Quick chat needs tweaking

(HammerOfDawn21) #1

The spam protection for quick chat reduces it’s usefulness.

You ask for ammo or healing and you get it within a second but you are not able to thank them and look like a ungrateful scrub.

You call for a medic after being downed and then realize enemy team is using you as a bait, you are not able to quickly say NO.

You see your eng rushing after sending out command repair the EV, you spot mines around the area but you are not able to say clear the mines in time.

It should be tweaked so that you are at least able to send out three commands without any delay.
To prevent any abuse of this, voice commands can be categorized into essential and non essential, non essential commands like taunts and global chat will have current spam protection or something even more strict. Different essential commands can be stringed together, but same command cannot be used in succession without any delay.

New voice commands also needs to be added like
I’m delivering the objective
I’m repairing the EV
Secure the data core
Objective is secure
Cover the specialist
I’ll cover you
Wait ( for when your ammo or med packs are on cool down)
Quiet
Fallback

(SnakekillerX) #2

There is mic chat for this reason. I doubt people will even read the chat in time in a lot of the situations you described anyway.

I haven’t had any issue with the chat personally though except when I use the voice menu to call for a medic, but accidentally call for ammo, then I have to wait a moment again to call for a medic… or visa versa.

But I’d rather have that then allowing people to spam chat. (even the essentials as you’ve called them, would just be abused, because they’d be spammable)

I do like the new voice menu line requests though, so have a like.

(frostyvampire) #3

It doesn’t stop me from spamming “medic” when I’m Phantom and pretending to be Genji so I see no problem with it