Near impossible to join a guild in game.

[Roden]

I been playing Albion Online now for about five years. My experience has been that the only way you can join a guild is if you have a program called "discord" or some other access to a program that allows for voice over communication. I constantly advertise in recruitment tab "I'm looking to join a guild based out of Lymhurst, English speaking". Never get a response. Those who advertise they are looking, I PM the player and they require an application, discord account, or some other voice over internet program. Another problem I get is not many play out Lymhurst, but for whatever reason you can't access your personal island from other major cities without paying a hefty premium when teleporting from a city you are based in. Same with getting access to black zones from other major cities you are not based in. This limits what guilds you can join because their access to the black zone or meet up for guild activities is somewhere other then you can get to easily because you are not based there. Its frustration. Having been playing online games science the mid 1990's, I'm finding it weird that it now requires other programs outside of the game itself to have any meaningful guild interaction. One can't simply play a game, use their in game guild system to look for and join a guild. Why is it like this today?

[Cyseal]

Originally posted by Sean:

The golden age of mmorpgs is long gone my friend. People rarely talk to each other in open world anymore. The only social experience you will get these days is watching people type "GG" into chat or hopping into voice comms and listen to random dudes banter back and forth with each other while the remaining people awkwardly listen.

Well, this is just a lie.

[bunies]

Originally posted by Sean:

The golden age of mmorpgs is long gone my friend. People rarely talk to each other in open world anymore. The only social experience you will get these days is watching people type "GG" into chat or hopping into voice comms and listen to random dudes banter back and forth with each other while the remaining people awkwardly listen.

well obviously, everyone is used to being unable to say anything besides GG becaus you will get banned for "hate speech" or some other retarded nonsense

[TimsGamingDen]

Im a new albion player who has to deny daily random guild invites all the time... so im a bit confused by this :D I can send them all to you if you want :)

[Fred Quimby]

for sure, u just need friends with similar way of thinking, like there could be in different guilds, but u gonna have fun together time to time. and more people u get around u, less time it will get to find a group for whatever content. good luck, genleman

[Roden]

Originally posted by TimsGamingDen:

Im a new albion player who has to deny daily random guild invites all the time... so im a bit confused by this :D I can send them all to you if you want :)

Its probably because you are new. I been playing for five years and have never been invited randomly to anything. Ironically I am elder in five different gathering and crafting skills and have zero PvP kills, literally I have yet to get my first kill LOL. I'm literally stacked in achievements from PvE, crafting and skill tree, but yet to get my first kill in five years. I play around two hours a day during the week and about eight hours on the weekends and I spam in recruiting chat "Looking to join English speaking guild based in Lymhurst". If you get an invite send me the lead. Player name in game is "Pectoral".

[Penntastic]

Originally posted by Evol:

Originally posted by Mr Mat:

Is weird for you that gaming has advanced?
We are not in the 90s anymore brother. If you want you can play Pac-Man or tetris im sure there's no communication there.

Yeah its the way it is now, but that's what happens when big companies corner a market through popularity.

Discord is nasty spyware, just so you know they will sell data they have collected about you, there are plenty of alternative voip systems that arn't spyware, Teamspeak, Ventrilo, Mumble and more.

Those also sell your data, if they have it. Legally you can tell discord (or any company the sells personal data) not to sell it and they have to comply. But if you think Discord are the only ones doing it, all encompassing companies, not just VOIP ones. You are in for a rude awakening. Even banks sell your personal data. So long as it follows the law. Oh, and lets not forget the companies that know everyone: Apple, Google, and Amazon. (Might as well throw any social media in here too). You put ANY information in ANY of these things, your data has already been sold.

Oh, and Discord is leagues above those companies, where software is concerned. I have used them all. It's kind of moot, to worry about Discord selling your information, when everything you touch does the same thing. It is unfortunate, but the truth.

[radkid10]

only dumbasses play PVP games without voice chat does typing I said wasted action to be used on defending yourself or killing someone one button or no buttons at all for communication is better this is not Call of Duty or Counter Strike most people be civil over voice chat in a serious situation or they'll get kicked out of their Guild

I've been playing MMORPGs since lineage released and then the 90s there was voice chat it was very primitive and crappy mostly staticy but it did work most of the time Ventrilo was made around 1998 and I think TeamSpeak was 2001

and also Counter-Strike is the oldest game with voice chat it's had it since day one

[MegaKootz]

Originally posted by radkid10:

only dumbasses play PVP games without voice chat does typing I said wasted action to be used on defending yourself or killing someone one button or no buttons at all for communication is better this is not Call of Duty or Counter Strike most people be civil over voice chat in a serious situation or they'll get kicked out of their Guild

I've been playing MMORPGs since lineage released and then the 90s there was voice chat it was very primitive and crappy mostly staticy but it did work most of the time Ventrilo was made around 1998 and I think TeamSpeak was 2001

and also Counter-Strike is the oldest game with voice chat it's had it since day one

Or people who you know... cannot speak due to birth defect or injury... People with extreme social anxieties.. People who have had dental work recently..

Its kind of a dumbass move to call other people dumbasses...

