After a loading screen during which my microphone was muted I always appear as actively talking list in the area chat list.. forever.. until I un-mute and re-mute the microphone or unplug and plug it back in. This is with the default PS4 headset. However if my microphone was not muted then after the loading screen my name quickly flashes on the list (as visible by my name in the bottom-right corner) and then immediately disappears.
So far I have encountered several people in area chat with the symbol next to their name for 5 to 10 minutes but saying nothing besides some occasional static, it's apparent there is an audio stream coming from them but that they have their microphones muted. I think these folks are experiencing the same "issue" and are not aware.
Is this a bug? It's pretty annoying having to flip the switch on the microphone after each loading screen. Once players start having to wayshrine around everywhere to use guild traders that could get super annoying!
Edited by pecheckler on June 9, 2015 3:26AM End the tedious inventory management game.