PS4 grouping was pure chaos!

Soulwatcher

I joined a 4 man today and when we went in no one was talking and people were all over the place. We died over and over and we made it to the final boss but we couldn't get her down. There was zero team work. The game needs text chat bad! Or every group is going to be like this!

Amsel_McKay

Blissa wrote: »

I joined a 4 man today and when we went in no one was talking and people were all over the place. We died over and over and we made it to the final boss but we couldn't get her down. There was zero team work. The game needs text chat bad! Or every group is going to be like this!

Why was no one talking?

JD2013

Join a guild. Encourage talking and communication in a group. Co-ordinate.

I do think text chat is needed but if a group is to work together, communication is key.

Zusia211

Yeah grouping is only bad cause really at the start no reason to be in a group. Everything so far has been very easy and with so many other players around makes killing enemies even easier. It does need a text chat in game so that point I agree with. Though I noticed when I do look to add a friend it doesn't show them in my friend list. Does friend list based on PSN and Xbox ids or id on the game?

defcon.dealer1b14_ESO

In a group now..no issues. Text chat does not, nor ever has guaranteed ppl knowing wat they are doing in a group. Communication helps. So if nobody is speaking next time, send them a message to their psn or watever ur on, saying 'mic up'.

Text chat is not the perfect 'cure-all' it's being made out to be.

j_labbeb16_ESO

If no one is speaking then leave the group, start your own and remove players who don't speak.

daemonios

defcon.dealer1b14_ESO wrote: »

In a group now..now issues. Text chat does not, nor ever has guaranteed ppl knowing wat they are doing in a group. Communication helps. So if nobody is speaking next time, send them a message to their psn or watever ur on, saying 'mic up'.

Text chat is not the perfect 'cure-all' it's being made out to be.

Truedat.

Text chat won't do a thing if people don't read (or can't read, e.g. because they don't speak whatever language you're using) what you type. Even if they do read, some people are more skilled than others or are better at doing a 360 in their gameplay if they're doing something wrong. I've been the guy who tried to tank my first dungeon (Fungal Grotto) by jumping on mobs and mashing buttons, only to be told about "taunts" and given a sword and shield by a team mate, and was able to do the rest of the dungeon perfectly. But I've also had team members pull every single mob in sight while wearing light armour and dying over and over again, ignoring every plea to stop doing it.

That said, voice chat works wonders if the group is already skilled and you want to coordinate for that perfect no-death speed run. I honesty believe anyone wishing to do trials should use voice chat. Vet dungeons are way easier and don't really need voice, but it can potentially save a group if you're in a tight spot.

ChinNationFTW

Text chat seems like a bad idea for consoles. Good for PC because of the keyboard that makes it easier to type words, but console it takes forever. Imagine you're in the battle and try to text your team a warning by that time is too late. Best to invite the to a party chat talk through mics.

Zusia211

ChinNationFTW wrote: »

Text chat seems like a bad idea for consoles. Good for PC because of the keyboard that makes it easier to type words, but console it takes forever. Imagine you're in the battle and try to text your team a warning by that time is too late. Best to invite the to a party chat talk through mics.

I look at a game like DC Universe which is also on the consoles. It is only MMO i really played on the PS4 and has a text box that actually thinks works well. Not every game is the same, but I cannot see why you would leave a text option out when a game based so much on social features.

pecheckler

try tanking veteran dungeons and needing to type

hint: you can't

Aneima

Zusia211 wrote: »

ChinNationFTW wrote: »

Text chat seems like a bad idea for consoles. Good for PC because of the keyboard that makes it easier to type words, but console it takes forever. Imagine you're in the battle and try to text your team a warning by that time is too late. Best to invite the to a party chat talk through mics.

I look at a game like DC Universe which is also on the consoles. It is only MMO i really played on the PS4 and has a text box that actually thinks works well. Not every game is the same, but I cannot see why you would leave a text option out when a game based so much on social features.

Nah text chat works great for mmorpgs on consoles. In 2003 I played my first online rpg Final Fantasy 11. All we had to do was plug a playstation 2 keypad into the USB ports. We also were able to make macro'd sentences that also translated to the Japanese players and vise versa. It didn't matter if it was zone chat or group chat, everyone that played that game was able to communicate with each other easily. Voice chat is great once your in a group but trust me text chat with a keyboard isn't as cumbersome as you would think. Honestly if FF11 wouldn't have had a keyboard for communication I probably wouldn't have played it for 5 plus years.

Zusia211

I was wondering this I logged into my character tonight and it put me right with my friend I was with when I logged on the previous night. Thought that was somewhat weird that we were grouped before we even really thought about a group.

Julianos

Guys chatbox is a must for every game because there are deaf people and especially in EU everyone speak diffrent language most people know english but speaking and listening completly diffrent thing, english is not my native language too but its easy to type and read and understand for me but speaking pronunciation and listening is hard for people so most people dont wanna talk they prefer typing and reading i was like that too. Also proximity voice is sux cos people trolling. And its not good for the atmosphere kids screaming people talkin nonsense playing music on background etc etc. No chat box option is so stupid.

i forgot to mention also in late hours people cant talk there are people in the house sleeping.
for example me my parents and sister working their rooms next to mine room after 9-10 pm i cant talk. But im a pc player

marshi1981

Amsel_McKay wrote: »

Blissa wrote: »

I joined a 4 man today and when we went in no one was talking and people were all over the place. We died over and over and we made it to the final boss but we couldn't get her down. There was zero team work. The game needs text chat bad! Or every group is going to be like this!

Why was no one talking?

I dont really like talking in a game so text chat may be better for some. But that being said I would some open my mouth if no one was co ordinating on a boss that needed cooperation!

Torbschka

cant confirm.

I was fighting spider queen once with randoms and 1 time with my guild - 1 wipe total. search for a guild if you want to have the full ESO experience