Guild Wars 2

GW2 should have like a voip inbuilt system.

this should make pugging easier.

Agree. Should have been in at release. All teams and parties should have in game VoIP.

Yes, voip could be a nice feature if everyone was polite, well-mannered, and used it correctly. But i am assuming Arenanet would rather not have people in-game raging at each other or spouting off abuse if they were to implement voip on their pvp servers. I’d rather propose in-game radio messaging using presets like how shooters like Counter Strike operate. Obviously, the community would need to define what kind of calls would be needed. For example, one group of presets would message out “Hold this Position”, or “Enemy Spotted”, or “Area Clear”. Next group of presets would talk about the capture points and say something like, “Need help close/mid/far point” or “Attack close/mid/far point”.
I’m sure there are better descriptions out there and this method of communication seems optimal and would not be terribly difficult to try and implement. Another idea would be to create our own custom messaging. We would have a new tab under the chat dialog strictly for PvP, and we would be able to go into our game options and bind our own message strings to keys. For example, i could bind my F5-F12 keys to messages like:

F5: 1 enemy
F6: 2 enemies
F7: 2+ enemies
F8: close point
F9: Far Point
F10: Mid point
F11: get the buff
F12: Fall back

So if i wanted to, i could hit F5 and F10 to tell my teammates 1 enemy mid point in the PvP chat dialog.

dpkwan.9785:

Yes, voip could be a nice feature if everyone was polite, well-mannered, and used it correctly. But i am assuming Arenanet would rather not have people in-game raging at each other or spouting off abuse if they were to implement voip on their pvp servers. I’d rather propose in-game radio messaging using presets like how shooters like Counter Strike operate. Obviously, the community would need to define what kind of calls would be needed. For example, one group of presets would message out “Hold this Position”, or “Enemy Spotted”, or “Area Clear”. Next group of presets would talk about the capture points and say something like, “Need help close/mid/far point” or “Attack close/mid/far point”.
I’m sure there are better descriptions out there and this method of communication seems optimal and would not be terribly difficult to try and implement. Another idea would be to create our own custom messaging. We would have a new tab under the chat dialog strictly for PvP, and we would be able to go into our game options and bind our own message strings to keys. For example, i could bind my F5-F12 keys to messages like:

F5: 1 enemy
F6: 2 enemies
F7: 2+ enemies
F8: close point
F9: Far Point
F10: Mid point
F11: get the buff
F12: Fall back

So if i wanted to, i could hit F5 and F10 to tell my teammates 1 enemy mid point in the PvP chat dialog.

I`d prefer this over VOIP. Maybe even a set of automated voice messages on button hit. Too easy to flame and rage in VOIP and as this is a MMO it seems likely that both would appear abundantly.

They can implement the VGS system from Tribes.

Basically it’s a shortcut system accessed from pressing V. So pressing V, G, Y says “Yes”. (General -> Yes). VGN = No,
VGW = Woohoo!,
VAB = Attack the enemy base (Attack -> Base)
VAF = Get the enemy flag (Attack -> Flag)
VDV = Defend our vehicle (Defend -> Vehicle)

etc.

In case it’s not clear, the D in VDV means defend, and it accesses the “defend” category. The V is the vehicle category, so it accesses the vehicle category within the defend category. There’s a maximum of 4 keystrokes per message, so it can go deeper than just Defend -> Vehicle.

It works really well for Tribes. http://tribes.wikia.com/wiki/Voice_Game_System

VKDT = Defend our trebuchet (Khylo -> Defend -> Trebuchet)
VKAT = Attack the enemy trebuchet (Khylo -> Attack -> Trebuchet)
VFDL = Defend our lord (Foefire -> Defend -> Lord)
VFAL = Attack the enemy lord (Foefire -> Attack -> Lord)
VGAM = Attack the middle point (General -> Attack -> Middle)
VGTR = Thieves are OP (General -> Thieves -> Rage)

Some possibilities. It’s a fairly intuitive system if you break it down like in the parenthesis. If you know the logic, you don’t need to know that Attack the middle point is VGAM, you just need to know the keywords.

make solo queue more viable: create a solo/duo queue

Shar.3402:

make solo queue more viable: create a solo/duo queue

LOL that would help. Also, improving mini-map (eg: class-based icons instead of green dots) would be huge for global awareness of solo-players.