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Posted October 27th, 2009 by Ethec

#1,195 - Voice chat vs. text chat - fight!

Voice chat has improved at a lightning pace over the past few years, yet the non-raiding, non-coop PvP MMO crowd still emphatically prefers the plain comforts of decades-old text chat. Raids and tactics aside, why can't we overcome our general chat laryngitis?

Is the problem (as usual) everyone else, or are there a few things developers could do to support communication whether you prefer the chat box or the voice box? Our thoughts in Loading... Laryngitis.

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Call me an old schooler, a snob, or someone that can just type, but I can't handle voice chat in an MMOG.

If you're playing a fast-paced action game, like an FPS, I don't mind it so much because everything is moving so fast, that people (in my experience) tend to stay at least a little focused on what's going on, even if that means just talking some good natured (or completely rude) trash.

In an MMOG, things are slow enough paced that people tend to relax and when they relax, they start ju...

Text will never die out completely, especially for people such as myself. I'm shy by nature so really the only people I enjoy voice chatting with are those that I already know. Getting into a new set of people for every game that I play makes voice chat less appealing and leaves me relying on my good ole' typing skills.

Of course once I get settled in with a group of people and really dig into a game, voice chat becomes a necessity for bigger content. I don't know how we ever did raids ...

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Well I find it very distracting and confusing trying to read text while keeping my rear end alive. Give me voice chat any day while in a party/quest/group/gang or what ever the name is.

I only voice chat with my gaming guild and that even gets to me after some time. I never use my bluetooth headset on my PS3 and I always turn off/mute everyone else so I don't end up going off the deep end. I will say that in large groups doing raids etc., voice chat is the only way to go if people can control the urge to be a cement head.

After having to hear certain people in my old guild I came to dislike VC.

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