add a team text chat

[Ephedra]

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[Oro]

Press Z to communicate

[vizthex]

Originally posted by Oro:

Press Z to communicate

nobody joins the voice chat so it's worthless.

this is why every MP game should have a text chat in addition to a voice chat.

[CrazyHillbilly]

Who the heck has time to type in a fps? Maybe when i'm dead. That's still not time well spent in a fast paced shooter with a short round time.

[vizthex]

Originally posted by Hillbilly:

Who the heck has time to type in a fps? Maybe when i'm dead. That's still not time well spent in a fast paced shooter with a short round time.

just type fast? I only type like 70 or 80 WPM but it's still enough to quickly say something (e.g. "heal me", "guy to your left", etc.).

if the game forced everyone to join the voice chat by default it wouldn't be as much of an issue, but most people just don't pay attention so either way it won't work quite as well - however, having a text chat is great for those who do pay attention and want to actually communicate with their team.

[Ser_Rule1]

The only way for me to play this game with my mental health intact is to not see a rampant toxic chat msg every 2 seconds. So right now, it's fine. If you want to chat, play with friends.

[Drachenfurz]

Use the contextual ping system (middle mousebutton) or communicate over voice.

Writing and reading in this kind of fast paced game is more often than not just a distraction and an avenue for harrasment and other kinds of unhelpful behaviour.

Have fun and good luck!

[Phemboi]

can anyone in this thread give me an example of another MP FPS that doesn’t have a text chat option? you seem to forget that not everyone can speak, some are mute and might want to go further than ping “danger”, “need help” and etc. it’s literally an accessibility feature for some

[MoeFoe]

can't we type.. i hate voice-chatting honestly

[vizthex]

Originally posted by APotSmokinJedi:

can anyone in this thread give me an example of another MP FPS that doesn’t have a text chat option? you seem to forget that not everyone can speak, some are mute and might want to go further than ping “danger”, “need help” and etc. it’s literally an accessibility feature for some

yeah, it's annoying when people don't wanna use voice chat but usually not an issue since there's a text chat in addition to pings, but this game only has half of that and even then pings don't communicate as much as text or voice can.

[Oro]

No one's gonna read your text chat in the middle of a firefight.

[vizthex]

Originally posted by Oro:

No one's gonna read your text chat in the middle of a firefight.

yeah, but you're not gonna be chatting then lmao

[Ephedra]

Literally every game has a text chat option. I never said to add it so I could rage or be toxic lmfao I haven't played a solo queue match where anyone was in VC besides me. It takes 3 seconds to time vault 1 or even V1, CO-A ect. To have a little organization to the team comp lmfaoo its not that deep yall

[Ephedra]

Originally posted by Oro:

No one's gonna read your text chat in the middle of a firefight.

Have you never played overwatch or apex because it literally works that way 😂😂

[Zanshin]

So disappointing to see people saying 'why take the time to type'? It's about including the option. Most people have never taken the time to utilize the majority of the features included in games.

Relative noobs do not know the pride held in a hardcore mmo when you watched and waited for someone to come up and hit you, giving them a few free shots on you just so they could flash their name and be obliterated by superior skill and gear. Typing in between wars, or just to embarrass someone who is getting wrecked. We fit typing in because it is additional to the existing experience.

The times of being able to quickly type out something mid-micro are falling to the wayside as literacy levels are so much lower/achieved later than they used to be, and hardcore games/gamers are increasingly overshadowed by the casual.
The Finals does have a lot of casual aspects/players, while remaining very fast paced. Still there are wasted opportunities for these sacred interactions.