So there's no text chat on PC, come on... this again?

In Gears of War 4 I do both.  Since people assume the text chatter and the voice chatter must be two different people, I can rage in one and agree with myself in the other, making my opinions count twice as much as anyone else's

At least PUGz couldn't mouth-breathe via text chat.

It sounds french, so chances are they are sincere ... and touching themselves.

LOL that has to be one of the most clever things I've read in the entire year.



Btw, which platform do you play Gears in?

I did play it on PC, but since it failed half a dozen download attempts through the Windows Store and required me to ultimately download and install no less than 3 individual third-party apps just to get the damn thing to work, I somehow ended up with a huge Windows memory leak somewhere along the way which would run up to 100% CPU even after a fresh boot of the system, so I repartitioned my hard drive and never looked back.

Gears 4 is dead to me now.

I agree "insults" is a rubbish argument. You can insult people much more easily by voice than texting...

I must ask though, why would you take for granted I'm an American?

I'm French Canadian and I've played with Russians, Polish, Brazilians, etc. many times. English is the "business" language so it's normal to use it when you're in an international settings. Of course, if 4 Brazilians are playing together, I don't expect them to speak English. Hell, when I was the only one not Polish in a group, there was always one of them able to place 1 or 2 words in English to coordinate a little.

The best example I could give you is my brother. He's been playing MP games since he's 15 and never used the mic (he's 33 now). He always told me, I'm not good enough in English, I don't need some American asshole to laugh at me while I play, I just wanna have fun. Since I started playing MP with ME3 (my first MP) I've been bugging him repeatedly to try, it's not as bad as he thought and it actually brings a lot more fun than he could ever imagine. 1 month ago, he told me he started to use his mic with a couple people on Titanfall. He couldn't believe how stupid he's been not to try before. He realized his fears / doubts / thinking were complete illusions and that he was missing a big part of what the game had to offer by refusing to use a mic.

Using a mic is a big step in how fun the game can become. People complain nobody is using their mic, but just use yours intelligently for 1 game and most of the time you'll see other plugging theirs in the next match. People simply don't talk if you don't talk to them, once you move a bit forward, others will follow. It's just a matter of assuming who you are, hence why I said "grow a pair", if you stay silent, nobody will try for you. If you really can't, find someone that have that "pair" (or "quads" in case of Krogans) and follow, not everyone likes to lead either and I respect that.

All I can say about the mic is that it's a big part of the game. Not using one is like driving a racing car with the cheapest tires available and thinking you got the "experience"...

The point I really tried to convey about the text chat is that no matter how good someone thinks he/she is, there's gonna be a 1000 morons ruining it for you. I played with a lot of friends that used mostly the chat in ME3 and DAI and all I can say is they were less efficient by a large margin. We're talking top 100 leaderboard where you can clearly see when they're typing or not by looking how bad they're playing over 15 seconds. They get worst than a bot or a PUG! (sorry pugs, I still love you!) My point is, leaderbaord people are showing a dramatic drop in "goodness" when they use the chat, imagine how it can be for people that are already that bad while not chatting...

I would be for a lobby chat though. It allows for meaningful discussion on your loadout, what could be improved, what class we're trying next, etc.  I've got no problem with a lobby chat since there's no enemy trying to get you, there's no sense of urgency. Sure there's still gonna be "those" that takes forever, but there's a kick button for that.

I think you get what I'm saying, you might not agree with all of it, but that's what I've personally experienced over 2000 hours of ME3 and DAI.

I honestly prefer no text chat. I've played many MMOs and every single guild I've been in has exclusively used VOIP for communication. If you used chat we generally ignore you because we focus on other shit. It's the same thing in MEAMP I got more important shit to look at than to constantly look at chat cuz you're a special snowflake whose afraid to talk. I get that mics break/sound like a toaster but voice communication is SOO much better. If your not a native English speaker look for a group of people who speak your language! who knows you might make friends doing that gasps