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I think it can be a handy tool for tough encounters. Makes it easier when the leader can quickly assign targets and orders on the fly. I am not a big fan of using it for just chit-chatting though, and I usually turn it on and say I don't have a mic. It is a little annoying in some of the instances, where I want to hear the background noise and music and I can't because I gotta listen to voice chat. But, I guess I fall into the its good, but im fine with tex category.

Personaly, if I'm in a pick up group, I tend to ignore it.

But if I'm palling around with my kinship buddies, we all joke around on there. I love it. =D

Granted, I also have a vent server that we all use, but still.

I use vent for some stuff still in FFXI but have avoided it like the plague in this game with pugs. I always lie when joining those groups that want to use it and say I don't have a mic to use (really only a white lie since its tied up in vent ) Mostly I use it to talk to some of my friends who still play FFXI while I'm playing LOTR since I haven't gotten them all to switch games yet. There are some times its a great help, but mostly you can do with just the text on screen.

I guess seven-odd years of typing things while twisting songs as a bard in EQ paid off. My keyboard dexterity is superb!Sleeping baby next to you!

Word.

I hate voice chat.

In all honesty, i have never used voice chat in any game.

Based on my own preferences i agree with jophiel in that it takes away from the role playing of the game. but i also think this can happen in texting when some people go over board with the slang and different dialects.

I can see where it can come in handy in a fellowship when taking care of large quests or missions where texting can become comer sum.

Now once i have made a lot of friends in the game then yes the voice chat i think would be a real blast.

DUH, I don't have speakers either!

I tell them I hate voice chat, and I refuse to turn it on...and if they feel that strongly then I'll gladly leave the group.

I play mostly at night and have to have the sound very low so I can barely hear the game anyway...if I turn on the voice half the people dont even talk loud enough, the other half talk less then stevie from malcom in the middle. So much for a communication tool.

I would totally use it to cyb0rz though.

I used vent in wow and teamspeak in EQ but frankly, I really can't stand them. If my guild needs me to use them for a raid or an instance to make things easier I will, although I don't have a mic currently and don't have any intention of getting one soon. Otherwise, if some pug expects me to use this as a pre-req to an invite, I will move on. I don't like pugs anyways and this elitist attitude that you have to use voice chat to be of any use is really stupid imo.

Now if I develop a good friendship in game with someone, I may be inclined to use it to bs with them when I am not hunting/mining/questing but that's it. For me, I type relatively fast and I am quite comfortable doing many things at once without needing to use a mic to tell someone inc. I can engage, draw aggro and type at the same time so why do I need a chat program to do that? If I say inc and you aren't paying attention cause you are on voice chat and don't see my inc message, I don't know that I really want to group with you anyways tbh.