I just REALLY hope it’s binded to neutral communication wheel, I don’t wanna have another bind tu put on and… Well I don’t think controller can handle it lol
it’s okay, I still can spam “oooh… it’s snowing!”
Theres already an option for this in game. Its call voice chat
Voice chat should never be a necessity to play a game.
With that said the ping system may increase awareness even if it is unlikely to be a game changer. The game has only 1 objective after all and it already has dedicated callouts.
Nah its actually huge. Especially for people that cant/wont use comms. Idk if you play league of legends, but the ping system is EXTREMELY useful since we dont have native comms there
Yeah but u can mute pings so this wont be an issue.
I’m getting this a lot….and it’s not that I’m saying ping systems aren’t useful…. I’m just saying I have a hard time seeing them being super useful specifically in the overwatch environment because of how the game plays…. Certainly not like it is in other games
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It is extremely useful because there are a lot of things to look after.
It also make sense for BR games where you have a huge open map without a clear direction to go.
If people are wanting to get better at the game, they need to communicate with their teammates
And the most efficient way is via teamchat.
You can even just mute yourself so you get callouts from others
It is a bad game design if you are required to use coms just to do basic stuff like capturing a single point.
This is about accessibility. Most people solo players who just want to jump in a game and have fun.
It would be expensive to record all the voice lines but it would be great if the hero called out where exact the enemy/ping is
Good, that is what qp and arcade is for
As someone who’s been playing Halo infinite a lot lately, going back to overwatch i kept trying to ping for snipers or turrets only to accidentally ask for healing lol. This will be a very nice addition.
I honestly would advertise ping system as an OW2 feature.
That should’ve been in the game years ago.
i’m feeling very positive about it
I don’t get why people always try to be like “just use comms” as if its a valid point.
- Language Barrier
- Speech impediment
- No mic
- Physically cannot speak/hurts to speak, like after a surgery
- Social Anxiety
- Noisy outside environment
- Others not joining VC
That’s not what that says….in fact it says almost exactly what you’re pointing out there
I have a friend that cannot speak anymore, so this system they showed made her really happy, because it means she doesn’t have to type as much to communicate information.
Overall, this is a great system for people who cannot speak, don’t want to or even for no one in a channel.
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