10-23-2016, 11:57 AM
I understand what Ethan is saying, and we could force users into push to talk 'just in case'. However how often does that 'just in case' occur? And are there other ways to handle it? So far we have had no problem in simply requesting a player with background noise to change to push to talk (not sure voice activity always solves the problem). We often have at least one OP on the voice server who can kick or mute the player if they don't cooperate, and if not, players can let us know via many other means - letting somebody knowing ingame, contacting us on the forum, contacting us over skype.
So far we have had no complaints over it, and our voice server players are happy with how we have it set up. While it seems a small thing to ask of players - to allocate a push to talk button, and while some players might not be inconvenienced by it, we have heard here that many other people will be. Many players don't have a background noise to worry about and its a much more enjoyable and relaxed experience not having to worry about pushing a button every time they want to talk.
I don't believe we need to force this onto players on the off chance of a player joining with background noise, or on an even smaller off chance that we hear someone swear in the background. We have other ways to deal with it.
As regards which server to use? At this point I would prefer Teamspeak. We can set up a password to join, and we can change that password if need be. I don't think we can do that with Discord.
So far we have had no complaints over it, and our voice server players are happy with how we have it set up. While it seems a small thing to ask of players - to allocate a push to talk button, and while some players might not be inconvenienced by it, we have heard here that many other people will be. Many players don't have a background noise to worry about and its a much more enjoyable and relaxed experience not having to worry about pushing a button every time they want to talk.
I don't believe we need to force this onto players on the off chance of a player joining with background noise, or on an even smaller off chance that we hear someone swear in the background. We have other ways to deal with it.
As regards which server to use? At this point I would prefer Teamspeak. We can set up a password to join, and we can change that password if need be. I don't think we can do that with Discord.