nobody talks

[The Crow]

Why is it so hard for people in the team to talk... . I only rarely find somebody else who talks in the team and that really helps in the overall fight. Cause they work with the team: they pull people away out of fire, help people repair, etc.... . All the others act like they are braindead and can't talk even if you call them out to help in something.

[76561198315424152]

I use the t commands and map marks, but most times someone got me out of nowhere its been cause i was typing or replying to someone, so trying not to do that..

[Kotory]

Originally posted by Mirage:

Only wish people would mark things on the map, having 10 people die due to some camper somewhere and literally no one who bothers to mark the location.

This kind of sh!t drives me nuts.
You literally just got killed and saw exact location of the enemy. Is that so freaking hard to mark it on the map?
U can even do that during kill cam replay

[The Crow]

i mark enemies that are on a special spot like far side of the map. But most of the time the team doesn't bother so i end up having to do it myself... . I feel like 3/4 of the player base can't read/refuse to work with the team.

[The Crow]

a little bit more communication would be nice sometimes it feels like the rest is just ai 0 communication execpt for the usall command spam..

[Spectre]

You know, I've played this game for 3k hrs, and I only realised last month (because a friend told me) that WT has an in-game voice chat. Maybe everyone's just a dumb gak like me and doesn't realise. No excuse for not using map pings or text chat tho, that stuff is pretty obvious!

[burg4401]

Originally posted by Dollar Dan:

You know, I've played this game for 3k hrs, and I only realised last month (because a friend told me) that WT has an in-game voice chat. Maybe everyone's just a dumb gak like me and doesn't realise. No excuse for not using map pings or text chat tho, that stuff is pretty obvious!

that in game voice chat only works in a squad, not the team.

As for pinging the map,
after a while, lots of games, you realise some are just not looking at it,

when 3 or 4 tanks drive to the same spot and die to the same person, one after another, you have to wonder if you can turn the mini map off, I know you can turn off team pings.....they aren't looking at the map when people die and drive along happily.

Constant pinging or pinging something you can't see at the start of the game will get ignored anyway, if its the start and you can't possible see it, you are just getting people to look in the wrong place.

I have been for a while thinking of turning even this off, the amount of times someone pings where they think they KNOW someone is or going to be and I get killed by something sat in front of me because I was looking in the wrong direction is starting to do my head in.

I've personally turned off team and game chat, too many trolls, just looking for a reason to get you chat banned. If I don't see it, I don't react to it.

Also people get upset when they die in an open field and you ask "why are you sat in an open field, hows that going?" or "what did you expect sat on a bridge in the open?"

[Skibidius]

Well war thunder's community is so bad whenever i talk they tell me to shut up or they report me i got banned for 2 weeks (and a little bit racism)

[Slyke]

I used to read the chat and give information back. Now I've disabled it completely as it only made me annoyed* most of the time and got me killed the rest of the time. Maybe I'm less of a "proper team player" now, but the relief is totally worth it.

*Because most of the time people do the same things in chat as what they do here - blame the others for their mistakes, whine, spread insane conspiracy theories, troll.

[The Crow]

I understand where you guys are coming from but its kinda sad the chat just seems dead most of the time, feels like playing against ai...

[Exilyth]

Often, there is no time to type. Often, people will ignore anything typed.
But a map ping at the right time can save a team from flankers and campers.

War Thunder has loads of keybinds - maybe people don't know about quick communication commands?

- Pressing 'm' by default brings up the map and clicking on a position marks that position with a map ping
- Pressing 't' by default brings up the quick voice commands, e.g. following up with '4' and '4' will say 'thanks'.


edit:
Also, do not forget the language barrier. Quick commands are autotranslated into the language used by the client.

[Nuggs]

i usually dont type in chat either because it takes away from what im doin typically when i can just ping enemies on the map using left ALT. But i do find it rather annoying when you get your tank stuck and need a tow and then 8 team mates pass right by you and do nothing. Today i got stuck on a small rock i really shouldnt have got stuck on. sat there with my tow rope on and my whole team passed me by.

[hunter301]

I myself didn't know about marking bad guys on the map. MY BAD..
Have to do that from now on.
How do you do it again??
As for the chat wouldn't you all have to:
1. Be on some kind of chat channel to be talking and be part of a group?.
2. Have a headset to talk to anybody. I only use the monitor speaker so no headset or microphone.
If I was to start working with a tank squad or group I would definitively go that route. I would love being part of a group in this game. Taking out targets with strategy instead of just running around like a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off. Let me get better first though.
If I was to join a squad or group right now I'd be so bad you'd swear I was a spy working for the other side.

