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by John Himes 
Nov 12th 2007 at 11:59PM
As we're looking forward to a new patch tomorrow, it's appropriate to look back at the last patch and what it added to the game. While there were also several tweaks to class mechanics and items, the main thing it added was Blizzard-supported voice chat. Earlier today, Mike admitted that he hasn't ever used the voice chat, and aside from experimenting with it a bit on the day it was released, I haven't either. I don't do pickup groups much these days, but the few I've been in haven't bothered with the chat at all. This may be due to the fact that its sound quality isn't all that great and there may be other issues as well. People being embarrassed to talk out loud to total strangers or simply being habituated to typing in pickup groups are both possible reasons why the chat may be neglected. What's your experience with it? Have you used it much?One of the other major changes in patch 2.2 was reporting AFKers in Alterac Valley. While I personally like this change, (if nothing else, it gives me something to do while protecting a flag,) for whatever reason, it seems to have skewed the battleground in the Horde's favor (my main PvPer at the moment is Alliance). Honestly, I haven't read a lot about the reasoning behind this phenomenon, and for all I know, it's different on other battlegroups. What's it like on your server? Do you like this change?
Filed under: Patches, Analysis / Opinion, PvP
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
robodex Nov 13th 2007 8:02AM
I personally HAVE used voice chat...
...To chat with my RL friend during raids so we don't clog up vent. And even then, it breaks quite often =\
Capn John Nov 13th 2007 4:59PM
I and a couple of other Guildies used WoW's voicechat, with markedly different results. Turns out it doesn't like headsets and those who use them will have a hard time being heard, even with outbound cranked up to 250%
I've only been in AV a few times, recently. I tried multiple times (& failed) to get into a winning AV for my Warrior, and finally gave up and continued leveling him up and into his 60s. I hit AV this weekend, twice, on my Gnome Rogue. I lost the first AV when Alliance finally got their act together and got a large offense to FW, just as the Horde took down the General. I started the second match, played for about 10 minutes, sensed an Alliance turtle in the making and AFK'd out. My recent experience with AV has been Horde wins, every time. Maybe I'm just unlucky though. BG=Bloodlust.
Juliah Nov 14th 2007 3:02PM
I said in previous WoW Insider polls that I wouldn't use chat, and I have been true to my word.