DLC. IDK how that would work but it'll definitely add value. Heck may as well add controller support to PC too

drschplatt

Every game I've played that had integrated voice chat had a community that mostly used 3rd party chat. Normally you don't get the quality with in-game chat that you get from a 3rd party program and your customization is non-existent. LOTRO has in game voice, but it's not used much.

Jeddite_Eso

Truth is imo once we hear the game with voice chat we would never want it to go back to what it is now ...
If you can hear everyone around you no matter even if it's spam or bs or other it wont matter ... the game will just feel A LOT MORE ALIVE. For those who dont agree there will always be a mute option so THERE IS NOTHING BAD OF HAVING ONE!

Davadin

lordrichter wrote: »

Alliance specific proximity chat would be handy in Cyrodiil.

proximity chat is never handy in an MMO, any MMO, any time, any mode, EVER...

Wintersage

No thanks. There's a variety of software to choose from already. I'd rather they spent their time more constructively on things far more ESO specific in nature.

And can you imagine what that would do for the lag?

Great Julianos, please no.

Jeddite_Eso

Imagine you go outside .. no one is talking ... you only hear radio and tv or when some1 calls you on phone or work or home or a friend ... sure 1 day could be calm and fun ... but week? month? years???

nastuug

Wintersage wrote: »

No thanks. There's a variety of software to choose from already. I'd rather they spent their time more constructively on things far more ESO specific in nature.

And can you imagine what that would do for the lag?

Great Julianos, please no.

I'd imagine this. ^ TeamSpeak, Mumble, Vent, etc. This could be the driving factor as to why it may feel unnecessary to include such built-in VOIP.

Anentet

They actually said very briefly on the live stream that they are talking about adding voice on the PC version as well, but to not expect it... it is being considered.

So I'm sure if people keep letting them know it is a feature wanted, then they will probably implement it. Maybe something like Vivox someone suggested in chat.

idk

qsnoopyjr wrote: »

Does the PC version of ESO have voice comms?
Everyone I talk to in cyrodil all suggest I use TS/vent/ or mumble.

How come the consoles have voice comms but the PC version doesn't have it?

I am so glad the PC version doesn't have voice comm built in. It's always been annoying, the constant unrelated chatter interfering with needed conversation, in games that had it built in. Even if it was built in many groups would still use TS and such.

idk

Davadin wrote: »

lordrichter wrote: »

Alliance specific proximity chat would be handy in Cyrodiil.

proximity chat is never handy in an MMO, any MMO, any time, any mode, EVER...

Agreed. Proximity chat (voice say) would be the worst thing that could be added.

Even if they were to add group voice is have it turned off and require TS for my groups.

Jeddite_Eso

i wont argue that for good organisation side spam is bad but there is always a MUTE option for those who dont need it at that time
i have so many programs like ts and vent on my pc that some here may never heard of them and every year there are more programs coming ... its not nice ..

for example even in dota2 where there is nice voice option most of the time we are on skype, but when you play alone and you get random people ?!

eventide03b14a_ESO

lordrichter wrote: »

The no conspiracy theory answer is that the console platforms already have a common voice chat that is available and ZOS is making use of this. The PC and Mac platforms tend to depend on third party programs, like TS, Vent, Vox, Mumble, Skype rather than having a more integrated solution.

Not entirely true, many top MMOs actually have integrated voice. There really isn't any excuse for ESO to not have it other than being cheap. EQ2, WoW, and even D&D Online had it. I was actually surprised that ESO didn't do it as it's sort of a staple of the more well funded MMOs.

idk

Just because they have it, if added, doesn't mean you will not need TS, etc. many of the more active guilds will still use TS due to the features that in game chat cannot provide.