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[Sandersson Jankins]

mailin, on 09 April 2015 - 11:59 PM, said:

I thought so. I have teamspeak set to voice activation, so yeah, I guess they'd hear me twice.

Tbh, unless you're drop-lead, it doesn't even really matter. It isn't gonna kill anyone. Might be a bit annoying, but I've never complained....mostly because nobody else seemed to mind

[Kiawadion X]

I am new to the game and have yet to play a match because I am reading as much info about MWO as I can before playing. Regarding comms, my pc is upstairs in a bedroom so I can't use a mic ingame (wife say's she can't sleep) so would this be a BIG problem for teamate's or is it essential I use comms? Don't want to type ingame either for obvious reason's.

[MechWarrior3671771]

No, you don't need to be on a mic. But you should at least be on comms listening.

In my experience so far, the only pilots that really need to be talking are light scouts and shot-callers (drop commanders). So you should be fine, just as long as you are on headphones listening. And a good majority of information is still passed through typed chat in your upper left screen.

[mailin]

Admittedly, sometimes I am unable to speak on comms due to the proximity of my kids' room to my computer. (I'm right outside their door.) In those instances I type in text chat, but I much prefer both speaking and listening to comms. I find very often I miss the text chat because I am in combat.

The reason I started this thread was so that more people will use comms. Very often I feel like I am talking to myself in game.

[Omi_]

Fenrisulvyn, on 12 April 2015 - 02:31 PM, said:

No, you don't need to be on a mic. But you should at least be on comms listening.

In my experience so far, the only pilots that really need to be talking are light scouts and shot-callers (drop commanders).

This. As long as you're an effective follower not in these roles, it's not critical. Probably the most effective you can be via chat is stuff like:

- enemy uav c5

Edited by Hornsby, 12 April 2015 - 09:39 PM.

[mailin]

But realistically, anyone can and should call the targets.