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Thread: Voice Chat for JTLS
JediArashi
Sun Jun 27, 2004 6:06 pm
#105
Just out of curiosity Mando, are you trying to get you post total up? Is that the reason you take 4 posts to say 1 thing? You easily could have put those 4comments in 1 post and just put that in.
Your explanation of the "Form Up" command is clearer...butit's notwhat Wookierebel was talking about. Your basically describing a voice macro system. You set up a text macro, and use a voice command to activate it. That's a great idea...but it still isn't ever going to cover everything.
Imagine this...if you used Dragonspeak (voice recognition software) or some like program, and then went into SWG and created 15 macros and assigned them to various keyboard commands...how well do you think you'd remember to say F11and know exactly what that macro says compared toF10, or Ctrl U vs. Ctrl O?? If we were forced to create voice macros for all the circumstances we would need it for in space, we would quickly have so many that the avg. player would be confused on which is which. Again, it's a great idea, and it too would work very well as a side functionality to full fledged voicechat.
Using voice macros won't cause you to speak in another language, nor hear someone else speak in another language, therefore your still using text as the main communicationvenue. Again, this works great for the turn based ground game, but not in twitch basedspace combat.
-Arashi
Bloodfin
blaisedinsd
Sun Jun 27, 2004 6:29 pm
#106
Mando, are you just trying to increase your post count or something? Try finishing a complete thought and put in one post instead of hitting this thread with multiple posts in row.
In my opinion a video game that is "Role Playing" is more about the gameplay, leveling, character advancement, strategy vs. twitch, stats, etc.
A true "role player" would always prefer dice and paper. If you feed your urge to role play only byplaying a videogame then you are missing out. You can role play in this game to a certain extent, butgame design and features do not and should not be guided by the principle of helping players role play. And the only problem with voice chat vs. role playing is species? Traditional "real" role playing is face to face and you use your voice.
And I think if integrated voice chat was a space expansion only feature that would be fine.
MandalorianWarrior99
Sun Jun 27, 2004 7:59 pm
#108
and it wouldnt take RPG elements since it adds onto what we have already been doing...
Obi-Zem-Kenobi
Mon Jun 28, 2004 3:24 am
#109
Thats odd.. all theposts on the 6th page are gone. I wonder if when the moderator wiped out Mandos postings if they decided deleting the whole 6th page was in order 
BouncingBaboon
Mon Jun 28, 2004 9:40 am
#111
Not just for JTLS, but for SWG as a whole.
Voice Chat should be a core component of any MMORPG in my opinion. Would enhance the gaming experience no end. Its the communication age. Real time chat would be invaluable during guild hunts for example.
This is a role playing game... the best bit about role playing games is being able to interact verbally. To be able to express a whole range of emotions, intonations,and inflections would add a whole new dimension to the game.
I have been playing various role playing games, both pen and paper, and computer based games since '88. Ifeel strongly aboutthis. The technology exists ( in other SOE products no less ) to have the best of both world's for the ultimate gaming experience.
Iam willing to pay extra for such an important component.
Baboon
Gorath
15 mastered professions.
MandalorianWarrior99
Mon Jun 28, 2004 11:44 am
#112
If you believe this is so, go ahead add it, Oh!!! you might as well kiss 2 new player species good bye, as well as The Turn based system on Ground, and while your at it Get rid off all the Cool Emotes and might as well make this a Action-Adventure Title Instead of a RPG.... hahaha....
I laugh at you all.... (good luck, oposite gender+SPecies players, you will now have *odd* concepts to your characters because some ppl are so selfish for technology and not a great game that is a MMORPG.... this would be good for a 1Race game but not StarWars... sorry...
Learn how to play a MMORPG properly....
MandalorianWarrior99
Mon Jun 28, 2004 1:08 pm
#113
yeah, so many people are so Selfish for Technology, and not be happy with what they have...
MandalorianWarrior99
Mon Jun 28, 2004 1:11 pm
#114
Bring a Dev in to chat about the possibilitys of it.... ill explain (and im sure he'll explain why) why you cant just place Human voices over other species... + genders and get away with RP cause you cant combine the 2 in Voice chat.... so Devs please Read this....
blaisedinsd
Mon Jun 28, 2004 1:13 pm
#115
and still the people who agree with you are ? *crickets chirping*
blaisedinsd
Mon Jun 28, 2004 1:14 pm
#116
And true roleplayers always use voice, roleplaying is in the imagination....
blaisedinsd
Mon Jun 28, 2004 1:15 pm
#117
And if you dont like it just dont use the voice chat and your experience would be unchanged...