@Padding_Ur_Stats With random players, communication is key. But BF2042 is sabotaging itself.
VOIP wins over CHAT, but since there are two chat channels PARTY and SQUAD that are mutual exclusive, and voip volume is pretty low, and voip defaults to party channel at the start of every match, there are more setups that prevent people to talk to each other than there are that enables it. And since it comes up again every other week, I believe cross platform voip isn't working either.
So people who don't know each other, that may have a chance to speak to each other, need to have voip enabled, and need all not to be in a party. And in my opinion, this is the least likely combination of player to talk to each other at all.