So about that Chat ....yeah we need text chat

Ungodlyomenb14_ESO · June 2015

Accept it and make it happen ZOS area chat doesnt even work half the time and when it does all you hear is burping,yelling or animals. I dunno wtf you guys were thinking up there but were going to need text chat, And dont even claim console limitations. Many games already have it. A mmo can not have limited ways to comunicate. group finder barely works so how do we find group members? run up to them and scream wanta do a dungeon bro?

I mean serouisly fired who ever thought of this.

pecheckler · June 2015

I've heard more microphone static, yelling parents, barking dogs, background conversations, pestering girlfriends, background television shows, potato chip bags, front doors being answered, and children trying to get their parent's attention than I have heard players actually talking into their microphones as intended. I had the same issue with Destiny. ESO & Destiny have been my only online console games in over a decade.

Having played PC games using VOIP for over 15 years I never experienced but a tiny fraction of such occurrences on PC games, nor did I experience those issues with PS2/Dreamcast/Original Xbox online games using headsets. And many of those games mentioned (or uses of teamspeak/ventrilo) were not push-to-talk, just like ESO.

What has happened? Why has voice chat etiquette gone down the toilet on consoles? Is it just a lack of instruction manuals or something? Or do players just not care?

And on that topic, why do we have to block people's PSN/Live accounts just to mute them? Can't we get a 1-button point-and-press 1-hour mute option?

mrskinskull · June 2015

Yeah just ask. People are kinda awesome sometimes.

I will help or play this awesome game with anyone any where. You should too.

Why do people keep begging for something so old fashioned?
Why did your game launch without a butter churn? Where is the rotary phone? Lol.

ZOS_AlanG · June 2015

Hi everyone, as there are several threads on this topic, we are consolidating it to a single thread. Please remember that it’s fine to debate, disagree, or be critical – but it’s important to keep your posts civil and constructive.