@verminpup said in "The Speaking Trumpet":
@themilkman-vaec said in "The Speaking Trumpet":
@verminpup said in "The Speaking Trumpet":
I have not been using the in game chat (either discord or Xbox Party), since it's such a big disadvantage having other crews hear what you are saying on your own ship.
I hope that with the Trumpet, they switch local chat to only be heard among the crew, and that the trumpet becomes the actual mean of talking publicly.
Otherwise, the trumpet's presence will be greatly diminished by people not even being in the game's voice chat to use it in the first place.
Why would you expect a game to make something work outside of its mechanic? You are supposed to be heard by enemy crews at close proximity. If you don’t want the risk you don’t get the reward. Why would they reward party chat or third party chat when they want you using game chat.
I'm not sure what about my post made you feel like I wanted them to make something work outside of its mechanics? I'm suggesting that they should change local chat to private, and Trumpet as the new main to talk to other crews, so that we actually see pirates using the in game chat.
I VERY rarely encounter players in the local chat, and when I do, we usually destroy them because they advertize their tactics over the mic.
If anything, at least give us a crew chat and a local chat input key, otherwise its still an incentive to use Discord or Party Chat (Which are both widely supported by the devs, btw).
If the game existed in a vacuum, sure that would be fine. But it doesn't and the devs have to keep in mind that XBOX players are much more likely to get into a party chat than otherwise, and that will undermine the use of the Trumpet.
Ah I see your point more clearly now and agree. The trumpet will be undermined since no option away from
Local chat isn’t viable for many players and they will never use local chat. I think that’s a shame. Having to be quiet in certain moments would be cool and would be nice if audio and having to be careful with words was a component of the game but that’s wishful thinking and you are correct, trumpet is meaningless unless people get options in game to speak in private.