No Voice Chat on Joined Quests?

[Gisborne]

The mic doesn't seem to be active or work when you join a hunt? i click on player list and the mic option is greyed out and there is no speaking icon when you speak.... does the game seriously only have voice chat with pre made lobbys? which are impossible to form because no one ever joins them...

[A Good Joe]

Thank god i don't want to hear random squeakers in my ear whining about getting carted

[Sigs]

Veteran players instinctively turn that off and just use poorly implemented hand signals because people like me keep shouting swear words everytime the wind blows the wrong direction.

There's an indication on the party menu on occasion in town lobbies with a face that has waves in front of it. If that has a giant red X on it, then the other person cannot hear or speak back to you.

[Gisborne]

Originally posted by Sigs:

Veteran players instinctively turn that off and just use poorly implemented hand signals because people like me keep shouting swear words everytime the wind blows the wrong direction.

There's an indication on the party menu on occasion in town lobbies with a face that has waves in front of it. If that has a giant red X on it, then the other person cannot hear or speak back to you.

but when you join a hunt there is no box with peoples names in or mic speaking icon?

[Sigs]

Yep, could be better. Note that you typed 'but they mic option is greyed out'. This most likely indicates the host doesn't care about anything you have to say, and only how you act in the mission. Most people turn the VC off, as most of the OTHER people don't have actual microphones and their laptop is picking up them farting and grunting.

Implementing ingame VC and setting it default on when everything has a microphone attached was probably a mistake.

[Gisborne]

Originally posted by Sigs:

Yep, could be better. Note that you typed 'but they mic option is greyed out'. This most likely indicates the host doesn't care about anything you have to say, and only how you act in the mission. Most people turn the VC off, as most of the OTHER people don't have actual microphones and their laptop is picking up them farting and grunting.

Implementing ingame VC and setting it default on when everything has a microphone attached was probably a mistake.

My point is i can;t see anything to show the MIC is even on in any online joined hunt. Not that someone has blocked me or disabled it, that its NOT there in the first place.

[.deX]

voice chat only applies to players that are from your lobby , not to random people who join your hunts from join requests.

[Draconic Creature]

Originally posted by Sigs:

most of the OTHER people don't have actual microphones and their laptop is picking up them farting and grunting.

Or the classic of loud argument in [insert non-english language here] while dogs are barking/kids are screaming/construction work/busy highway/any combination of the previous options happens.

[Gisborne]

Originally posted by .deX:

voice chat only applies to players that are from your lobby , not to random people who join your hunts from join requests.

I see. Can;t wait to see what downgrade i find next in MHR multiplayer...

[Sigs]

You stated that the mic option was greyed out. This isn't something I've paid too much attention to, as I use external VC.

If the 'option' is 'greyed out', wherever you are seeing whatever that is, then the host probably shut it off for themselves. If you're seeing this visual indication, which you initially stated that you are seeing. Onscreen somewhere, that's probably what it means.

First step I'd do is check your options menu and see if your voice chat is enabled. If everything in your system is working correctly it's on by default. If something isn't registering properly, you'll need to turn it on.

If that fails, join an actual lobby using the multiplayer cat. There is another set of visual indicators there. The thing you see with your eyes that tell you that something is working or not. If those are also not working, then you'll need to troubleshoot something outside the game.

[.deX]

Originally posted by Gisborne:

Originally posted by .deX:

voice chat only applies to players that are from your lobby , not to random people who join your hunts from join requests.

I see. Can;t wait to see what downgrade i find next in MHR multiplayer...

I wouldnt call this a downgrade , I would call this capcom saving my ears from random idiots with bad mics who scream and rage at everything , i know for sure that it has saved others from me screaming about how the same person carts 3 times in the same hunt.

[Gisborne]

Originally posted by .deX:

Originally posted by Gisborne:

I see. Can;t wait to see what downgrade i find next in MHR multiplayer...

I wouldnt call this a downgrade , I would call this capcom saving my ears from random idiots with bad mics who scream and rage at everything , i know for sure that it has saved others from me screaming about how the same person carts 3 times in the same hunt.

Giving the option to simply turn it off yourself or mute someone is better than silencing mankind for a few people who MAY cause you a few seconds of problems. Silencing mankind permanently is never the option and never the right choice.

[Sigs]

Most people do not want to receive random chats from strangers (best situation)

Most people do not want to receive mic feedback screeching or horrific, unbalanced background noise.

Most people do not have their settings correct to do these things, and cause 1 or 2.

You do have the option. It's in the option menu. It's clearly labeled what the option is.
It's even on by default, but only in consensual lobbies.

I'm all for free speech, but this is one of the scenarios that doesn't apply in any iteration you might imagine. People pay for the experience of the game produced by Capcom, and limiting the incoherent screeching that an additional feature might bring about isn't censoring, it's sensible action on their part to make a polished game.

[Gisborne]

Originally posted by Sigs:

Most people do not want to receive random chats from strangers (best situation)

Most people do not want to receive mic feedback screeching or horrific, unbalanced background noise.

Most people do not have their settings correct to do these things, and cause 1 or 2.

You do have the option. It's in the option menu. It's clearly labeled what the option is.
It's even on by default, but only in consensual lobbies.

I'm all for free speech, but this is one of the scenarios that doesn't apply in any iteration you might imagine. People pay for the experience of the game produced by Capcom, and limiting the incoherent screeching that an additional feature might bring about isn't censoring, it's sensible action on their part to make a polished game.

We are pc gamers not console kids. We have nvidia broadcaster noise removal and 300 pound headsets and are mostly fat bald men over 30...

[Sigs]

Being a balding, ... hopefully just skinny-fat man over 30, I prefer only hearing the screeching jackanapes I call friends, when I'm actively trying to communicate with them. And half the time that screws up.

An additional feature in a game that is actively detrimental to the entire structure of the game in the first place is something to be thankful for, not expect to be on all the time.

This ♥♥♥♥ is universally better being entirely outside the game in the first place and done using 3rd party applications, as is the way it's been done for the last 30 years.

[Gisborne]

I guess I'm just too social and used to playing hard core sim games where people talk and make the hame better for it. Shame people have so little faith on social interaction these days.