I've come across faaaaar to many crews that you simply can't interact with because A - they can't talk to you, and B - they can't hear you. This is because they are in party chat.
I'm not sure how possible it is for the game to do this, but forcing game chat would greatly improve the average player interaction. It's gotten to the point where the majority of crews I come across may as well be AI.
@floppy-peener I think Call of Duty used to have a feature like this (at least in the older games) where in order to play Search & Destroy you couldn't be in party chat.
@happyalbe lol exactly PC player here and always in a party chat of some sorts with a push to talk button assigned for game chat. #whynotboth
@happyalbe True, but at least they will still hear the other crews, and switching between talking in discord and the game is literally one button while in game, so not as big of a problem imo.
@floppy-peener No. Discord is great, in-game chat is bad and sounds terrible. I dont mind using it to contact other crews, but for a 4 hour play session i'd go crazy.
@thecanisdirus I can't figure out where is the option to set PTT in party chat on xbox app, so i don't use it at all.
@happyalbe said in Force Game Chat:
@sir-rhavi i really had no issues with game chat, tbh.
i have no issues with it like i have no issues with using a public bathroom's toilet paper: I don't mind it, I love that it exists, I also don't want to use it every time.
@klikhizz Well at this point almost everyone has a mic, so not that big of a deal. And, you can still hear other crews, and respond non-verbally.
@dills-ghost Why? If that's the difference between playing and not playing those people probably won't be playing for long anyway.
@happyalbe said in Force Game Chat:
@sir-rhavi that's a completely other matter
no it really isnt, one sounds like a public payphone, the other i can literally record music with.
Sadly, I use xbox live party chat when talking with my crew. Why? Because proximity chat seems god awful in its current state. I will have quite a lot of trouble hearing my crew and they constantly are breaking up, etc. While switching to party chat, everything is good and working just fine.
I would love to use in-game chat, but it needs to be improved before I can reliably use it.
It’s realy awkward sailing on a sloop with someone that doesn’t talk. Lol
A lot of games I play I don’t always talk but this game to me is just not the same. I feel compelled to talk to my ship mate/mates. Not to mention communication is key during battle.
That and I have made some good friends in this game but that wouldn’t have happened if we didn’t talk.
@bambam-bm I've heard a lot of people complain about it, but I myself haven't had any trouble. Sure, discord sounds marginally better, but nothing really noticeable. It begs the question of where the problem lies, the game's chat itself, or how it transports it?
@floppy-peener
I have tried the game chat a couple of times, and don't like it for a couple reasons:
I like the option to chose weather or not I use game chat.
@happyalbe said in Force Game Chat:
@acrobatcat PC players will keep using discord.
I use both, but with PTT for ingame voice.
As to all three of your points, I see how they call could be annoying, but I haven't encountered ANY examples of them, and I try to interact with just about every crew I run into.
Other solutions to this would be, if it's a person from another crew, simply avoid them, should be easy enough. If it's someone on your crew, you can individually mute them.
