Voice Comms

ZedZed Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7761Members
in NS General Discussion
any one else find what most people say on comms too hard to understand? I dont mean in an intelligence way, but I find it impossible to make out what someone is trying to say on them so often.

Sometimes your commander gives you orders, and if im lucky i might make out my name.
usually i cant hear any of it so im forced to sit defending or just forced to follow a random person about or follow some waypoint. Personally i find it a lot easier to understand typed orders, not only can i make them out straight away but if i feel the need to re-read my orders I can do so easily enough.

There are advantages to voice comms, like the fact warnings of attacks can be given instantly, but if I find myself not being able to make out what that warning is I become useless to the team in defending that point.

:/

i know this isnt the fault of NS in any way, but hmm
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  • MMZ_TorakMMZ_Torak Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 3770Members
    When I play, I try and encourge people to only use the Voice com for Strategy and not their Christmas wishes (can i get a HMG and a HA and a weilder at teh mane base). It doesn't help the clarity but it does help keep it less crazy.
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  • FlatlineUTDFlatlineUTD Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7695Members
    I only have trouble when like 3 people are talking at the same time. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo--> Other than that, I can make everything out clearly. A few days ago, a Commander had his volume up REALLY loud, because (due to the voice comm delay), I could hear myself on his speakers when he was talking to me.

    I could still EASILY make out everything that I was saying, even though it was being relayed back to me through two microphones.
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  • SlycasterSlycaster Limited Edition Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 24Members, NS1 Playtester
    I also can hear people perfectly fine over voicecomm, it's very rare to not be able to...unless you have rd's mic.
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  • GreyPawsGreyPaws Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8659Members
    I've always been a big supporter of voiceless COMMs
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  • FlatlineUTDFlatlineUTD Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7695Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--GreyPaws+Nov 26 2002, 01:16 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (GreyPaws @ Nov 26 2002, 01:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I've always been a big supporter of voiceless COMMs<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Why? I personally don't like having to stop what I'm doing to type out a warning that shows up for my marines after they die. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • DemerzelDemerzel Join Date: 2002-11-18 Member: 9181Members
    I don't like it when a commander exclusively goes through voice comms even though I've asked him/her to type for me. often especially late at night I've turned my sound right down in deference to my sleeping housem8s and don't intend to turn it up to hear people's conversation.

    i don't use voice comms as HL voice comms doesn't like my WinXP Sound Blaster Audigy. I compensate by using my 60-80 wpm typing skills <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • JooJooFlopJooJooFlop Join Date: 2002-11-17 Member: 9140Members
    My main gripe about voice comms is when too many marines use it and the commander can't hear my "need health" yells. If I ask for health through TeamSay he asks why I didn't use the "need health" yell.
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  • MMZ_TorakMMZ_Torak Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 3770Members
    As a rule, when I play Commander, I will not give out health and such to people that do not use the mouse menu. Often times it is too hard to find them visually.
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  • GreyPawsGreyPaws Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8659Members
    I like voceless comms because when I got my sound turned down I can still see what needs to be done
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  • FlatlineUTDFlatlineUTD Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7695Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--GreyPaws+Nov 26 2002, 03:23 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (GreyPaws @ Nov 26 2002, 03:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I like voceless comms because when I got my sound turned down I can still see what needs to be done<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I suppose that's a good idea. I like being able to hear things coming me behind me though. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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