Guild Wars 2

RoseofGilead.8907:

Honestly, I’d be willing to bet that many of the people who don’t opt to get on TS/Vent/Skype would also be the ones to opt to keep the option constantly on mute.

This is also true haha

Crimson Clouds.4853:

@Joe Not if it will be as costly to them as I imagine it would be. They’re a business, and will only make business moves that are ultimately profitable. Developing the software (and maintaining it) is one huge on-going cost, then there’s the cost of servers to run it and also the staff to police it all.

Chances are, because of how difficult it would be to police such a thing, it would negatively affect the community. Abusers would be able to get away with anything, really. There’s not much in the way of evidence that can be supplied.
People would either: not bother using it because of the chances of getting harrassed (also known as a massive waste of time and money for A-net)
or
Leave the game because the community spirit is lost, become weary of other players because of previous experiences with hostility (which would shorten the life of GW2).

At least with Mumble, Vent, Raidcall and TS, because the servers are “private”, players can police them under their own rules and it is very effective. The users are in control of who gets in and stays in. A-net play no part in these voice comms, but overall are very beneficial to the game (especially for guilds and the communities).

Aside from things like console FPS (which require voice com because there is no way to type efficiently), is there any MMO that has effectively pulled off a voice comm system, without it being a problem for the community?

You make a very good point.

Plus i looked on those other points you pointed out (thankyou) and it looks like this will never come people raised alot of good points on why it should/shouldnt be implemented and just seems like the cons outweigh the pros

Crimson Clouds.4853:

Nope.

A-net doesn’t need to spend time and money developing a tool which is already out there and hosted by other providers.

A-net also doesn’t need to spend the resources and moderators to watch over such voice chats. It would be incredibly labour intensive to police and would abused by trolls and harrassers.

It has been discussed before a few times. I’ll see if I can find the links to the latest threads for you

You’re not wrong it will be abused by trolls and harrassers but i reckon most people will use it properly and there will be that group of people who will just flat out be kittens.

And yes there are other providers.. but as i said there’s some people who just completely refuse to get TS and Mumble (i think that’s the other) so it makes it so hard to communicate =[ and if Anet feels like this is wanted by the community im sure they wouldnt mind introducing it?

Hey all, first of all this is my first post on the forums no idea if it’s in the right place. But anyways what would everyone’s thoughts be on having voice activation in only just dungeons and fractals.

I know people use TS and Skype and other things.. but for those pugs who refuse to hop on TS or don’t know what they’re doing i reckon this would work great so experienced players like myself can tell people what’s happening and what to do. Obviously there would be things such as mute options on players so you cant just hear there kittenty static mic or them just talking kitten.. Not sure if this has been suggested before just let me know if it has.

Thanks, discuss

I believe

1. This should bank should be accessed by either ranks, reward tracks but not really gems by any means unless you implement ideas of reward tracks and gem store option so its not totally pay to access

Solo Q is really bad when you get 4/5 people because the 5th dced or is afking. Happens so many times it’s not funny but when your 4 people aswell all camp one point like HJ its x10 worse.
I have no idea how they would fix this but its super annoying

They will nerf engis with some patch throughout the year making turrets weaker etc.. but i doubt they will remove skyhammer

I’ve read most of peoples opinions on this topic and here’s what I’ve found the best suggested from people:

1. Having a bank and TP in an exclusive area in HoTM.
Suggestions to Include this:
*Have rank 20-30+ to make sure there aren’t all the PvE people coming and using the Pvpers bank.
Pros:
> Makes people PvP more to get the ranks required
> Makes it a lot more convenient for Pvpers
Cons:
> PvPers complaining about noobs in PvP
> People who do not PvP complain because the rank is to high

*Have an exclusive area in HoTM but have a pass gaining entry to the area in reward tracks so that eliminates people who are typical PvE ppl using the PvP Bank.
Pros:
> Allows everyday PvPers to access the area
> Makes it more worthy to PvP
> Gives a new reward > Increase of people in PvP to get the reward
Cons:
> New people to PvP >_> Current PvPers complain about noobs

*Purchase gems to buy exclusive pass to the area
Pros:
> Can’t think of one?
Cons:
> Paying money for something that can earned a completely different way without a cash grab involved.
> PvPers are being left in the dark, the whole point of the area is be accessed by PvPers and if it’s going to be accessed by gems and not actually doing PvP at all what is the point?

In my opinion.. the suggestion that could fit best here is the reward tracks one.

It keeps people in PvP, makes more people PvP and most of all the people that PvP are being rewarded in a different way besides all of the PvE items.
Just please.. if there is going to be an extra exclusive area for PvPers the gem store isn’t the way to go.. making PvPers pay for something isnt the right way to impliment this.

BUT, on the other hand if they do think of implimenting this Idea of banks and tps etc… then to make everyone happy why not add the Gem store thing and the reward tracks specifically for the exclusive area.

So it makes
1. Pvpers happy
2. Anet happy they’re getting more money to support the game

Opinions on this pls?