I was bored, went to www.arena.net and was looking around, and what do I see on their jobs page? They are looking to hire someone for "Text/Voice/Video chat Engineer" and on the page describing what they want, it says, "3+ years of demonstrable experience doing relevant work; Experience with IM, VoIP or video programming" Link #1 Link #2
What do you guys think, good idea? Personally I don't use vent or ts since none of the pve stuff is hard enough that you need more than what you can type but it is something that I can see gvg and ha people really liking.
GW2 to have voice chat?
wetsparks
Zinger314
It won't happen. Too much money for ArenaNet.
sph0nz
Sure. I see how it could hurt anything by having integrated voice chat. In fact, I think it would be a great addition. I personally don't use TS/Vent, but I do have them installed because a few guilds I was in required it (even for pve). However, I don't have a mic so it wouldn't be of much use to me other than simply listening to orders or whatever.
Bryant Again
I remember they mentioned something like that awhile ago. It's definantly a direction that MMO's are starting to take.
Moonlit Azure
Can we have deep manly voices? 
Everyone will be singing Barry White.
Everyone will be singing Barry White.
Nevin
As long as theres an efficient "block/ignore" type system implemented.
reverse_oreo
agreed, i hate going onto FPS games and having 30 12 year old kids running around screaming words they dont have a clue about 
slowerpoke
it'll still be optional even if built in
i really dont want to hear random strangers anyway
think of the current vulgarity seen just in text
imagine the sound of that
i really dont want to hear random strangers anyway
think of the current vulgarity seen just in text
imagine the sound of that
TaCktiX
I pay for my guild's vent server, and though I like the ability to customize channels and such, the un-need to be on the game to be on voice chat and such, having it integrated in some way in GW2 would be really good. If they backlogged it to GW1 (likely if they put it in GW2, cuz it's the same kind of code), that'd be even better.
KANE OG
Read these forums, and imagine all the comments "coming to you live!" over GW2 chat. No thanx.
KANE
KANE
Operative 14
While I think this would be a great feature, and I hope they impliment it, I think I sort of agree with KANE. Hopefully there will be some sort of feature to ignore players.
artay
I also saw this in their job positions....makes you wonder.
-Loki-
They mentioned working on VOIP around the release of Nightfall, IIRC. Just like when Phinney confirmed we were getting guild storage back when Factions was releasing.
stuntharley
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agreed, i hate going onto FPS games and having 30 12 year old kids running around screaming words they dont have a clue about
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How I miss CS
Jamison0071
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It won't happen. Too much money for ArenaNet.
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-Loki-
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Originally Posted by Jamison0071
Definately, if a company like Blizzard that makes so much from it's WoW subscription, can't make a proper in-game voice chat for WoW then who can?
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Jamison0071
Whoops! I should have added this:
Though I wasn't being sarcastic about WoW Voice Chat, it's terrible.
Though I wasn't being sarcastic about WoW Voice Chat, it's terrible.
Vinraith
I've always figured that people that want voice chat, much like those that want persistent zones, either never look at local chat or are the people in local chat.
Lord Natural
Terrible idea. Leave the voice chat to vent.
Yanman.be
Yeah I doubt whatever they make will be of better quality than Ventrilo, maybe even TS.
Washi
What's the point in wasting time and resources to create something which will prolly be inferior to vent.
Buster
It would be nice but not needed. Vent and ts work just fine I think. Save that money for more content 
N1ghtstalker
this is going to be hell
willypiggy
It will be massive fail. WoW voice chat demonstrates this, it sucks major balls. Just get vent, much easier and doesn't require you to be logged in to talk to people.
-Loki-
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What's the point in wasting time and resources to create something which will prolly be inferior to vent.
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Akroma Angel NL
I normaly use TS and it works fine
sometimes i am on TS and not even in game so only for a friendly talk
but i think voice chat ingame is not realy handy(more lag??)
will will see what the future holds
srry for the bad english:P
sometimes i am on TS and not even in game so only for a friendly talk
but i think voice chat ingame is not realy handy(more lag??)
will will see what the future holds
srry for the bad english:P
Gregslot
Hell no, i dont want to hear your terrible voices.
Washi
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Because most random players don't have vent, or care to install it, for casual play. Vent is good and all when it's an organised group, but completely impractical most of the time.