You have to realize a lot of us are new. I just started playing this game a couple of weeks ago.
I'm still learning how not to die a screaming agonizing death every time I play.
Still don't know the maps or tanks despite continues reading and test driving what tanks you're allowed. Some of the commands listed on the control menu are a little vague. Yes I could spend hours on end at night perusing the different aspect of this game but then I would never play it and would lose interest.
I personally am a 57 general contractor with a wife and son in college and my "free" time is very limited right now.

One thing that is annoying as hell is listening to:
"Pay attention to the map"
"Pay attention to the grid square"
And all these other one key voice commands....
Over and over and over again.....

[76561198315424152]

Originally posted by hunter301:

I myself didn't know about marking bad guys on the map. MY BAD..
Have to do that from now on.
How do you do it again??
As for the chat wouldn't you all have to:
1. Be on some kind of chat channel to be talking and be part of a group?.
2. Have a headset to talk to anybody. I only use the monitor speaker so no headset or microphone.
If I was to start working with a tank squad or group I would definitively go that route. I would love being part of a group in this game. Taking out targets with strategy instead of just running around like a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off. Let me get better first though.
If I was to join a squad or group right now I'd be so bad you'd swear I was a spy working for the other side.

You have to realize a lot of us are new. I just started playing this game a couple of weeks ago.
I'm still learning how not to die a screaming agonizing death every time I play.
Still don't know the maps or tanks despite continues reading and test driving what tanks you're allowed. Some of the commands listed on the control menu are a little vague. Yes I could spend hours on end at night perusing the different aspect of this game but then I would never play it and would lose interest.
I personally am a 57 general contractor with a wife and son in college and my "free" time is very limited right now.

One thing that is annoying as hell is listening to:
"Pay attention to the map"
"Pay attention to the grid square"
And all these other one key voice commands....
Over and over and over again.....

Press M and u see the spots marked out for a few seconds when someone says that. If u click anywhere on the map, thats the spot u say "attention to the map" to..

U should try to find a squadron u like then, surely players in many of them that would teach u stuff.

Press enter to pick up the chat in a match, and tab to switch from team, squad or all-chat.

Make a looking for squadron chat in the hangar chat, or check out what recruit chats are up and check their requirements. Many want their players to have some experience and reached for example rank ii on both airplanes and tanks to be allowed in, some have high qnd some none at all and takes every player in.

[⸌◦⸍]

Dont listin to teammates its worthless... TRUST ME and teammates are usally idiotic

[Nuggs]

Originally posted by hunter301:

I myself didn't know about marking bad guys on the map. MY BAD..
Have to do that from now on.
How do you do it again??
As for the chat wouldn't you all have to:
1. Be on some kind of chat channel to be talking and be part of a group?.
2. Have a headset to talk to anybody. I only use the monitor speaker so no headset or microphone.
If I was to start working with a tank squad or group I would definitively go that route. I would love being part of a group in this game. Taking out targets with strategy instead of just running around like a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off. Let me get better first though.
If I was to join a squad or group right now I'd be so bad you'd swear I was a spy working for the other side.

You have to realize a lot of us are new. I just started playing this game a couple of weeks ago.
I'm still learning how not to die a screaming agonizing death every time I play.
Still don't know the maps or tanks despite continues reading and test driving what tanks you're allowed. Some of the commands listed on the control menu are a little vague. Yes I could spend hours on end at night perusing the different aspect of this game but then I would never play it and would lose interest.
I personally am a 57 general contractor with a wife and son in college and my "free" time is very limited right now.

One thing that is annoying as hell is listening to:
"Pay attention to the map"
"Pay attention to the grid square"
And all these other one key voice commands....
Over and over and over again.....

you can either open up the map by hitting M then clicking on an enemies suspected area. or you can just hold left ALT and then drag your mouse over to the location on the map which is what i usually do.

And you can use a chat program such as team speak or discord if you know others who play and use either of those. though there are other call programs like skype or vintrello which are less popular.

But im sure the OP meant why people dont talk as in why people dont type in game chat during matches. Which anyone can use by hitting enter. But i never use it because as i said before its a pain to use most of the time and distracts you from making proper plays. plus most randoms dont seem to notice they have a mini map or more likely they just dont look at the mini map for some reason, nor do a lot of people read the in game chat.

The mini map is very useful. the chat is not. i myself forget its even there half the time and rarely bother to look at it while in a match. i just find it easier to ping enemy locations manually on the map and watch and listen for other team mates who ping locations. its a lot simpler that way i find.