Will The Voice Pack Update Include V Commands?

The current voice commands in Planetside 2 are inadequate. We lack the tools to communicate with everyone in our empire as not everyone has mics. Will the voice pack update include PS1 V commands?


Start with
Press
For
V then
A for, "Attack ..."
C
hack their Control console!
D
destroy their Deployables!
E
destroy their Equipment terminals!
G
disable their Generator!
M
disable their Medical terminals!
R
Destroy their Respawn Room
T
destroy their Turrets!
V
disable their Vehicle facilities!
S then A for, "I will Attack ..."
C
I will hack their Control console!
D
I will destroy their Deployables!
E
I will destroy their Equipment terminals!
G
I will disable their Generator!
M
I will disable their Medical terminals!
R
I will destroy their Respawn tubes!
T
I will destroy their Turrets!
V
I will disable their Vehicle facilities!
D for, "Defend ..."
C
defend our Control console!
D
defend our Deployables!
E
defend our Equipment terminals!
G
defend our Generator!
M
defend our Medical terminals!
R
defend our Respawn Room
T
defend our Turrets!
V
defend our Vehicle facilities!
S then D for, "I will Defend ..."
C
I will defend the Control console!
D
I will defend our Deployables!
E
I will defend our Equipment terminals!
G
I will defend our Generator!
M
I will defend our Medical terminals!
R
I will defend our Respawn tubes!
T
I will defend our Turrets!
V
I will defend our Vehicle facilities!
N for, "We Need ..."
A
We need Air Cover!
C
We need Cover Fire!
D
We need a Driver!
E
We need a Escort!
G
We need a Gunner!
H
We need a Hacker!
M
We need a Medic!
P
We need Passengers!
R
We need Repairs!
T
We need Transportation!
V
We need Anti-Vehicular Support!
Start with
Press
Press
For
V then
R for, "Repair our ..."
C
Re-secure our Control console!
E
Repair our Equipment Terminals!
G
Repair the Generator!
M
Repair our Medical Terminal!
R
Repair our Respawn Tubes
T
repair our Turrets!
V
Repair our Vehicle Facilities
S then R for I am Repairing ..."
C
I will re-secure our Control console!
E
I will repair our Equipment terminals!
G
I will repair our Generator!
M
I will repair our Medical terminals!
R
I will repair our Respawn tubes!
T
I will repair our Turrets!
V
I will repair our Vehicle facilities!
T for Tactical phrases
A
Requesting Assignment
B
Base Perimeter is Secure!
C
Command Completed
D
Deploy defenses
E
Enemy has Breached Perimeter!
F
Follow Me!
G
Form Up (Gather)
Q
Quiet!
R
I am Requesting Assignment
S
Spread Out!
W
Head to Waypoint!
T
Man a Turret
X
Command Declined
V for Very Quick phrases
A
Anytime
B
Best you can do?
C
Cease fire!
D
i Don't know
E
Excellent!
F
Fantastic!
G
Great shot!
H
Hail (Salute)
M
Move!
N
No
Q
Quiet!
R
need Reconstruction
S
Sorry
T
Thanks
V
Help!
W
Wave
X
Stop!
Y
Yes
Z
Zero chance against me
W for Warnings
A
Incoming Aircraft!
C
Cloaked Enemy detected!
M
Incoming MAX units
S
Warning! Sniper!
T
Incoming Troops
V
Incoming Vehicles
X
All Clear

whow... that look over-complicated...

some of these are already covered in the Q menu selection.
and some will (i hope) come as part of the player generated mission. soon(tm)


Even though the PC master race people would roll their eyes (even though I'm a pc player myself, just too bad to belong to anything called master) I think selection menu's like the Q menu would be best here.

something like:
V would open a main circle divided into 4-6 options:
1)offensive 2)defensive 3)assistance 4) air 5)vehicle 6)other
and each one gets it's on 4-6 sub options.
for example "assistance" options would include:
1) Need ammo 2) repair 3)heal 4)cover me 5)smoke 6)sensor dart?
so:
request ammo: V+3 (assistance) + 1 (ammo)
and requesting smoke would be V+ 4+ 5

the most used commands people will learn really quickly (like my worked to a stub V+8 )
(which should be made

It seems PS1 copied the concept from the Tribes series, why PS2 doesn't is a mystery to me

Or you know... you could just use voice comms like regular people from the 21st century. It's a crap ton easier to hold X and say "Oi, get over here and fix this busted **** whatcha doova!" than it is to learn how to play a piano just because you're afraid to let the world hear you work your way through puberty.

