Why does no one talk?

I only use in game proximity, for platoon and squad i use TS because it is 100 times better than the ingame chat.

Or its the opposite, they're always talking; about the weather, about a movie they watched, making stupid noises, telling jokes, singing songs and everything else.

/leave squad.

I'm in an outfit that uses Team Speak. They talk all the time.

Because ingame voice chat was just bad - its have bad quality, latency, volume, etc.
If SOE integrate TeamSpeak chat into the game, like America`s Army game do, then everyone may start using it.

Any outfit worth their name uses teamspeak or vent.

If you outfit doesn't REQUIRE teamspeak/vent, you're in a zergfit and you need to find a better outfit.

Don't know which squad/outfit you play in, I have completely the opposite problem - my outfit talks too much.

They use Teamspeak and not the ingame chat and sometimes I have to close it as the constant talk affects my gameplay.

They distract me and my k/d (which I use to measure my caution in play not to pwn) nosedives.

Disconnect and focus and it goes back up again as you are worrying about the game not what up to 11 other people are going on about and where they are referring to.

I stick to text, 'Sunderer NE' doesn't take much to type and keeps the chatter down.

I turned off voice chat a long time ago, after being deafened by crappy music, children screaming and all other kinds of unwanted noice.

Might turn it back on if i ever join an outfit. But they'll probably have TS.

Outside of the WG proximity voice chat isn't abused. That's my experience.
I use it as a cheap sunderer horn: HOOOOOONK. Leaving to X!

I am not in an outfit. So platoon/squad voice chat is viable and the quality is good.

My experience is more like this. The question I ask myself more often is "Why does no one shut up?"

Usually nothing wrong with using chat constructively, only it can become too much when you hear proximity, squad, platoon, leader AND Teamspeak at the same time =)

Couple tips if you're annoyed by single individuals:
The Enter key at the numpad mutes whoever is talking.
The plus / minus keys increase and lower volume of those talking.

I dont use Proximity voice chat unless i need do adress a ****up that might cost me my life or my vehicle.
Other then that, our Platoons prefere Teamspeak for coms. On top of that the Ingame VOIP (like all ingame VOIP) is bad.

1. My bad english
2. We use Teamspeak
3. Randoom Guys dont follow Waypoints
4. When u got an Platoon and everyone speaks you will be crazy

idk why people whinge about how bad prox chat is, apart from the occasional music spammer (which are very quickly perma muted if you click them in the voice list) ive never had a problem with it

its quieter on euro servers, idk if its because half of europe cant understand the other halfs languages, or social custom but its always noisier playing US side

I have occasionally encountered spammers at the warpgate. Look at them, jab Q and select mute - job done. That said, I'm only at the warpgate when I join the game or am regrouping for a galaxy drop.

Platoon chat on the other hand can be a complete nightmare. We're getting better at sticking to squad chat and letting SL's talk with the PL. Still, it can get a bit annoying listening to high-level strategy when you're playing a grunt.

There is the custom channel support, but this doesn't seem widely advertised. Having better command-voice chat would probably keep squad airwaves clearer. And playing with a squad that all uses voice effectively is great.

Vs third-party programs, the game interface makes it quite easy to see who is talking on what channel and pick which channel you want to broadcast to. Whilst third-party apps do this, setting it up and aligning the organisation with that in-game is a faff that is too much for all but dedicated outfits.

I think it might be a regional thing then? Seeing as I play on an EU server.

This is a mindless game aimed at mindless people. They have nothing interesting to say while they are zerging empty bases.

well **** you learn something everyday....now if only there was an option to adjust the amount of chatter spam that goes on

Most players are in outfits and on TS, Mumble or Vent.

well that sounds nice.
2 days without internet oh the horror, feel like a cave man seeing the fire for the first time!
(stupid updates, lol no i don't want "do not allow privite networks" checked -_- why, just why would i want you to change that for me update...did sony update my fire wall?...oh wait...maybe they did...hmph....)

I actually have no idea what you're talking about or referring to o.o