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Raiin Maker
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Because most random players do not need voice communication? Do you want to hear random noobs screaming in pugs? Seriously, If you need it, there is no problem to get it, if you don't... you don't.
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ensoriki
More voice chat?
Oh please god no.
Oh please god no.
bwillcox
I use the chat feature of LOTRO when playing with friends and family and really appreciate it for those situations. It makes it much more interactive and nearly as good as being in the same room with them, and the integrated chat in LOTRO is convenient. The only people you hear or hear you there are those in your fellowship (part y). I suspect that if GW2 gets chat it would be the same. Everyone else would be excluded, you wouldn't hear them and they wouldn't hear you.
Amy Awien
It's a lot more data to relay for the servers then it is now, requiring them to expand (double, triple?) their current bandwidth to add voice chat.
Aerian_Skybane
I think its a great idea. Implement it for only parties (which I must assume is what it would be used for), and/or guild chat (not as likely though), and I would love it. Add a symbol for someone in your party who has it enabled, and you will be able to keep track of who can hear you or not. Someone annoys you? Turn VoiP off. I turn of voicechat in CS when I get annoyed. Its a pretty good feature that I hope they implement.
A. Noid
As I recall, it would be NCSoft pushing this. Not ANet. And should this happen, (and I fully expect it will- progress will happen) I would expect NCSoft to have servers dedicated for this application- not reside on the same servers as the game.
In addition, I would think this would be the appropriate time for NCSoft to extend a partnership to one of the big boys who have already been working on this (TS/Vent) for some time.
Because if NCSoft creates their own, both of those companies will feel some loss of revenue.
-ANoid
In addition, I would think this would be the appropriate time for NCSoft to extend a partnership to one of the big boys who have already been working on this (TS/Vent) for some time.
Because if NCSoft creates their own, both of those companies will feel some loss of revenue.
-ANoid
spirit of defeat
I'm afraid that it cost to much to maintain.......
WoW earns money every month GW doesn't.....
WoW earns money every month GW doesn't.....
Bryant Again
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Though I wasn't being sarcastic about WoW Voice Chat, it's terrible.
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So voice-chat in GW2, please.
wetsparks
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They mentioned working on VOIP around the release of Nightfall, IIRC. Just like when Phinney confirmed we were getting guild storage back when Factions was releasing.
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As I recall, it would be NCSoft pushing this. Not ANet. And should this happen, (and I fully expect it will- progress will happen) I would expect NCSoft to have servers dedicated for this application- not reside on the same servers as the game.
In addition, I would think this would be the appropriate time for NCSoft to extend a partnership to one of the big boys who have already been working on this (TS/Vent) for some time. Because if NCSoft creates their own, both of those companies will feel some loss of revenue. -ANoid |
Inde
Ha! I pointed out the same thing in IRC. But reffering to video chat since no MMOG has done this yet. (Didn't Dungeons and Dragons Online do voice chat with their client too?) And was promptly shot down, kicked to the curb, and left to cry in a corner (after all the p0rn comments about video chat).
Zinger314
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Ha! I pointed out the same thing in IRC. But reffering to video chat since no MMOG has done this yet. (Didn't Dungeons and Dragons Online do voice chat with their client?) And was promptly shot down, kicked to the curb, and left to cry in a corner (after all the p0rn comments about video chat).
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Video chat in MMORPGs would never, never happen. The obvious reason is that it breaks immersion. The other reason is that it would drain half the world's bandwidth.
Biostem
By integrating voice chat, they alienate a large % of potential players and/or create a subgroup of players that will simply H/H exclusively (more so than they do now).
Just like the ability to ping builds causes build snobs to arise, having voice chat as a standard feature means you'd get guilds or teams that demand you use it. Frankly, I don't want to hear the voice of that female elementalist that's wearing the most revealing armor, nor do I want to hear other players asking me to taker my character's armor off and dance w/ them.
It also is immersion breaking - I'm not saying people need to talk in old English, but it's a lot easier to ignore all the "noob this, pwn that" conversations when they're text.
Just like the ability to ping builds causes build snobs to arise, having voice chat as a standard feature means you'd get guilds or teams that demand you use it. Frankly, I don't want to hear the voice of that female elementalist that's wearing the most revealing armor, nor do I want to hear other players asking me to taker my character's armor off and dance w/ them.
It also is immersion breaking - I'm not saying people need to talk in old English, but it's a lot easier to ignore all the "noob this, pwn that" conversations when they're text.