Does anyone use a Mic?

[RocketChild]

Re: Does anyone use a Mic?

You know, I noticed last night that I think a lot of servers just have VOIP turned off. I was toggling my chat key over and over and I got no audio with my buddy. Maybe VOIP is not turned on by default on the server? That would not make since because I recall all the build up to BF2 coming out and it was a nice hot new feature having squads and VOIP inside the squad.

I guess it is really just this style of gameplay. There is a distinct difference in game play, at times, from classic BF2. I wonder if it because of a lack of a commander or the smaller squad sizes. But the teams do not move as well to react to problems.

It seemed in BF, you had 6 guys in a squad and if you had one squad that was real smart and talking, they could dominate the map...esp when they could talk to the commander and request UAV or spots in the area.

BC2 seems to have a lot of chickens with their heads cut off. Now that I think about it, it reminds me a lot of Quake Wars.

But, maybe it is going to take a lot of people from forums and communities to try and foster a sense of communication with other players in squads. Maybe that chat typing option that will be fixed in the next patch will help type messages. There is rarely any chance you have to type in this game to your squad.

I'm sure an F! load of people have mics out there, and just don't use them. Seems like 3 out of 4 people in Left for Dead have one. Every WoW player has one. They are more pervasive in gaming then this title seems to suggest.

[jimykx]

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So people when are we all getting into some voip and teamwork?

[CptainCrunch]

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Yeah TS3 is great. Very impressive.

I use a MIC, I dont know why I bother as the VoIP is yet one more buggy thing in this game.

Crunch

[Vreki]

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i dont like teamspeak, it has horrible quality and the sounds it makes make my head hurt. ventrilo has very cool quality and i prefer the way it works than ts. the only problem was lag sometimes.

TS3 has vastly improved the sound quality when compared to TS2. At least that is my experience.

[jimykx]

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With the right codecs TS can sound just as good if not better than Vent.

i just dont like the way ts works. it makes me headache

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Got my first ever VOIP annoyance last night in BC2. All i heard was some guy munching on crisps and shouting at his dog. He then proceeded to say without knowing "I wish this game would ****ing end so i can wack one out"

oh my...

Whoo that was me.

haha no really, i once was playing and i had to change squad cause in mine there was some german guy that was constantly speaking, and when not he was just pressing the button and i could hear people talking and a baby crying in background and the news going on the tv. it was like wtf

[Kylee!]

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Got my first ever VOIP annoyance last night in BC2. All i heard was some guy munching on crisps and shouting at his dog. He then proceeded to say without knowing "I wish this game would ****ing end so i can wack one out"

oh my...

Hahaha... wow.

[The_Eliminator]

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Got my first ever VOIP annoyance last night in BC2. All i heard was some guy munching on crisps and shouting at his dog. He then proceeded to say without knowing "I wish this game would ****ing end so i can wack one out"

oh my...

[Tampa]

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Yeah , me and my clan mates used to use vent but we stopped hosting it so now we use mumble when we play bc2 and other games.

i dont like teamspeak, it has horrible quality and the sounds it makes make my head hurt. ventrilo has very cool quality and i prefer the way it works than ts. the only problem was lag sometimes.

Now i use mumble because of the awsomeness of the 3d surround voice (that is one of the most cool things wich i think most of the games should already include on it) , because it has better quality than teamspeak and it is similar to ventrilo and the fact that there is almost no lag at all and even if ur downloading your friend will be able to be hearing you at the exact same time your talking

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With the right codecs TS can sound just as good if not better than Vent.

[Lotek19]

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i only used the mic. in bf 2142..i find no use for it in bad company 2. while there are squads, only like 1-2 of them TRULY (in true terms of a squad) work like a squad. other times people are lone wolfing even when they are in squads, they use them as mobile spawn points which is what i do personally unless its a map that is more vehicle friendly, then i work like a dog in my squad

[jimykx]

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Yea most people use vent or ts with their buds...

Yeah , me and my clan mates used to use vent but we stopped hosting it so now we use mumble when we play bc2 and other games.

i dont like teamspeak, it has horrible quality and the sounds it makes make my head hurt. ventrilo has very cool quality and i prefer the way it works than ts. the only problem was lag sometimes.

Now i use mumble because of the awsomeness of the 3d surround voice (that is one of the most cool things wich i think most of the games should already include on it) , because it has better quality than teamspeak and it is similar to ventrilo and the fact that there is almost no lag at all and even if ur downloading your friend will be able to be hearing you at the exact same time your talking

[Yoster]

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I think, like Modern Warfare, the teamwork isnt as in depth, so that may add to the low number of people using voice.

[signa]

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I'm usually on TS with friends, but I haven't seen in-game voip work in weeks.

[Kylee!]

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Yea most people use vent or ts with their buds...

[Killerus]

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i use it but mostly seem to be talking to myself. Occasionally people do respond. I am always on vent with friends so sometimes we use the ingame voice so clan members on the other side wont know what we are doing. :)

[idontcare]

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Teamspeak with friends is usually more fun then the game itself.