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In playing many other games I've always found one thing....Hardly anyone uses the built in game voice chat feature unless it's a last resort. Usually ends up sounding garbled or lagged. Not sure why .
BUT seems most clans/guilds prefer Ventrillo, some use Teamspeak...and a handful use *fire or Skype.
The problems I see with an in game system (like most games) is mainly having it limited to only the area you are in, so say you are all standing around varrock fountain you can hear each other AND strangers around you...but if one of you trails off to the bank you are "in the dark" for chat and cant hear them anymore.
And there are a lot of other games that actually have a better voice chat service than Ventrilo/TS3 - it's funny that people don't seem to be mentioning the ones that are good.
If we do decide to add voice chat then we won't add it if it isn't good. It would obviously need to be as good or better than what people are using at the minute and your feedback would shape design decisions (public channels, password protection etc).
I think it's key that people have an open mind when it comes to voice chat. RuneScape isn't like any other game so it's not fair to compare something we haven't even decided on to other games.
Timbo
BUT seems most clans/guilds prefer Ventrillo, some use Teamspeak...and a handful use *fire or Skype.
The problems I see with an in game system (like most games) is mainly having it limited to only the area you are in, so say you are all standing around varrock fountain you can hear each other AND strangers around you...but if one of you trails off to the bank you are "in the dark" for chat and cant hear them anymore.
And there are a lot of other games that actually have a better voice chat service than Ventrilo/TS3 - it's funny that people don't seem to be mentioning the ones that are good.
If we do decide to add voice chat then we won't add it if it isn't good. It would obviously need to be as good or better than what people are using at the minute and your feedback would shape design decisions (public channels, password protection etc).
I think it's key that people have an open mind when it comes to voice chat. RuneScape isn't like any other game so it's not fair to compare something we haven't even decided on to other games.
Timbo
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04-Mar-2011 13:02:05
I've never heard of it, but it sounds kewl because some of my friends have reeeaaaally bad spelling and u can't tell what they're trying to type sometimes
besides, I hate when I have typos and stuff like that :/ and you would be able to communicate faster, so this sounds like an excellent idea.
EDIT:
How would you be able to report abuse with this?
besides, I hate when I have typos and stuff like that :/ and you would be able to communicate faster, so this sounds like an excellent idea.
EDIT:
How would you be able to report abuse with this?
04-Mar-2011 13:02:15 - Last edited on 04-Mar-2011 13:03:29 by [#O2SQ63Z90]
Hah, I love this idea!
Of course it would be harder to report people and recording everything would take in too much memory. That was a good remark I've read here.
But if we would be able to (really) talk to our friends and clan mates, I'd sure try it out.
The response to the guy that asked about the reporting was kinda right too. This guy said most people are mature enough to keep their voice down when really 'talking' to others. Eep? What about the raging kids you hear in recorded game video's? I don't think there're as many of those that these vids show. I've never played any game with voice chat, my brother does, and I've never heard anyone raging there. You've also got the option to choose who can hear you and who you can hear, and I'm sure that that's easy to apply IF RuneScape would introduce it into the game
So, when people start raging, just put it off.. it's as easy as ignoring someone, but most people don't do this because they want to see what the offending person is saying to others. If you'd put off voice chat you could still see them type.
Hope you'll apply it to the game, Jagex
!
Greetz.
EDIT: People Should be able to see that other's can't hear them, which is not the case with ignoring people.
Of course it would be harder to report people and recording everything would take in too much memory. That was a good remark I've read here.
But if we would be able to (really) talk to our friends and clan mates, I'd sure try it out.
The response to the guy that asked about the reporting was kinda right too. This guy said most people are mature enough to keep their voice down when really 'talking' to others. Eep? What about the raging kids you hear in recorded game video's? I don't think there're as many of those that these vids show. I've never played any game with voice chat, my brother does, and I've never heard anyone raging there. You've also got the option to choose who can hear you and who you can hear, and I'm sure that that's easy to apply IF RuneScape would introduce it into the game
So, when people start raging, just put it off.. it's as easy as ignoring someone, but most people don't do this because they want to see what the offending person is saying to others. If you'd put off voice chat you could still see them type.
Hope you'll apply it to the game, Jagex
!
Greetz.
EDIT: People Should be able to see that other's can't hear them, which is not the case with ignoring people.
04-Mar-2011 14:01:08 - Last edited on 04-Mar-2011 14:02:25 by Pnia
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