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I have a mic connected, but have never figured out how to get the thing to work.

VOIP is Voice Over IP.  It allows you to talk with people in real time in the game.  My ISP is Bellsouth and they have regular phone service and internet.  They are going to slowly transition all of their home phone lines to VOIP, so it has more applications than just gaming.  I am not sure if I remapped my keys, but hold down B to talk with squad members and if you are the squad leader you can talk to the commander by holding down V.

Some of our clan members turned off their VOIP because we use TS and most of us are in squads together.  Also some are tired of idiots talking excessively in VOIP.

Last edited by nndoc (2006-02-24 10:07:45)

Yes, its possible to use Voip, and TS/Vent etc. I try and use Voip whenever i can, but i find a majority of ppl dont have it on. The squad and team works a lot better if u can actually talk, or atleast hear orders, rather than trying to type inbetween action.

One thing, i noticed yesterday, my Voip icon isnt showing when i talk. Or does it only show if someone else in squad has it active ? Im a bit confused with that bit.

TS is a lot more versatile than the ingame Voip, u can talk to a whole team,seperate into squads. Even have whisper keys, so press say alt + b is just ur best bud,but b is whole team.
Also it uses less resources than the voip from what ive heard.
I use TS a lot with my other games. Basically u download the client, enter the ip, pw, name etc and ur away.

kilroy0097 wrote:

Nothing is quicker and more accurate about warfare than real time information. A Squad Leader instructs their squad to spawn as certain kits according to the situation. Tell their squad where they are spawning and what ther objective is. The more communication there is about the surroundings while in battle the better you can defeat the enemy.

So don't ignore VOIP. Turn it on. Even if you don't use it at least turn it on so you can hear people who do use it.

I have it turned off and will stay that way. Not that I don't want to hear all the above, but because there is always one anoying guy that will make it useless.

Also, TS is better. As someone mentionned you can talk to everyone even if they are not in your Squad...

And I don't need VoIP to communicate with my team/squad... I can always quickly type key information.

Last edited by Buzerk1 (2006-02-25 11:29:31)

As someone who enjoy's playing commander.  It's very important for poeple to at least have VOIP on.

I have noticed, when the commanders talk to there team, the win ratio is very high.

No,  because I usually dont work in a squad,  cause it seems most of the time Im actually cooperating with the squad leader,  the squad leader 80% of the time,  using the mic,  asks us to follow him,  leads the whole squad to be killed,  by a tank,  artillery,  or whatever.  Finally I quit working in squads. 

If Im squad leader,  I just press Q or T,  to ask them,  to defend this position,  or use T to like say something like "demolitions needed here".  If my squad cooperates,  I just type something like good job squad,  keep up the good work.

Sorry Im way off topic now....

But some times I wish I had a mic,  cause when Im a gunner or the co pilot on a fighter bomber,  we could corrodinate better.  But its ok, cause when he has a mic,  Im pretty fast at typing,  so I could live without a mic,  and having to hear some kid tell me how to play.

only use it if ppl are actually communicating, great tactical tool if u know how to use it properly. and that means no "i want some motherfucking chocolate milk bitch!"

the biggest issue with VOIP is it's limited communication ability with others on your team.  Occassionallly I get separated from my squad for whatever reason then find myself working with another squad or lonewolf(ves).  In those cases I prefer teamspeak if they are on it with me.  Talking is so much easier and faster than typing.  I can type fairly fast too, and I think it's too slow.

"Move, Communicate and Shoot.  The more you do of the first two, the less you do of the third, and the more likely you will come out the winner."

The above quote is from an Army officer I served with Germany.

I use both TS and VOIP routinely. As has been stated, fast, effective communication is key in working as a team. Where I find it particularly helpful is in the attack choppers. When flying with clan mates our effectiveness is significantly improved. Whenever I pick up a gunner who cannot hear me, or gun for a pilot who cannot hear me, it feels like a waste of a valuable asset as it is not being used to its full potential. Typing to your gunner while flying is a recipe for disaster!

Last edited by Dr0pped (2006-02-27 11:16:27)

Just my quick, useless, 2 cents.  There's a few guys I work with that also play BF2.  We've sort of created our own clan so we can spot each other more quickly and normally we form a squad based on our clan name.  We constantly use VOIP and it has vastly improved my game.  Check my stats and they look crappy but they've done nothing but improve since we started using VOIP.  We use it to communicate location of enemies especially if we get killed by one, what kits we're spawning in with or what kits someone else should spawn with, general situational info, where we're spawning, and just to b.s. about that one guy I killed, or this other guy that got run over by a tank, or whatever.  But mostly, we use it in the chopper.  I'm a decent gunner and two of the guys are exceptional pilots (especially when it comes to flying for the gunner).  And VOIP is invaluable when i'm in a chopper with one of them.  I can scan all over the place while in the mean time my pilot is setting me up for a shot with tv missle.  They just say "12 o'clock" and I know they have a target for me straight ahead.  Switch over, take the target, and back to gun.  It just works so perfectly, I can't imagine flying without it.  I will from time to time...if my pilots aren't playing or if someone else jumps in...but we never seem to live as long or get as many kills.

One thing I will say, originally I had my VOIP turned off because I was running the game on only 512mb of RAM and was trying to reduce lag.  So I can understand why some people have theirs turned off.  But I added a gig and holy crap...night and day.  All settings increased, VOIP turned on, etc. and no lag what so ever.

Anyway, there's my lengthy, worthless two cents.  Happy gaming.

-MastersMom  (yes, yours.)