Runs wrote: »

Would be nice optional feature

But... IIRC they said something about there being so many other options on PC that they weren't looking into adding this.

I think so. There are plenty of existing options so it would be pretty low on the priority list.

Text or 3rd party here

I don't think I could take some leet d00d or 13 year old running their mouth to me in game. I play games to relax after a *** day at work which sometimes includes speaking to guildies in our own voice server. In a perfect world where everyone was respectable I'd say sure let's use some built in voice comm but we all know that isn't the case..

LordGavus wrote: »

Runs wrote: »

Would be nice optional feature

But... IIRC they said something about there being so many other options on PC that they weren't looking into adding this.

I think so. There are plenty of existing options so it would be pretty low on the priority list.

Yes, however it would put an pug group even more in disadvantage over an organized one.

They say the group finder will prefer to match ready groups together and pugs together.
Hopefully it would work a bit better than the dungeon queue.

esotoon wrote: »

The excuse that there are 3rd party apps misses the point. Sure certain groups of friends, guilds , etc. may use the same 3rd party apps, but if you are running with any sort of PUG group, the chances of everyone using such apps, let alone all using the same, is slim.

People prefer the 3rd party apps anyway even if the game would provide in game voip. There are not that many voip applications that are used commonly and installing them is not like reinstalling your operating system. Most of the people use either TS3 or Mumble. Sure PUGs would not prolly join server if you had one and most likely would not plug in their mic if there was in game voip.

TheShadowScout wrote: »

I really dislike third party voice chat programs, mostly because I don't want to have to worry about setting them up all the time...

If every multiplayer game would have in game voip you would have to anyway set them up individually. Think it would be easier to get something like TS3 and set it up ONCE and every time you needed voip with people you just open up TS3 and join the server.

Ferretstalker wrote: »

Yeah, for a pre-made group I'd run in discord. For PUGS though? I'd still like to be able to quickly and effectively communicate over voice, if ever possible.

Yes, there are players in AD, DC or EP guilds who almost always play together with voice chat and have an advantage when they fight against enemies who don't use voice.

However, when you queue up for Battlegrounds matches, most of us will not be in any kind of guild group. The teams aren't even determined by faction. Who wants to spawn and argue about which voice comms server to use, problems installing client, etc.?

And there are many players who will simply never install any voice client. There is a good chance you end up with at least some of these players on your team.

The point of integrating voice chat would be for gameplay and team coordination in BG matches to be at a basic level comparable to any modern team deathmatch / multiplayer arena game.

If you are queuing with a pre-made group of guild mates, you can always use your own TS or discord etc., but when you are playing by yourself, there is the expectation that in 2017 you should be able to spawn into a random match and easily communicate with teammates.

Voice chat would be a nice feature, and many players would be probably happy cause of it, but personally I wouldn't use it anyway.