Ventrilo: Did it progress or destroy the MMORPG experience?

[Lucidus]

Didn't use voip in EQ, and pulled off some truly astounding clusterfuck encounters through a combination of group cohesion, /raid fk inc mem ae!!!, and a ton of luck.

Did use voip during my brief attempts at tolerating WoW, discovered everyone was a 11yo boy irl.

Leroy Jenkins is the result of vent/ts - dumbfuck can't be arsed to study the encounter because its easier to wipe and wait for the lecture from the raid leader.

[Flunklesnarkin]

My biggest concern with vent is how a lot of people view it as the "only" way to communicate..

typing can help during raids also.. its not like every body can speak at the same time on vent.

Idk if p99 can have custom chat channels (type) or what not.. but those do help out during raids.. like say a channel for healers.. so healers can communicate when casting long spells so they don't overlap or w/e.

I've been in guilds where people wouldn't do anything but chat in vent... I mean i like vent for raids and stuff.. but i dont want to have a headset on the entire time i play.

[Flunklesnarkin]

worst thing is people who try to practice rapping in vent.. yah fake rapper dude.. im looking at you.. get out of my vent >:U

[citizen1080]

I do not like voice chat for EQ. Or most games in fact. I play to relax and the last thing I want is some retard shouting in my ear all evening.

I have led multiple raiding guilds in other games and I will say that voice chat makes things 1000x easier as a raid leader/guild leader. But unless I am filling that role I would rather not deal with it.