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Horus Vengeance
Subdreddit Gold
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Posted - 2012.08.26 17:09:00 -
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Hi guys,
You may have noticed that hardly anyone seems to use team mics anymore in match! There's a couple reasons for that, and once you jump through a couple hoops in settings you will be able to get mics going.
1) First, if you havent done so - turn mic on in options -> sound. here you can also set press to talk, i usually keep that off.
2) Next, squad up. If you want to have mics only within your squad, you can leave the settings as they are and play a match together. HOWEVER, if you want to speak to your team, your squad will have to click the TEAM button and then click ACTIVATE VOICE. After the match, you have to ACTIVATE VOICE again on your squad once you are back in your quarters.
It's not the most intuitive system, but once you get the hang of it, it's fine.
Let's get some more teamwork!
It means more revives, more points captured, more tanks destroyed and more kills! |
Tony Calif
Seraphim Initiative.
CRONOS.
2002
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Posted - 2012.08.26 17:11:00 -
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+1 for trying. |
tryian776
Sanmatar Kelkoons
Minmatar Republic
18
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Posted - 2012.08.26 18:07:00 -
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WTF?!!?!
+1
I was wondering why the hell it was so quiet.
Thx.
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Pent'noir
Algintal Core
Gallente Federation
61
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Posted - 2012.08.26 18:14:00 -
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thx! i was just thinking that all of the new ppl didnt use mics. yeah yeah, i never say anything except for tank locations, but it sure has been quiet lately. |
TEBOW BAGGINS
FIREFLY ATLANTIS ENTERPRISES UNLIMITED
TACNET
549
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Posted - 2012.08.26 18:23:00 -
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we gave up on talking to randoms all together.. it's not like they're going to listen.. if they wanna do their own thing we let them..
sure you might get 1 decent random every 5 matches but it's not worth it to waste time on them..
who wants to talk to a sniper that's crouching, not in the hills, but in the middle of a frantic mellee where shotguns and assault rifles win the day right next to object A on the volcanic stage.. most stupidest thing i've witnessed
let them die in silence i say |
Horus Vengeance
Subdreddit Gold
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Posted - 2012.08.26 19:08:00 -
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It's true, it's hard to run into a random on the mic, but that's only because no one knows that they need to activate team chat. it was not communicated at all... ironic.
Hahah and thanks Tony - I know it's like trying to take out a sagaris with a scrambler pistol but hopefully some people start to spread the word. |
Vrain Matari
ZionTCD
Legacy Rising
404
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Posted - 2012.08.26 19:16:00 -
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This should be a BIG YELLOW FLASHING STICKY! +1 for the public service, and for doing CCP's job for them. |
Mr TamiyaCowboy
Condotta Rouvenor
Gallente Federation
121
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Posted - 2012.08.26 19:22:00 -
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The whole voice thing svcks.
lets be fair a simple all in voice would be a better choice,
no messing around in menus etc etc, just straight up join match voice works for all in that gang.
i dont mean squads i mean all on your side.
only needs the gang fc and the squad fc's + scouts to be talking on coms.
scouts feed battle info and targets to FC, FC makes choice sends commands to squad leaders and thats it.
chat is a ghost town i mean hell i am giving battle and target info to myself.
nobody else in coms, no mics active.
what with the ghost town on coms and the constant invalid bug / system crash, its a wonder why we try to test dust in the first place, im just waiting for CCP to add sign language, or little red flags to wave and get team mates attention on the battlefield |
Pent'noir
Algintal Core
Gallente Federation
61
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Posted - 2012.08.26 19:42:00 -
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yeah, I'll end up telling myself the locations of things on the comms too, but sometimes (not often)... ppl will react to it. so they must just have the voice on without a mic. |
Aurora Kryzzen
Algintal Core
Gallente Federation
13
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Posted - 2012.08.26 22:55:00 -
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Good information, but I'll turn my team chat on when i feel like there's at least a decent chance of going 5 minutes without hearing some obnoxious guy spewing out narrow-minded, offensive chauvinism --- in other words, when hell freezes over. Until then squad chat is good enough for me. |
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Ourors
Doomheim
130
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Posted - 2012.08.26 22:56:00 -
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it is now my mission to keep this within ten posts of the top |
TheInfectedOne
18
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Posted - 2012.08.26 22:59:00 -
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As an added observation, a few times while playing today the mics would cut out for no apparent reason, what was happening is that the push to talk option was becoming switched back to ON. Easy fix but something to keep an eye out for. |
Exterminatus In Extremis
Black Thorne Militia
8
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Posted - 2012.08.26 23:14:00 -
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I also found I had to turn off push to talk. I don't even know what the PTT button was... *shrug* |
xeto rak
Epidemic.
Space Immigration
23
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Posted - 2012.08.26 23:17:00 -
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Too complicated. |
Ourors
Doomheim
130
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Posted - 2012.08.27 00:15:00 -
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Exterminatus In Extremis wrote:I also found I had to turn off push to talk. I don't even know what the PTT button was... *shrug*
PTT on controllers was left D-pad
but nobody uses it
it's cool that it was included though |
ROIZENGH
Crux Special Tasks Group
Gallente Federation
7
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Posted - 2012.08.27 00:57:00 -
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+1 |
BestNameEva
Royal Uhlans
Amarr Empire
86
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Posted - 2012.08.27 01:03:00 -
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Question: can you hear people on coms through the TV If I use my PS eye to talk? or will coms only go through headphones? |
Horus Calling
Amarr Templars
Amarr Empire
31
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Posted - 2012.08.27 01:55:00 -
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Aurora Kryzzen wrote:Good information, but I'll turn my team chat on when i feel like there's at least a decent chance of going 5 minutes without hearing some obnoxious guy spewing out narrow-minded, offensive chauvinism --- in other words, when hell freezes over. Until then squad chat is good enough for me.
