I honestly can not understand why there are a huge number of voicelines in the game, but they are all completely useless and not needed.
I cannot apologize to my teammates for my mistake (i know about Mei), I cannot praise a player for a great ultimate or help, I cannot encourage my teammates.
I am very glad that there is at least a “thank you” in the game, because I am one of those players who always thank teammates for their help, but I really want to add “sorry”, “we should not give up” and “bro you are awesome!"
Things like “Sorry” or “wow! nice job” are not urgent. Type a message in chat or using your console messaging system if it means that much to you. Or, get a mic and enjoy your infinite options of things you can communicate instantly.
Yes, there is. Not sure how you’re even saying this since it’s such a blatant falsity.
I played from Gold to Master on PS4. Granted, it’s not every game, but there were definitely enough people using a mic to make communicating a viable option in many games.
I will admit though that it was quite a while ago.
There’s plenty of reasons why people may not want to actually talk.
They’re mute or have a speech impediment.
They don’t speak english that well. There’s a HUGE difference between writing english as a non-native, compared to speaking it. Speaking it, is way harder.
They may not be in a proper location to use voice. For example, they’re gaming somewhat later in the evening, or early in the morning, and they have family asleep.
They may be insecure/anxious. As someone who took years to conquer social anxiety to the point where I can finally use mics, this is debilitating. I’m not saying it’s something that needs to be embraced. Society on its own doesn’t need to accept anxiety. It’s something that needs treatment. But a little bit of sympathy would be nice. You don’t go tell someone who broke their leg to run a marathon. You give them crutches to help them along. This would be similar.
They may be young, or a woman, and sometimes (way too often) immediately get flamed when talking… even if what they say is valuable. If this happens, they’ll just avoid talking in the future.
Mics are cheap. Voice, however, is a whole other issue that can’t be addressed easily. Only a neanderthal would go “well then just deal with it lol not my problem”
Having a communication wheel that allows for pretty much anything to be communicated (except for toxicity, obviously), will make it more usable for everyone who can’t, or won’t, use mics, for their own personal reasons.
