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Claxus:
Yeah, title's a reference to something for some reason.

So, I got this game while it was on sale, along with a friend. Amazing game. I've been piloting mostly, and have gotten the hang of it pretty well. I use the V voice commands often, and try to quickly give a gist if I'm going to change our course of action.

But... I chat via keyboard. Long story short it's just a preference due to the environment here. I noticed this is a game where people voice chat quite often. I do try to communicate a lot, me and my friend have no trouble. But sometimes we get a chatty guy in our crew, and it's a little awkward, really. Sometimes I feel like I may be hindering them, partially because the chat box is very small and has very little notification, but it's a little weird to have two types of communication like that... V chat helps a ton, though.

What do you guys think? I kinda wish there were a few more preset voice options, though that's not really the issue at hand. I think I'd feel more useful/fitting if my crew chat was more notable to them. Guess it just feels like I'm not sure if a pilot of written words is deemed acceptable in a game like this.

Mod Josie:
There's no problem with not using a mic if that is how you're used to doing things. Text chat is visible to everyone on your ship where some people have Voice disabled and wouldn't hear you anyway. The trick here is to make sure people are reading that chat from the start. Once you know they are, you can fly and type to your heart's content.

As for the voice commands, we've had lots of suggestions for expanding this system and are looking into ways of doing so. I hope that they'll be of great use to players such as yourself. :D

obliviondoll:
I tend not to be overly "chatty" in-game, but when I'm crewing with people who are fluent using the presets, I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything in terms of communication. There's actually one way in which the chat presets have an advantage - after a call, I can check the text chat window to see who recently called something out using a preset (which helps determine how important that call was to me specifically). After a player has released the "X" key, there's no way to look back at who it was. I'm still getting used to the game, and while I can usually get used to the names and voices of talkative crew, quieter people (like myself) require me to think ahead and watch the chat window when that player speaks.

I've also worked with a couple of people who used text chat exclusively, and while I'm more comfortable with voice for this game, I can (usually) keep track of what's going on there.

It would be nice to have an option to view recent voice chat users, and it would be nice to have an audio cue for in-match text comms so it's easier to know when to check for them. Beyond that, the system works surprisingly well.

Imagine:
Unfortunately, voice chat is rather crucial in this game, especially as a pilot as you have to relay new information to your crew constantly as to what you want them to do. That is not to say that you cannot win without it, but between to equally skilled crews, the ones whom are using voice chat will generally prevail.

That having been said, most people will be pretty understanding if you let them know that you're not able to use a mic. As long as you're trying and making an effort to let your crew (and at the very the captain of your teammate ship) what your plan of action is, what targets you think is best to focus on, what ammo/tools you'd like them to bring, that will go a long way in people being accepting of you not having voice chat access.

Though I still do highly suggest trying to get that going, especially if you're planning to pilot :P

Edit: Just noticed that you put "due the environment here" into your post, and I'd like to assure you that once you get out of novice matches and into games with some of the more veteran players (which, incidentally is an extremely good way to learn the ins and outs of the game as long as you're willing to listen and take into consideration their suggestions and tips), the community here is rather accepting of any/everyone. Yes, unfortunately we will get our bad apples at times because, well, internet, but (especially) if you get to know some of the folks if someone harasses you for some reason you'll quickly find that player shunned and reported. Muse takes the code of conduct pretty seriously, and the worst offenders you hardly see again.

Dutch Vanya:
I spent about half my time in this game without a microphone, you can do fine. Just give some instructions before the match and use the voice commands. Also definitely make use of the captains target with 'B'. This target is very useful if both enemies are near eachother and it isn't clear who should be targeted, or if you are switching targets.

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