Looking at modern games makes me think an ingame voice chat wouldn't be that bad, if done right

Yeah I know what you are thinking, but read the post before commenting pretty please. If a mainstream game mainly played by vicious 12 year olds like Fortnite can have voice chat, why can't gw2's (filled with vicious 13 year olds) pvp mode have this feature?

Of course it should be done right. Fast muting everyone/one player should be possible at least.

It's just a shame since this gamemode requires lot's of communication. Tryharding in this mode is just doing as much as possible by yourself. Of course it's not gonna work out and you end up frustrated.

Please be civil.

by all of exsistence: NO!

At this age half the people play with chat disabled, sadly.. voice chat would never be used.

@witcher.3197 said:At this age half the people play with chat disabled, sadly.. voice chat would never be used.

Glad you made YOUR choice. Let the other make THEIRS.100% agreed with OP

Coming from dota I can tell that it would be an asset on higher ranks.

On lower ones it would only raise the levels of toxicity, as nobody is willing to change their game plan believing they're right.

Ah, and the communication issues would make everything even worse, as the latin comminity ia huge and I'd guess 80% dont speak english, of the 20% left 15% can read but cannot understand when you talk to them.

This would lead to "get out of my server" comments and thing would go messy pretty quickly

@"Khalisto.5780" said:Coming from dota I can tell that it would be an asset on higher ranks.

On lower ones it would only raise the levels of toxicity, as nobody is willing to change their game plan believing they're right.

Ah, and the communication issues would make everything even worse, as the latin comminity ia huge and I'd guess 80% dont speak english, of the 20% left 15% can read but cannot understand when you talk to them.

This would lead to "get out of my server" comments and thing would go messy pretty quickly

Is that really an issue? I feel like NA would still have a much easier time since there aren't that many different languages involved. You should be able to mute toxic ppl with one click anyway. Also on lower levels it's waay easier to communicate and teach why a certain action should be prioritized. Simply typing in mapchat e.g. "go to this point" isn't gonna change someones playstyle.

@beatthedown.2651 said:

@"Khalisto.5780" said:Coming from dota I can tell that it would be an asset on higher ranks.

On lower ones it would only raise the levels of toxicity, as nobody is willing to change their game plan believing they're right.

Ah, and the communication issues would make everything even worse, as the latin comminity ia huge and I'd guess 80% dont speak english, of the 20% left 15% can read but cannot understand when you talk to them.

This would lead to "get out of my server" comments and thing would go messy pretty quickly

EU says hi, salut, tag, buenos días, goedemorgen, tjenare

Voice chat is useless in any pc videogame because it has more drawbacks than benefits.

It would be the first thing I would disable when I start the game for the first time and never look back.

The great thing for PC gaming is: There are tons of third party voice chat options out there since the existence of the internet.

@Eugchriss.2046 said:

@witcher.3197 said:At this age half the people play with chat disabled, sadly.. voice chat would never be used.

I didn't say I'M playing with chat disabled, I never have and never will

But I'd rather not have Anet waste money and time on a feature that's not going to be used. Most pugs won't care, and organized groups can use discord..

Swiss will take 2+ years how much do you think voice comm would take? No thanks I'd rather have something playable.

@witcher.3197 said:

@Eugchriss.2046 said:

@witcher.3197 said:At this age half the people play with chat disabled, sadly.. voice chat would never be used.

Realisticly speaking if they ever decide to implement such a feature they would probably do it not only for pvp. It would take time, but at least it would get some sort of priority...

@"KrHome.1920" said:Voice chat is useless in any pc videogame because it has more drawbacks than benefits.

It would be the first thing I would disable when I start the game for the first time and never look back.

The great thing for PC gaming is: There are tons of third party voice chat options out there since the existence of the internet.

Yeah, and before EVERY SINGLE game, you would ask people to join discord or smt.

If you don't like in-game voice chat, just mute it. In a team game heavily dependent on team organization, a voice chat is a no brainer.

"need help home""two on respawn going far, get out""ele, stop fighting their sb on their node, come help mid"etc etc

It would be a game changer.

@"Khalisto.5780" said:Coming from dota I can tell that it would be an asset on higher ranks.

On lower ones it would only raise the levels of toxicity, as nobody is willing to change their game plan believing they're right.

Ah, and the communication issues would make everything even worse, as the latin comminity ia huge and I'd guess 80% dont speak english, of the 20% left 15% can read but cannot understand when you talk to them.

This would lead to "get out of my server" comments and thing would go messy pretty quickly

I agree with ranked needing VOIP, it works in games like CS:GO wich is infested with russians, do'nt like the dude? just mute him. But VOIP is almost essential in trying to coordinate with teammates

@KrHome.1920 said:Voice chat is useless in any pc videogame because it has more drawbacks than benefits.

