Please turn your mics up or use a keyboard.

[Zabuza]

I have yet to come across anyone who is too loud

[KagatoAC]

I can barely hear anyone on mics, and for some reason it doesn't want to work right with my Logitech usb headset, cant figure out why. one of these days I'll play with it again, for now, I just keep my keyboard hooked up. at least that works.

[Strigol]

seems like area chat is distance based

me and a buddy did a small test the other night just after the patch came out, with both of us on area chat, the further away we were the softer the voices got, and closer=louder.

clan / group chat is the same volume always

which may be why you can barely hear some people, get closer to them and they'll get louder.

[Myst]

I always have my keyboard plugged in, in fact my foot is on it right now as my toes glide across the keys. I just haven't found much use for it on the game yet.

[Sludge]

My headset has volume control for voice and game seperate, so when people are quiet I just turn up the volume.

[Zabuza]

Headset always turned to max. Problem is with group members and people i'm trying to trade with in my group. I am always left asking "what, huh, excuse me..." I don't like repeating myself as much as the rest of you, but it can all be avoided by turning your mic up a notch or two

[Rebel Raven]

I'd use my keyboard more if it didn't do the following:
1: Require me to press enter to be able to type first. I just wanna type and then press enter to send. It's faster, more convenient.
2: stop me from fighting/moving as I typed.

But let's face it, the text chat is abhorrent.

As for voice chat? 'm not interested in that. Funny how people assume that people even want to hear what they say. Lets not forget that voice chat is immensely flawed in and of itself.
Bad Mics
Background noises coming through the mic (I have that problem with my air conditioner/heater.). Or people who're breathing into the mic, or making noises into the mic uncontrollably.
People not speaking clearly, or loud enough.
Bossy people that demand people play a certain way over them having fun, especially when either way the job will get done. Especially when they're crappy leaders vs rebellious sorts.

Can you imagine the vocal hell that arkfalls would be if everyone used a mic?

Oh, lets not forget the joy of the stereotypical shooter community. The stereotype exists for a reason.

Voice chat is best done with friends, frankly.

[The Lady]

I gave up on the mic, most of the time background noise from people is all I heard, and no offence but I don't want to listen to some guy yell at his dog for wizzing on the floor.

[Sludge]

I'd use my keyboard more if it didn't do the following:
1: Require me to press enter to be able to type first. I just wanna type and then press enter to send. It's faster, more convenient.
2: stop me from fighting/moving as I typed.

But let's face it, the text chat is abhorrent.

As for voice chat? 'm not interested in that. Funny how people assume that people even want to hear what they say. Lets not forget that voice chat is immensely flawed in and of itself.
Bad Mics
Background noises coming through the mic (I have that problem with my air conditioner/heater.). Or people who're breathing into the mic, or making noises into the mic uncontrollably.
People not speaking clearly, or loud enough.
Bossy people that demand people play a certain way over them having fun, especially when either way the job will get done. Especially when they're crappy leaders vs rebellious sorts.

Can you imagine the vocal hell that arkfalls would be if everyone used a mic?

Oh, lets not forget the joy of the stereotypical shooter community. The stereotype exists for a reason.

Voice chat is best done with friends, frankly.

If you're exclusively a console player it might seem foreign, but pressing enter to type is pretty much the standard for every game that uses a keyboard to chat. Nearly every MMO, fps, and other game with chat has this function because people typically use the keyboard to move.

[Dandrielas]

I have not experienced any of these issues with my mic. It might be a problem if you are trying to use the area one, but my group/clan chat seems to work perfectly fine.