[radkid10]

Originally posted by MegaKootz:

Originally posted by radkid10:

only dumbasses play PVP games without voice chat does typing I said wasted action to be used on defending yourself or killing someone one button or no buttons at all for communication is better this is not Call of Duty or Counter Strike most people be civil over voice chat in a serious situation or they'll get kicked out of their Guild

I've been playing MMORPGs since lineage released and then the 90s there was voice chat it was very primitive and crappy mostly staticy but it did work most of the time Ventrilo was made around 1998 and I think TeamSpeak was 2001

and also Counter-Strike is the oldest game with voice chat it's had it since day one

Or people who you know... cannot speak due to birth defect or injury... People with extreme social anxieties.. People who have had dental work recently..

Its kind of a dumbass move to call other people dumbasses...

I recommend them to play more simpler games not to be a ♥♥♥♥ it just makes sense it requires High reflexes and an excellent communication to play games like these if you can't do it then you can't do it

and for those people Discord is still a good option cuz it has text to speech if people turned it on Good Luck convincing a guild leader to make that a mandatory thing

player-vs-player is not really meant for people with severe disabilities I have some disabilities that trip me up to there's a lot of games I cannot play cuz of narrative games I can't really enjoy them cuz I'm not very good at reading cuz I'm dyslexic games I can't take the text from the game and paste it into something else or paste text in I can't really play either

[bunies]

Originally posted by radkid10:

only dumbasses play PVP games without voice chat does typing I said wasted action to be used on defending yourself or killing someone one button or no buttons at all for communication is better this is not Call of Duty or Counter Strike most people be civil over voice chat in a serious situation or they'll get kicked out of their Guild

I've been playing MMORPGs since lineage released and then the 90s there was voice chat it was very primitive and crappy mostly staticy but it did work most of the time Ventrilo was made around 1998 and I think TeamSpeak was 2001

and also Counter-Strike is the oldest game with voice chat it's had it since day one

i have played plenty of moba games and you absolutely do not need voice chat to pvp

hell watching lewpac 5v5 in hellgates makes me cringe, The fact that he lands a massive stun and tells his teammates about it ahead of time and they are still too brain dead to focus someone down is beoynd me. Honestly if in dota someone lands a 5 man cc ult and you dont instinctively know what to do then you are just plainly bad. Like how hard is it to focus the right tartget ??? i mean hey healer is stuned and half hp, why is healer not instantly focused and burned down ???

im sorry but voice chat is just a cop out for bad players who need their hand held because they have no clue what they should be doing on their own. Hell it is no different then DBM in wow raids

[✪ K r i s]

1. you'll never be able to type the necessary things in a heated situation. That is why voice comms are needed.
2. Travelling naked from city to city costs you nothing.. you can buy a set there.. If you've been playing for "5" years you shoulnd't even be bothered with money. You should flow around in Silver.
3. Playing "out of Lymhurst", what does that even mean.. you'll need to travel like 3-4 zones to get into a red zone which gives optional pvp.. and through blackzone you get constant pvp..
4. Black zone portals limit you to a 7 day "hold", you can still reset it by crossing the bz map trough the desired portal to reset it.
5. Why type when you can speak all in all? Even if it's not your first language, even if you have a speaking disability.. Nobody ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ cares about it. You get the job done, everybody happy.

6. Honestly, the way i see it.. this game is not for you then and YOU are actually the problem here. Not Discord/Skype/Teamspeak or whatever. The fact an entire world can connect trough voice is quite cool if you ask me. The fact you don't want to participate in such a thing doesn't mean the world changed.. It means you're stuck in history and refuse to go along with something good.

7. You're gonna tell me you'd play counter strike without using your mic?
You're gonna tell me you'd play a battle royale/survival game without using your mic?
You're gonna tell me you'd do raids/Dungeons with friends/guildies without using your mic?

[Parane]

Originally posted by Roden:

I constantly advertise in recruitment tab "I'm looking to join a guild based out of Lymhurst, English speaking".

That usually never works. My suggestion is to go on the Albion online website and look in the forums instead. There you will see if they require you to use Discord or not and any other requirements. If you've been playing for five years, you'll be snapped up immediately.

I've played computer games since 1985 so I've definitely been around the block for a while. I remember Roger Wilco, Teamspeak and a bunch of other voice IP software back in the day. I also don't remember there being any MMOs in the 1990s or any organised multiplayer games at all. Then again, I mostly played point n click adventure games in those days.

[Roden]

Originally posted by Kris:

6. Honestly, the way i see it.. this game is not for you then and YOU are actually the problem here. Not Discord/Skype/Teamspeak or whatever. The fact an entire world can connect trough voice is quite cool if you ask me. The fact you don't want to participate in such a thing doesn't mean the world changed.. It means you're stuck in history and refuse to go along with something good.

Well that sentence sums you up pretty good right there. I don't mind anyone using Discord, nor do I want to change how anyone wants to play. I'm simply making and observation and stating my preference in my play style. Somehow, I'm part of the problem? What problem is that? I think today there is a lot of arrogance and lack of empathy for others and it makes this world we live in a little more difficult for those of us who are humbled in our position and respect others. Your attitude and indifference towards others won't get you far in this world and will only make you more angered and disappointed that much more as you constantly are displeased with others around you because they don't meet your definition what you think should or shouldn't be. Bless you son and hopefully you find peace along your travels.

[Yoshikami]

It's a pvp centric game. You need voice comms for pvp. The time you spend typing is just the time the enemy needs to kill you. Not to mention that you need fast communication when it comes to large scale fights.

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You dont have to talk in discord just be able to listen