Wow really? Everyone I have met has been good mannered. Weird. |
theschizogenious
KILL-EM-QUICK
RISE of LEGION
167
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Posted - 2012.08.27 03:18:00 -
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BestNameEva wrote:Question: can you hear people on coms through the TV If I use my PS eye to talk? or will coms only go through headphones?
you can hear them through the television |
theschizogenious
KILL-EM-QUICK
RISE of LEGION
167
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Posted - 2012.08.27 03:19:00 -
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make sure to switch back to squad voice before the match ends if your in a group otherwise you may be stuck in team voice until the next match.
happened to me anyway |
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Horus Calling
Amarr Templars
Amarr Empire
31
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Posted - 2012.08.27 20:57:00 -
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I'm still only running into 1 or 2 randoms with mics on...but they are so grateful that someone else has mics hahah... |
carl von oppenheimer
Crux Special Tasks Group
Gallente Federation
158
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Posted - 2012.08.27 21:20:00 -
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Ourors wrote:Exterminatus In Extremis wrote:I also found I had to turn off push to talk. I don't even know what the PTT button was... *shrug* PTT on controllers was left D-pad but nobody uses it it's cool that it was included though
Also PTT doesn't work outside of squad anyway so you have to turn off in any case and use the one built in your mic. |
Wakko03
Better Hide R Die
134
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Posted - 2012.08.28 07:17:00 -
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Just so we are clear here, you actually default to the team channel when you run as a solo. If you are not careful you will end up joining a squad and give them an in-valid glitch with a 90% chance by the next game for someone in that group. |
Jariel Manton
SVER True Blood
Unclaimed.
210
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Posted - 2012.08.30 19:43:00 -
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Had to go very deep to find this thread and it would be nice to see more mics out there so giving it a bump. |
Dimitri Krenkov
New Age Solutions
7
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Posted - 2012.08.30 19:51:00 -
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As one of those "randoms with a mic" I agree, please use yours, everybody. I just want to let you know to get in my tank and make a zillion WP. |
HUNTER 6-1
Tritan-Industries
Legacy Rising
12
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Posted - 2012.09.01 08:39:00 -
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+1 but don't you need a universal voice transmitter before you can use voice chat? I've been trying to figure out mics for almost 24 hrs lol |
TEBOW BAGGINS
FIREFLY ATLANTIS ENTERPRISES UNLIMITED
TACNET
549
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Posted - 2012.09.01 09:19:00 -
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I'll get some random guy
randomly enter my squad of 3
and start smack talking
because of some forum drama,
or he doesn't like that we called a dropship
leaving him to die to a zerg rush,
because he thought he was badass enough
to solo hack objectives.
or some guy babbling
about his stupid mouse
and keyboard setup..
or some guy bragging
that he plays EVE
to the 3 of us EVE players..
Fan of randoms,
Tebow is not. |
KripnawtiQ Prime
L.O.T.I.S.
Legacy Rising
206
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Posted - 2012.09.01 11:04:00 -
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Isn't everybody a 'random' at some point or another? Tactical shooters can deffinately be frustrating when playing with people uve never played with before but there are a lot of great gamers out there. |
TEBOW BAGGINS
FIREFLY ATLANTIS ENTERPRISES UNLIMITED
TACNET
549
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Posted - 2012.09.01 16:45:00 -
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KripnawtiQ Prime wrote:Isn't everybody a 'random' at some point or another? Tactical shooters can deffinately be frustrating when playing with people uve never played with before but there are a lot of great gamers out there.
if they're running around in circles dying and not coordinated at all.. they're a random. if there camping in the mountains and getting 0/5 every game.. they're a random.
i will sometimes cry out "look out guys, this enemy team is not 'randoms'!" and I will also call out, "this 'blue' is not a random guys, lets put that 'blue' on our waiting list!" sometimes they accept our squad invite when a spot opens up.. if they don't, we move on with our lives..
but for the last week %90 of the time the blues have been randoms, and it's not worth the headache of having to listen to their random crap on our mics
not only that but you risk getting a comms bug if you switch chat channels from squad to team in the middle of a match.. it's just not worth it to me and my squads to deal with..
sry if that offends ppl,
actually i'm not it just makes me sound nice
and Krip Prime, if you're tired of running with randoms and wanna try out one of our squads you're welcome to. if you don't like it we don't harass you for leaving it like some are known to do (lust4dust) we just go on with our lives and wish you the best after you leave our squad and hope you are mature enough to handle rejection (we care more about your attitude and mic etiquette than your score/KDR)
we're not a corp, just a bunch of random guys who have added each other to contacts because we're tired of playing with bad randoms and getting 1 out of 5 games maybe that don't suck..
and we're also tired of elitists who fail to drop uplinks and insist on random spawning or who flex their epeens to us on random team games.. so we have decided to boycott it all and form our own squads, if that makes us bad guys or bad players then i guess we are, but we do things our own way despite the unwritten rules.
the term random is not meant as a derogratory it's just the term we use to describe the player on the field who is not coordinated and is not worth the risk for us to stretch our necks out to, they'll just despawn anyway if we try to revive them or take off sprinting when we try to repair them. their failure to play as a team is not worth it to us. |
RolyatDerTeufel
D3ath D3alers
RISE of LEGION
1648
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Posted - 2012.09.01 16:51:00 -
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theschizogenious wrote:make sure to switch back to squad voice before the match ends if your in a group otherwise you may be stuck in team voice until the next match.
happened to me anyway
Never happens to me, i can always change in the quarters.
But yeahh i do this everygame, but many times it's best to keep your squad in it's own comms to allow more solid squad work.
with team active, you can lose squad mates cause they hear where the blue dots are. |
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