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DiceUprise's avatar
5 years ago
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Will Battlefield 2042 consoles players have a chat box?

PC players have a chat box to communicate with the rest of team. If cross play with PC players that's a big advantage, would not make it fair play for console players... 

  • Using the chatbox for comms is limited at best. 90% of the chat feed on PC is automated admin messages and people flaming each other. The number of visible lines combined with the frequency of messages mean messages disappear very quickly as well. It's not really a practical tool for comms beyond spamming flag letters or vague locations and your message will disappear before most people have read it (if they're even reading it).

    I wouldn't worry about it.

    The ability the tweak settings for better visibility, ultra high frame rates and of course, keyboard and mouse, is where the real tangible advantages for PC players are in a crossplay environment.

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  • I prefer 's*** talking to be over the mic.....not some chat box. But, If the consoles have it as an option,  I'm sure it can be hidden as well 🤘

  • ElliotLH's avatar
    ElliotLH
    Hero+
    5 years ago

    Good excuse to dust off one of these bad boys if we do get a chat box.

  • @DiceUprise You don't ever want a chat box on console, coming from a PC player. Trust me. The nasty stuff people say in chat is just crazy. It will leave you thinking 'how can people even say or think such stuff'. So just don't. Wait for better commo rose options to communicate with your team.
  • @DiceUprise
    I would hope that a Chat Box is available in Battlefield Games for PS4/PS5 since I'm sick of everyone not having a Mic when you're trying to relay Orders or trying to work with people. It leads to a lot of Single-Player running around with no actual Team Work.

    If you take a Team of Mic User Players and put them against a Team of No-Mic Players, the team with the Mic User Players will ALWAYS Win. It's a guaranty unless the No-Mic Players are Cheating/Hacking. Include a Chat Box, and this outcome changes to a more level playing field.

    It's about the only down-side to playing PS4, nobody uses a Mic. The ones that do use Mics are about 8 Years Old and just throw insults at everyone or brag on about them being all that. THEY'RE 8, WHY ARE THEY PLAYING THIS FRANCHISE?

    Nobody uses the Mics that were supplied with the PS4, and this effects Gameplay when you're trying to get any level of Team Work going. You have to resort to Morse Code Bullets and Flashlights, or Telepathy to get anywhere on Console.
  • GENERALZOOL's avatar
    GENERALZOOL
    5 years ago
    @VOLBANKER_PC
    If it's an issue for you on PC, I think F10 is your best friend there. I think it's either 'F10' or 'H' it's been so long since I played Battlefield on PC I don't remember.

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