Holy **** dude it would be faster to just type in chat
What's wrong with the current ones? They get the basic info down fine, along with spotting.

The difference is, everyone who's around you can hear these voice commands. This gives players that are not in the same platoon, or not in any platoon an easy way to coordinate.

nothing wrong with them but they lack a lot of helpful voice commands right now, like "negative", "area clear", "need a gunner", "hop in", "bail out", "nice shot", "good job", "go go go", "move out", "defend this perimeter", "get out of my way"(for vehicle drivers), "i need motion sensor assistance", "where's my pizza?", etc.

that said, i wouldnt really want such a huge number of voice commands like in the op. that would be overkill imo. you're better off typing specific things in region/squad/platoon chat rather than searching for it in the voicecomm menu

This game needs a slash spit.

I love the voice (V) menu as it is. It should be something that is never changed or removed - only added to.

Of course. The (V) menu is already in place & everyone is familiar with it. These additions would expand upon the existing model. Rather than being limited to 0-9 however, after hitting (V) any other letter on the keyboard could be used to communicate a different message. I know this looks complicated to those not familiar with it, but I assure you its amazing. One of the best Planetside 1 features.

I'd hope so, we definitely need some more voice commands.

I try to use voice chat to communicate with people, but i've often had people tell me they either have ingame voice comms turned off, or they don't understand what i'm saying due to a lack of english skills on their part.

Atleast with the voice commands they recieve it in their native tongue if they have the game set to their language.

Q menu is terrible. Becomes extremely difficult when your teammate is moving and i always end up clicking on the wrong icon because of the strange circle menu.

You're disregarding people who speak other languages, dont have mics, have broken mics, dont have the voice featured turned on because some people are incredibly irritating and people who are physically incapable of speaking.

i would like to see taunts and selfpraising? seperated,
when i run of our spawn sundy i wanna say "FREEDOM or DEATH!!!" and not tell everybody how awesome i am lol

I think the V command works as it is, and like others should only be added to.

We don't need to use every letter in the alphabet. Leave 0-9 as is. But have maybe 4-6 letters (q, w, e, r, t, and y, would work), that open a second menu that has numbers.

So say you wish to say "Incoming Aircraft" you might push v-q-1 or something. Sequences that would be easy to remember so you could press them without having to look at the menu.

I'd love to see this system have squad blips. So that if you indicate a sniper position, but can't see them (they are cloaked), and can't spot with Q, you could do a v-e-2 or something that would warn of a "Enemy infiltrator, spotted" or "We've got a cloaker nearby" in addition it marks where it was spotted at on the minimap (if in a certain range), for a few seconds to everyone in the user's squad.

Yep, the amount of friends I've added when I actually just want to add them to squad is more than I care to remember.

The v-r-g method for shouting "repair the generator!" etc worked really well in Tribes and PS1 - it was much easier than it sounds.

Also, in-game voice commands can be localised, so for someone like me playing from Hong Kong I don't need to learn a host of south-east Asian phrases.

Besides, I've found phrasebooks to be frankly unhelpful in regards to PS2: they're fine for asking where the nearest hotel is, but are largely silent when in comes to 'advancing enemy armour columns', for example.

Wow, are we supposed to memorize that?
I would rather type "Sorry to bother brother, but it seems there is someone behind you, and it seems he will be shooting at you any moment" before I find the right command to warn someone in the heat of battle.

[VGTG]
[VGS]

[VGY]

To those saying it looks way too complicated: - The OP just pasted a poorly formatted list.
The voice comm system in PS1 was very effective. All of those commands are just 3 key presses (4 for some). The current system is 2. The Q-menu is just awkward.

How it worked:

VV.. Quick commands (help, thanks, excellent, taunt..)
VW.. x Spotted (aircraft, vehicles, troops..)
VA.. Attack their x (generator, control console, terminals..)
VD.. Defend our x (generator, control console, terminals..)
VN.. We need x (medic, repairs, transport, gunner..)
VR.. Repair our x (generator, terminals..)
VT.. Tactical commands (regroup, attack, spread out..)
VSA.. I'm attacking their x (generator, control console, terminals..)
VSD.. I'm defending our x (generator, control console, terminals..)
VSR.. I'm repairing our x (generator, control console, terminals..)

Planetside 1 voice comms = VVF