Why is the in game chat for the Fireteam a proximity chat. Is there any specific reason a group of elite soldiers funded by an elite organization can’t provide mic’s to their ground team? We get enough feedback from Zeus every two mins… so we know they have a headset, would be nice to stay in contact with the team… ya know, just sayin.
Why proximity chat?
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… what? lol
The in game chat is a proximity chat, the farther away from another player you get their voice gets quieter until you can’t hear them anymore. I would think if you were sending a group of soldiers into a remote area that you would make it so they had some means of communication should they get separated.
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In a few missions you are tasked with destroying their radio jammers… so I mean… radio communications ARE actively being jammed in the areas…
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And that would be fantastic, if it blocked the radio transmissions during those missions. You are constantly receiving updates, where to go, what to do from Zeus. Why don’t the Fireteam have mic’s for long range communication?
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ahhh, i thought you were saying it was unfair that the pred could hear you lol but yeah, the chat feature in this is ghetto af. my friends and i just use skype when we’re in a party together. other than that, i usually just let randoms use mics and i try to spot areas as much as i can.
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What im saying is they are present on the map, whether or not they are your target objective
And what I’m saying, is if they were always present we wouldn’t have that guy in our ear the entire match. If he can radio, one would only assume we can radio. Because I’m pretty sure radio jammers block all signals, not just ours.
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Satelite communications are not equivocal to short range radio communications though… satelite communications have multiple stages of amplifiers, hence the missions where you have to take out the specific jammers that are jamming satcoms
Let’s ignore the realism for a second and come to the realization that the game is supposed to be horror-like as an FT member. If you’re separated from the rest of your team and can’t communicate with them it adds to the helplessness that horror games try to instill.
I think there is a need for it just to have that in our arsenal. I think a simple chat wheel extension (left mouse click(LT)/ right mouse click(RT) would give us addition options for (Scream on Comms device / Whisper on Comms device) all the voice overs available .
Right now it does seem like Zeus can hear us but its pretty much a one way from him to you. And for the rest of the team it’s screaming or whispering without any comms device at all.
and for the most part from PRedators perspective I think him hearing FT should be faint at best and not a massive indication of the position you are in (like not hearing it in 3D audio). WHere as you as FT should be able to hear your team on comms and maybe they should highlight their location on the map when they speak.
But i guess its more fun to hear it in 3D audio from FT perspective.
I absolutely hate the voice chat system in this game.
I try to use Discord wherever possible, but it doesn’t really help when playing random games with PS4 players.
I don’t mind that the Pred can hear what is being said (hell, sometimes they need it).
But yeah, this proximity crap is terrible.
I’m on ps4, not using a mic at all, but somehow during the match i barely understand anything in chat. Before and after the match its good, but during it the volume is like sown to 1/4.