It would be the first thing I would disable when I start the game for the first time and never look back.

The great thing for PC gaming is: There are tons of third party voice chat options out there since the existence of the internet.

You've clearly never played a competitive game like CS:GO. VOIP is the only reason you can play rankedRanked means competitivity, you need communication for that. If you don't want competitivity you can play unranked

given the toxicity evident in pvp it would be horrendous. also, most people would deactivate it.

If people want to de-activate it, let them. I think it would be a huge asset if done well.

However, with how effective things like discord are, I don't see Anet wasting time/dollars on this as a feature.

I'd be in favor of it, though.

The thing is that communicating with others is fine for people who don't have Autism. In my opinion more people play games who have problems socialising with others than most other things in life. Maybe people don't understand that not everybody wants to be on Facebook or have a phone for constant communication.

But in a world filled with competition there will always be people who don't fit in and end up at the bottom of the social hierarchy. Gamers thrive in fantasy worlds where the boring rules of reality don't apply. Games are created by people who are original and creative.

Leave the forced competitiveness to esports and let MMORPGs be an escape for the outcast rejects of society. Personally speaking from experience if it wasn't for the community of gamers without face-to-face communication then I wouldn't be around today. Through my periods of loneliness caused by social phobia often all I have had for company is my fellow anonymous players of the internet.

This got personal pretty quickly but let me add that I'm interested in others and enjoy many youtubers. I feel like these two have a very good sense of humor and capture what it is to be a cynical jaded gamer very well. That's all I have to say on this matter but I have copy/pasted this post in case it gets deleted...

https://www.youtube.com/user/penguinz0

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsvn_Po0SmunchJYOWpOxMg

@milego.4830 said:

@"KrHome.1920" said:Voice chat is useless in any pc videogame because it has more drawbacks than benefits.

It would be the first thing I would disable when I start the game for the first time and never look back.

The great thing for PC gaming is: There are tons of third party voice chat options out there since the existence of the internet.

For friends you might already have a third party voice option.

If you don't like in-game voice chat, just mute it. In a team game heavily dependent on team organization, a voice chat is a no brainer.Yep, that's why I mentioned that there do exist options already. I do use voice chat for 15 years now. And I haven't played a single videogame with a useful ingame voice option.

"need help home""two on respawn going far, get out""ele, stop fighting their sb on their node, come help mid"etc etc

It would be a game changer.Nope, it's usually the super annoying voices of 12 year old childen talking useless bullshit or even better the background fart noises of people who have never heard of "push to talk".

im certain I would block some people from time to time. it would certainly be easier to make friends. I feel like when I play gw2 its me vs all.

All you American's are forgetting EU exists with very large language barriers in many places. Sure most people do speak English to some degree but many do not like to as they feel it's not very good and will be made fun of.

Can you imagine having 2 people speaking one language over another 2 speaking another while the 5th person is sat there wonder what on earth is going on and why their music and game sounds are being drowned out by 2 angry Spanish dudes and 2 whiny German players?

Edit: Also there are specific language servers for EU and options in game where if someone isn't typing in your language you don't even see it. There's a large number of players who seem completely ignorant purely because they have these options turned on.

some l33t lurker will modify a byte in your client and all the sounds that you make in your room will be heard/recorded.

Voice chat is good and bad... Good for obvious reasons, then bad for times players decide to tell me my mum has cancer, yea, that actually happened the other day on CoD and I wasn't very happy about it... Spoke my mind about what he said, kid started crying because he was about 12 but not like I cared, his mum got on the mic and started having a go at me so I told her what her kid said, she then yelled at kid before the player disconnected...A friendly game turned into the usual bitchiness and drama I play games to escape from.

Personally I've never attached anything resembling a microphone into my PC. Whenever I use Discord, it's own my phone. If this became a feature, I'd just disable it instantly.What's the point of putting development time and money into a feature 97% of the games players will never use? (that's 1% raiders, 1% WvWers and 1% PvPers) I understand a feature like this in Fortnite or CS:GO as you go into those games expecting communication/teamwork and you know the entire game is about PvP. That doesn't apply to MMO's.

@Yannir.4132 said:Personally I've never attached anything resembling a microphone into my PC. Whenever I use Discord, it's own my phone. If this became a feature, I'd just disable it instantly.What's the point of putting development time and money into a feature 97% of the games players will never use? (that's 1% raiders, 1% WvWers and 1% PvPers) I understand a feature like this in Fortnite or CS:GO as you go into those games expecting communication/teamwork and you know the entire game is about PvP. That doesn't apply to MMO's.

that's just wrong, the 3% you described would just continue to use 3rd party software, the only ppl that'd use a native voice-chat are trolls, mad and/or under the age of 14

I blatantly refuse to read chat in game. Especially in ranked PvP. This is something many players have started doing due to the toxicity present in game.