mute, mute, and mute again

bump until it's addressed. It's getting worse and you can't mute in boss mode

Seriously. THIS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWkA8gKvc2c&feature=youtu.be

this might sound familiar to some people. Turn down your volume before opening

If it's that much of a problem for you, there is a post on reddit of a work around.

It details how to disable hearing other people and disabling your own mic.

I don't use reddit, but I will look at it if possible. It is a big deal. Do you have a link?

Edited: I found the link. Does not help me since setting a device to default is not an option. 

We shouldn't have to use third party software for push-to-talk functionality. The last game I'm aware of that had voice that was always on with no, bindable, push-to-talk key was "Lord of the Rings: The War in the North" and that game was also heavily criticized for it.

It would be cool if developers played the games on PC before they released them. I realized it was a problem in my first match when there was some kid screaming the whole time he was playing. Then, the next match when some mom was showing her adorable little children the "cute little cactus" while they were screaming in the background. In fact, I literally have not had a single game where there hasn't been some kind of background noise picked up that I've had to mute.

So much for teamwork.

I'm not so comfortable posting links to 3rd party sites, but heres what it says:

To disable other peoples' chatter:

1. Right click speaker icon in system tray.
2. Select Playback Devices.
3. Select a Playback Device other than what you use for sound output.
4. Right click it and select Set as Default Communications Device.
5. Hit OK.
6. Left click on the speaker icon in the system tray.
7. Click the icon below the slider on the device you chose to mute it.

To disable your own mic within the game but use a 3rd party voice application:

1. Right click speaker icon in system tray.
2. Select Recording Devices.
3. Select a Recording Device other than your mic (maybe Stereo Mix?).
4. Right click it and select Set as Default Communications Device.
5. Right click it and select Properties.
6. Select the Levels Tab at the top.
7. Click the icon next to the slider to mute it.
8. Click OK.
9. Go into the settings of your 3rd party app and set the input device to your mic.

I really need the next new features in the next update:

1) Push to Talk

2) Adjust Voice Audio volumn

I found that message about adjusting the playback, but the features it asks me to edit aren't available. I can't set anything as a default

This isn't acceptable to be honest, EA is a huge company and they charge alot more for thier games than most companies. But what really gets me steamed is that EA had this game on a shelf gathering dust for several months because it was released on Xbox months before we got it on the PC, what did you do with it in that time? Nothing apparently, it looks like a direct port from the Xbox!

Not to mention PC is alot more vulnerable to hacking, the amount of people cheating is stupid, 200 hp to dead in one shot from a cactus while playing the all star. And don't expect me to report every player through your convaluted report system, because that would take me forever to report all the hackers. I want to play a cheat free game, not police it for you. Get some anit cheat software like punk buster in there.

And finally, what's with the connectivity issues?! I know on the day of release it's going to suffer from heavy traffic, but you should have expected it, when I can't even host a 2 player lobby it just gets stupid.