What's all the crying about in game voice chat?I've played battlefield for over 12 years and I can literally count on 1 hand the amount of times randoms have used in game VoIP. Discord is still a thing and also many other apps that provide a group chat service for friends playing that most likely offer more reliablity than any past bf VoIP.

@Noodlesocks I find that if I'm the first to use it, others will too. I often times use it even if the randos dont.

I don't mind if there is VOIP or not, the only mode that i think it is important is Hazard Zone.I live in Germany and I also haven’t used in game VOIP since BF3 😉33% of the time I mute it because here in EU not all speaking English or my mother tongue33% of the time I mute it because I don't listen to random music33% of the time I mute it because of stupid nonsense, insulting and shouting/crying people...1% of the time I mute it because I don't want to speak with random peopleI prefer TeamSpeak or Discord when I play with friends, but around 99% have quitted BF since after BF3 so no need for voice in BF for me again.I would prefer when they optimize the CommRose and include parts that you can send to all (like GL &HF or GG)See you on the Battlefield

Use to happen all the time in BF2 and 2142 when squad leaders could rename their squads specifically to bring in players who wanted to use VOIP and play as a squad. Though back then you had to create and join squads manually. It wasn't done automatically as a matter of process. You had to choose to be a part of a squad back then.Didn't happen as often in frostbite games as Dice Sweden has gradually gutted squad and communication features over the years for a more solo, self serving style of gameplay but when I did find squads who would respond to voice comms, I would get some of the best games one could find with randos.The absence of voice chat isn't likely to bother a lot of players. Like it has been said, it wasn't used by most players but what needs to be understood is that for those who did use it, it's absence makes a significant difference to gameplay.One should also consider the reasoning behind putting so much development time into an extraction royale mode for the game but not provide any real way to communicate with the people you are playing with. Add this on top of the lack of all chat and lack of squad/player persistence between matches, no rental/community servers and it's not unreasonable to consider the lack of voice chat to be a contributing factor to Battlefield 2042 feeling like a very anti-social game by design.

@Tosshjr the law that @Seeker-V1 has posted before CVAA.This is an US American law that any modern way of communication need\must be accessible for people with disabilities. This laws also influence every game which will be released in the US.I think this law is active since 1st January 2019, so every game which was in development after this date need to implement such features. Games that where already in development should consider to implement it in relation to cost and time.Generally, this is a good thing and the gaming industries has done already big steps in this direction.And BF2042 has already many things in the game like subtitles and subtitles size, menu narration, Chat to speech, huge options for colourblind people, additional uses of controls like klick or hold to revive for example. The only thing that is missing is voice to text or VoIP.But EA/DICE already have stated to implement VoIP later on.The delay could have different reasons like problem between the different platforms PS5, xBox Series S/X and PC or make it accessible as required.As long I can turn it off when it comes than I don’t mind it.I don’t know if such a law exists here in Germany or in the EU. I only heard about this law in somewhat last year.

Imagine making a game based around teamwork and not having VOIP.... then making it 128 players without a commander system to coordinate the battle.EPIC FAIL

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BassMan_PC
Seasoned Hotshot
4 years ago
Imagine making a game based around teamwork and not having VOIP.... then making it 128 players without a commander system to coordinate the battle.
EPIC FAIL
fragnstein
4 years ago
@Tooshjr So you want players to waste time to get someones discord id, alt tab outta game and send out invites to randos to their discord so we can chat for 1 round before the server disbands and we probably won't be with them the next round. Brilliant idea

OR they could add voip so we could chat without the hassle. AND before someone comes in saying there is someone always obnoxious in voip, you simply goto the squads tab and mute them
Noodlesocks
4 years ago
Use to happen all the time in BF2 and 2142 when squad leaders could rename their squads specifically to bring in players who wanted to use VOIP and play as a squad. Though back then you had to create and join squads manually. It wasn't done automatically as a matter of process. You had to choose to be a part of a squad back then.
Didn't happen as often in frostbite games as Dice Sweden has gradually gutted squad and communication features over the years for a more solo, self serving style of gameplay but when I did find squads who would respond to voice comms, I would get some of the best games one could find with randos.
The absence of voice chat isn't likely to bother a lot of players. Like it has been said, it wasn't used by most players but what needs to be understood is that for those who did use it, it's absence makes a significant difference to gameplay.
One should also consider the reasoning behind putting so much development time into an extraction royale mode for the game but not provide any real way to communicate with the people you are playing with. Add this on top of the lack of all chat and lack of squad/player persistence between matches, no rental/community servers and it's not unreasonable to consider the lack of voice chat to be a contributing factor to Battlefield 2042 feeling like a very anti-social game by design.
fragnstein
4 years ago
@Noodlesocks I find that if I'm the first to use it, others will too. I often times use it even if the randos dont.
Tooshjr
4 years ago
@BassMan_PC I get that, my point Is that in at least the last 10 years I've seen it being used literally a handful of times. I played bad company 2 on PlayStation, bf3, BF4, bf1 and bf5 on both playstation and pc and on every platform It was so under used by the community that it was almost obselete.
Tooshjr
4 years ago
@Noodlesocks I agree it would be good for an extraction type gamemode that the devs intend to be "tactical". However, in my experience with the franchise and the community when it was a basic feature in was underused.
For game modes like hazardzone it should be a basic feature I agree, I don't find it game breaking though. The fact remains that people for the most part would squad up with friends for such modes and use discord or even console party chat instead of and in game VoIP.
Seeker-V1
4 years ago
The communication functionality and user interface to operate those elements must be accessible to people with sight, motor, speech, cognitive, and hearing disabilities.
Games released and developed after December 31, 2018 – including those that were already in development before that date – must be fully compliant. If a game released before December 31, 2018 is updated, then it should also be made compliant with the CVAA.

What Are the Requirements for Video Games?
The CVAA “requires that communications functionality, like in-game chat, and the UI used to navigate and operate those elements must be accessible to people” with a wide variety of disabilities.
Video games must adhere to the performance objectives outlined in section 14.21. Accessible is defined to include functions that are operable; information that is available and easily accessible; usable functionalities; and compatibility with peripheral devices and specialized customer premises equipment.

What are the Exceptions?
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The CVAA stresses that accessibility should be considered throughout every stage of the development process.
Exceptions will be made if compliance is impossible because of resources and expenses at the time of development.
Note: games that are updated (including those released before December 31, 2018) must also comply with the requirements outlined by the CVAA.
CountSero
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
I don't mind if there is VOIP or not, the only mode that i think it is important is Hazard Zone.
I live in Germany and I also haven’t used in game VOIP since BF3 😉
33% of the time I mute it because here in EU not all speaking English or my mother tongue
33% of the time I mute it because I don't listen to random music
33% of the time I mute it because of stupid nonsense, insulting and shouting/crying people...
1% of the time I mute it because I don't want to speak with random people
I prefer TeamSpeak or Discord when I play with friends, but around 99% have quitted BF since after BF3 so no need for voice in BF for me again.
I would prefer when they optimize the CommRose and include parts that you can send to all (like GL &HF or GG)
See you on the Battlefield
Tooshjr
4 years ago
This is exactly what I mean. Thanks for highlighting the language barrier part. I think I've been fortunate in regards to toxicity on public chat in older games.
The extra work should've been out into CommRose, the ping system is a half baked idea at best and could be improved on as a whole
Seeker-V1
4 years ago
its not about needing it or not its the LAW they have to follow that