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Thomas:
I think it would help if captain chat became more of a 'team chat', instead of just the captains. There's a few reasons for this:


* Captains may not have a mic or be listening, while their crew does
* The Captain might not always be the pilot
* Captains can leave the match and force another crew member to take the helm
* Captains that don't communicate well, but have a crew that's willing to do so
There's also my own desire as a pilot/captain to not have my crew and fellow captains talking at the same time without realizing they're doing so. With a crew chat and a team chat (instead of captain chat) players can hear when someone is talking in either chat. So there's less of a chance of them talking over each other.


Failing that, I'd at least like some kind of symbol to display when captain chat is active. Letting your crew know that someone else is already talking to the captain, and shouting into their mic isn't idea at that point.

The Djinn:

--- Quote from: Thomas on October 27, 2013, 03:09:08 pm ---I think it would help if captain chat became more of a 'team chat', instead of just the captains. There's a few reasons for this:
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Oh god, please no.

As a pilot I have enough to deal with communicating with my team and the allied captains. I don't want their crews to ALSO be able to talk on the channel, as that will really clog up the airways extensively. I know uncommunicative captains are an issue, but I don't think allowing EVERYONE onto a single chat is a good solution.

Thomas:
I could see that being a problem on occasion. I'd at least like the crew to know when Captain chat is active (captain is talking or being talked to) so they don't start shouting "Turn Left! Turn Right! Argh, where are we going!? What's the other ship doing? Who are we aiming at? We need to go lower!" while the other captains are also shouting "Lets focus on the Pyra! I'm going to ram him! Hey, you're about to hit me! Get to point B, we'll head to point A, and that ship down there head to C. Let's all meet up on XXXXX. Where are you?"

And then one or the other getting upset when you don't respond to them fast enough.


With a good crew on each ship, they tend to know better than to shout over each other. It's like how the clans use skype/party/teamspeak/vent/etc to all talk to each other, even while being on different ships. In an ideal situation, they would know to use it only when they need to tell the other ship something, and not confuse it with the crew chat, in which they generally shout whatever occurs to them at that moment. Like "We need to go lower!" as your ship is already descending.

The Djinn:

--- Quote from: Thomas on October 27, 2013, 03:29:32 pm ---I could see that being a problem on occasion. I'd at least like the crew to know when Captain chat is active.
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This would be very useful, yes.

Mattisamo:
Maybe change it so that they can hear the captain chat, but not speak in it.

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