How many here use voice comm during the game?

[vessjames]

I have watched a lot of videos where the players are communicating during a PVP match or FP. I would like to know is this common? If so, what kind of software do you use, which is best, and maybe generalize how it works.
Thanks for any info.

[vtine]

Mine and most guilds on my server use Ventrilo, but ive seen a few on Teamspeak. Voice chat is easily the best way to do it, typing stuff in game is way too slow to keep up with everything going on in a raid or game of Huttball.

[Dirty_Binrat]

Both imp and rep guilds for OR.net use my vent when doing PVP, ops etc. things like PVP and ops both need a voice comm of some sort to makes things go more smoothly

[Scripts]

Ventrilo is the poison of choice for the group I play with. The advantage, as other people say, for operations and organized PvP is phenominal.

For operations, you can call out when someone needs to move. For the puzzle bosses (The droid in Karragga's and the pylons in EV) it allows you to tell the group when you are solving the puzzle/firing the laser beam/when someone needs to press the button.

For other things its great to have just when you are hanging out shooting the breeze and catching up with everyone's life. It also makes it easy to clear up any disagreements about what happened, etc., during a guild event, or if there is an argument between members of the guild.

How it works: Essentially, its Voice over IP, similar to Skype/Vonage/Google Voice, but its more of a client/server application, as opposed to a client to client application. The compression used is a bit different as well. If you look up the Teamspeak or Ventrilo websites, they give a better breakdown of how the application works.

[Kon'trola]

Basically, if youre interested in doing endgame content, pve or pvp, then you must use a voice comm software to communicate. For pve its not essential once a team is well practiced with an encounter in most cases, however when learning content you would be at a huge dissadvantage.

As for pvp, if you want to be competetive then a voice comm software is essential, no question.

[Dakken]

Mumble and Ventrilo are the 2 most popular, Teamspeak was really common 5-6 years ago, but has fallen out of favor with the majority of gamers.

Both Mumble and Ventrilo have installation and use instructions on their websites:

Ventrilo - Surround Sound Voice Communication Software

Mumble.com | Mumble Server Hosting

[tundrra]

It's a good idea to have both Teamspeak3 and Ventrilo installed, so when you join a pick up raid/pvpWarzone you will be ready to connect to their server.

As a casual player there will be no cost to use it TS or vent, but some one in the guild is paying for that private server.

[Remi]

My guild uses Vent. I would love to see the game go towards a more LOTRO style where when you get in a group you are automatically linked in for voice chat. Vent is great if you have it up and running already and know the server/password but if it is a pug it can make it more difficult than it has to be.

[Antigen]

My guild uses Mumble. Great Voice Comm solution and makes life a ton easier. I've been thinking about what to do with none guild members that I'm unsure if I want to have full time access or not but would still like for temporary groupings. Any suggestions?

[Zargs]

In my guild we use it every day and all the time. Its a great tool for get to know the guy/girl behind the Glowsticks.

[Cadika]

I have vent, teamspeak, mumble, and another voip on my comp and just load the one folks are talking in. Chat and trashtalk make the game so much more fun

[dayshadow]

Vent, is what my friends and I use. I do wish there were some in game chat, so when you are in a pug, I didn't have to switch to what others are using.

[vessjames]

Great response and I appreciate it very much. You folks are very knowledgable and helpful. This will make my endeavor much easier.

[spoothead656]

My guild requires you to have Vent during raids, even if you don't have a mic. That way you can at least hear instructions from the raid leader. It's essential for coordinating raids and, to a lesser extent, flashpoints. Plus it's a nice social tool.

[Zargs]

I learn a great thing about the new version of TS3. You can set a temp password and you can set long its alive. When we pug ppl for Ops we set a Temp PW for 4h. Its great in 2 ways to inv ppl to your TS3. You get to know new ppl and ppl get to know your guild. We all ready got 4 new members thanks to that.