mythical.6315 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 1 hour ago, LSD.4673 said: How on earth did Discord become the standard VoIP program? Vent, Teamspeak -- both lightweight, good quality programs for years. Better functionality. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSD.4673 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 11 minutes ago, mythical.6315 said: Better functionality. For what, posting gifs? If you're not gen z, what on earth do you get out of Discord? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khisanth.2948 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 1 hour ago, LSD.4673 said: How on earth did Discord become the standard VoIP program? Vent, Teamspeak -- both lightweight, good quality programs for years. My guess would be $$$. For vent, ts, mumble, etc. you need to run your own server or pay someone else to run the server. I think at least one of them also requires more payment if you want group sizes above a certain size for your voice channel. Then there is "ease of use". For Discord you just provide an invite link. For the others you usually have to an address and sometimes a password. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blude.6812 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 NO!!!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega.6801 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 29 minutes ago, LSD.4673 said: For what, posting gifs? If you're not gen z, what on earth do you get out of Discord? gen x reporting in. posting gifs is fun. also discord lets you set up stickies and share other useful stuff. it's basically a voice client and a forum wrapped in one thing. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freya.9075 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 No ty. Getting flashbacks from fortnite 👀 bailed out of there pretty fast. if they added this, it would become a new requirement to join squads in all gamemodes. Which would drive away players who doesn’t want to talk, having language barriers and ppl who prefer chatting. There are plenty options for ppl wanting to communicate with voice already. Use them. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mythical.6315 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 1 hour ago, LSD.4673 said: For what, posting gifs? If you're not gen z, what on earth do you get out of Discord? I’m assuming that you haven’t been on a populated and highly utilized discord server. It’s not a gen z thing as people of all ages use discord. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susy.7529 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 (edited) How would you report (because an official in-game voice chat must have that function) violations? Either verbal abuse or adverising unallowed stuff? There would be no chat for mods to check, and I highly doubt that a recorded version of every single spoken conversation would be saved anywhere. Also, even if they are saved, it would be a terribly long and boring job for mods to listen to each one, compared to just reading written chats. Edited July 6, 2022 by Susy.7529 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashen.2907 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 No thank you. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlateSloan.3654 Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Dont know about ingame voice tbh. when i see what happens in other games i dont want to chill in open world and have someone suddenly come across streaming hitler speech around. pvp and wvw would prolly end up in a flamefest like in other pvp games where there is hard calling names and players who humiliate others etc. One would need to mute it anyways. i rather would like to see anet to work on updating the engine to use our cpus properly and that before i grow old and have to retire from the game for aging reasons… 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenMaster.7165 Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 14 hours ago, Nash.2681 said: Getting random insults, swear words, verbal assaults over voice chat sure seems like something desirable 😐 A good youtube content though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linken.6345 Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 28 minutes ago, SlateSloan.3654 said: Dont know about ingame voice tbh. when i see what happens in other games i dont want to chill in open world and have someone suddenly come across streaming hitler speech around. pvp and wvw would prolly end up in a flamefest like in other pvp games where there is hard calling names and players who humiliate others etc. One would need to mute it anyways. i rather would like to see anet to work on updating the engine to use our cpus properly and that before i grow old and have to retire from the game for aging reasons… Well considering you can only talk to your own team now in wvw you know who to blame. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSD.4673 Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 8 hours ago, mythical.6315 said: I’m assuming that you haven’t been on a populated and highly utilized discord server. It’s not a gen z thing as people of all ages use discord. I have. It's awful. The joy of muting the resident music bot. The wonder at a chat application eating 400MB of RAM. The fun of having .gifs knocking chat text out of whack. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowlKamui.5120 Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, LSD.4673 said: How on earth did Discord become the standard VoIP program? Vent, Teamspeak -- both lightweight, good quality programs for years. Now we have the bloatware that is Discord. Emojis, gifs, bots playing music. Awful. In-game voice chat would be fantastic, but the server costs, programming involved and the people who would inevitably stick with Discord (and the lack of investment in the game by NCSoft/Anet) means it will never happen. Plus they lack the mods required to deal with their bot problem, never mind an inevitable racist voice spammer problem. Because it’s not just a VoIP program. In fact, it’s the best platform for communites to gather online right now. This “bloatware” you speak of is entirely optional if you strictly only want voice comms for you and your “vet gamer” friends. Also, what computer are you running if discord isn’t ‘lightweight’ enough? Sorry but you sound like the old grandpa that yells at kids who are just having fun doing their own thing… Like, just dont use Discord then. Edited July 7, 2022 by HowlKamui.5120 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowlKamui.5120 Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 (edited) - Double posted - Edited July 7, 2022 by HowlKamui.5120 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashantara.8731 Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 23 hours ago, Nash.2681 said: A built in voice chat would need a ton of extra options to prevent unwanted chatter. Considering the numerous alternatives, it would be a waste of ressources. That's exactly what I was thinking. