No one was really against proxy chat in the old debate. As one of the most vocal nay-sayers in the previous debate in the days of olde, the main argument against proxy chat was that if it's a mandatory thing, people will look elsewhere if they don't want to be heard.

Having another channel inside the match that is optional to join but allows you to smacktalk people is the better option, and I have no issue with it.

Points were also made that if there was a module/equipment for eavesdropping & viable countermeasures, it'd be less of an issue as well.


But as something that would just always be there, and always be on, It's an undesirable feature.


A point the people who were rooting for proxy chat often made in the debate was "It also lets you talk to nearby friendly squads"


I wouldn't mind this being the case, personally. But again, this should be an optional feature. I don't want to be forced to mute multiple people because they won't shut up and I can't hear my own squad over them talking about nothing relevant to the match. The same is true in reverse. I often find myself in squads where we're not really talking about the match at hand, but we're discussing random stuff about dust or threads on the forums. Other people don't need to hear that if they are trying to communicate with their own squad.