@ ydbbs81- actually Ive played mag.
@ icecream - consider this we all have sealed metal helmets on (so does the enemy) its hard to talk through a motorcycle helmet I can't imagine wat it would be like talking through a sealed metal helmet. So unless our suit creators were dumb enough to put speakers on the outside of our suits how are you going to hear anything anyone says through proxy chat. Not to mention ur example completely defeats the purpose of scan warfare, if u can hear someone around a corner or the other side of a wall then wats the point in upgrading scan skills, also this completely nerf bats all ghost scouts.
@Santana- see above. Also proxy chat kills team tactics. Im sure tht a commander is not gonna want to hear u screaming at enemies as he is trying to give orders to his team.
So aside from being able to talk to blues (which probably wont work anyway because blues are gonna do whatever their gonna do regardless) how does this help squad and team tactics more than the current system. Also how do u keep proxy chat from wrecking scanning and profile dampening.
It seems to me that in this game the only thing proxy chat will add to game play is player gloating, which is fine and dandy as long as it implemented in a way for those of us who don't want to go around gloating to opt out. By that I mean if u turn on proxy chat u can talk to and be heard by ppl in proxy but if u turn it off u can't do either, but either way u can still talk in chat channels. Proxy chat can be fun and useful in some games (mag being a great example) however its only use in dust tht I can see is gloating.

TLDR: if u can make proxy chat optional then fine add it to dust otherwise leave it out.

I don't like the idea of proxy chat. How are u supposed to comunicate with your squad if they are isolated on the other side of the map. Or once we get commander roles how is a commander supposed to tell squad 1 go to point a or whatever he needs to tell his team. Proxy chat is very limiting, our current chat system is less limiting. Not to mention tht proxy chat will not get rid of blue dot syndrome, there will always be blues because they either don't want to use vc or are to lazy to enable it.

And it makes sense. Here's an idea. Push to talk for squad chat, but just talking is for proxy chat?

Proxy is essential for corp battles. Communication is key people. Annoying randoms can be avoided by joining a corp. Seriously are we that unsocial that we don't want to talk to people in a video game. You are already isolated into this fabricated universe.

I never thought I would see the day people are hating on proxy chat. Now I have seen it all on these forums.

The casuals on these forums will cry about anything.

What's the real reason you guys don't want proxy? I have a feeling some people don't want to get their feelings hurt when they get wrecked.

I seriously want proxy chat just to call kids non factors after I kill them.

This isn't a proxy vs current system debate. The current system is awesome but adding proxy will make it complete. It doesn't make sense to have the option to turn it off. People are talking about realism in a space game lol. But if you want to go there, then think universal voice transmitters and being able to pick up nearby chatter.

You want to know how many times I've got rezzed by a bluedot because of proxy? Or, have saved their lives or they saving mine? Or, on the fly, emergent stratagizing??

Someone said something about, "well, go on team chat". Can you imagine 24 or more people on team chat during a match? Because ccp is saying that they may add more people to the game. Proxy is needed and the fun factor increases tenfold