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madam Pussycat.6153 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 In game voice chat would be extremely helpful in pvp. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zohane.7208 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 On 7/6/2022 at 7:56 PM, LSD.4673 said: How on earth did Discord become the standard VoIP program? Vent, Teamspeak -- both lightweight, good quality programs for years. Now we have the bloatware that is Discord. Emojis, gifs, bots playing music. Awful. In-game voice chat would be fantastic, but the server costs, programming involved and the people who would inevitably stick with Discord (and the lack of investment in the game by NCSoft/Anet) means it will never happen. Plus they lack the mods required to deal with their bot problem, never mind an inevitable racist voice spammer problem. Might it be that it became the standard for game chat because it has all these extra functions? And as for lightweight, discord runs in a browser if you want, and you can even run it in your phone. That seems pretty lightweight to me. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShroomOneUp.6913 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 On 7/7/2022 at 1:14 AM, Susy.7529 said: How would you report (because an official in-game voice chat must have that function) violations? Either verbal abuse or adverising unallowed stuff? There would be no chat for mods to check, and I highly doubt that a recorded version of every single spoken conversation would be saved anywhere. Also, even if they are saved, it would be a terribly long and boring job for mods to listen to each one, compared to just reading written chats. how do you report anything even in chat only? the report function is so miniscule and outdated that its not even funny anymore 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nash.2681 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 20 hours ago, LSD.4673 said: Ouch. Someone's been stung enough to raise a strawman. "Vet gamer", what even is that? It's a voice chat program. Calling it a "platform for online communities" is hilarious "brand ambassador" speak. I was always under the impression that the voice feature of discord was a nice plus, often used since it's basicly free (yet the quality imo is way inferior to actual voice chat programs. Main reason for most is probably that you can basicly set up a free guild/community hub that makes organizing events and getting in touch with each other easier. But maybe that's just me actually having tried and using discord instead of going on a crusade based on hearsay? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuks.8241 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 It would be great for spvp. Out of that, while it would be a decent addition for pugging, I prefer 3rd party options. Better functionality and works cross games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donari.5237 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 I am 56, technically not a boomer by a whole year. I never liked TS or Vent, they were way too complicated. Mumble was ok, and I was skeptical about leaving it for Discord, but within a week of using Discord I was a convert. My guilds tend to communicate in text far more than in voice. Discord provides so much flexibility with that, and intuitive use of text and voice channels, that my long-time WoW rp guild finally ditched our forum to just use Discord. The only thing it's worse at is ease of looking at old conversations. It does help that I have two monitors so I can keep Discord visible while playing fullscreen games. As to ANet developing voice chat in game, I'm fervently against that. It's not nearly as simple on a technical basis as it might seem, and I don't think it's in their skill set just in terms of providing consistently good quality audio across all the machines that would be running it, let alone finding ways to keep it user-friendly and within ToS. Also, I simply don't want to hear constant non-immersive chatter, not to mention the instant harassment a female voice can receive. New World has in-game audio. I was in a beta, playing a female character with a piratical name, Jenny Fine. I spoke up as part of the general players figuring things out discussion, and got a couple of male sounding voices admiring how fine I was indeed and following me around. Dudes, I'm old enough to be a grandma, away with you. I have almost never been harassed in games, and this minor level of it didn't bother me hugely , but proximity voice chat enabled it. With Discord I choose who hears me and who I hear. Discord has spent years refining what it does. I can ignore the flashy extras -- I don't have Nitro -- while engaging meaningfully with decades-long friends, plus getting clear callouts in coordinated game fights, having voice to help explain game mechanics or HP gathering, etc. All of you asking ANet for in-game voice? Did you see what happened with templates, a technical design that should have been in their skillset? Do you think you'd actually be happy with whatever they cobbled together? I like ANet a lot. I don't think I'd like the results of any attempt they made at in-game voice. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kharmin.7683 Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 On 7/8/2022 at 7:41 AM, ShroomOneUp.6913 said: how do you report anything even in chat only? Screen shot, then email to Support via ticket. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShroomOneUp.6913 Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 10 hours ago, kharmin.7683 said: Screen shot, then email to Support via ticket. under what category? there to few and some are to broad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindaria.6379 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Two years ago we have had a big pandemic and therefore, servides like Discord got bigger as you can use them for video chat too (TS3 doesnt have video chat). TS missed that point to release TS5, now peopke are stucked to DC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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