Why isn't certain audio synced between clients?

Discussion in 'PlanetSide 2 Gameplay Discussion' started by -Synapse-, Aug 4, 2014.

  1. -Synapse-

    For example: You use a taunt, and on your client your character says "Know despair!", but on someone elses client you may have said "Evolve or perish!", "We are your only salvation!", or any of the other variants of the V-6 macro.

    I know it's a very minor thing that doesn't really make a whole lot of difference, but I was wondering why at least V-commands aren't synced. Would it cause unnecessary server load or something?

    Just curious.
  2. starlinvf

    Its to save bandwidth. That doesn't seem like a lot, but when you're dealing with 1 byte times 200, on an already saturated data stream, you save where you can.