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There's a post a few down talking about Headsets. In there the poster
mentions 'Ventrilo'. I checked out the (US) website and it 'seems' as
if you could use this software to talk to other players while in Wow.

Now, I do not know about you, but I have become very frustrated with
tapping out messages in the chat panel while trying to concentrate on
not dieing (esp in an instance playing with other
unfamiliar players). I have been wiped so many times in grouped fights
because there is little or no communication. So this product seems like
a godsend.

Does anyone use it? If so, how do you rate it and also, how do you work
it alongside the
normal sound in Wow - after all, there is only one green audio
socket.....???

any comments welcomed

Eric D. Braden

pajricot@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

It's basically just headphones with a mic attached. The WoW sounds
continue to come through the same speakers as the voices. The headset
typically has a split end, with a line out jack and a mic jack.

Vent is pretty highly recommended. You may have some trouble getting
random PuGs to get on, but it is very heavily used in WoW and other
MMOs, especially in raiding. Most guilds require it.

PGerringer

Practically all raiding guilds use Vent. There are a few others out
there too. Its a stand alone server not attached to WoW at all. It
can be used while playing EQ, DDO or any other PC game.

Catriona R

On 12 Oct 2006 07:16:57 -0700, pajricot@yahoo.co.uk wrote:


It's the world's worst invention. I hate voice communications with a
passion; I'm a person who can *either* listen to what's being said *or*
concentrate on what I'm doing, not both. Meaning that if I use voice chat I
will screw up repeatedly or not understand most of what's said, and of
course everyone else will assume I did understand everything because I'm
there in the channel with them.

But if I don't use it I'm left out of the loop as the rest of the group is
chatting to each other and completely ignoring me, as they sure as hell
never type anything. I've reached the stage where I refuse to join groups
where voice communications are in use, as they result in significantly
worse communication.
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Thomas J. Boschloo

Catriona R schreef:

I bet WoW2 (when they have milked out WoW BC enough) will have voices in
your raid coming from the correct direction. And will come with advanced
filtering options.

I have never worked with teamspeak or ventilo though. If the voices are
nice and calming I guess it would work for me. If a voice annoys me it
will probably be better for the raid not to have me hear it :-) Things
that annoy me break my concentration!

To the OP, get a typing diploma. I can (have) typed 205 characters per
minute with very few mistakes and 140 cpm typing coded messages in the
army (both on ancient heavy machines). It helps a lot! And I seldom find
someone who can keep up with me or top me.

Once you type blind above 160cpm you never unlearn I am told. The thing
that bothers me is that you cannot start a heal while you are typing
your message /-X (or can you? It has been a while since I played WoW
for me; I remember franticly hitting the esc key for some reason)

Regards,
Thomas
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Jack D

On 2006-10-12 17:22:06 +0200, "Thomas J. Boschloo" <nospam@hccnet.nl> said:


Just wait with typing until DPS grabs aggro ;-) (Sorry couldn't help myself...)

But you can indeed not use shortcut keys while typing, which often
leads to the immortal 'RUNWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWSSSDD' messages. You
can still use your hotbar + mouse though...
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gaf1234567890

pajricot@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

My guild uses Teamspeak instead, but yeah it's great for Instances.
Other similar "Voice Chat over TCP/IP" programs are Roger Wilco, and
GameComm. The key is that everyone must use the same program. So just
try both and have your friends take a vote.

Or install both Teamspeak and Ventrillo (both free clients ?) and
you'll have both available when you group with pick up groups.

Paul Vader

pajricot@yahoo.co.uk writes:

Yup, every raiding guild and premade battleground team in the game uses
either it or teamspeak. The only wrinkle is that you have to run a server,
and decent servers cost a bit of money if you don't have a static IP to
serve it from.


If you have a decent soundcard, your PC should be able to mix the two
soundsources. Some motherboard-based sound controllers do have a problem
with it though - worst case you mute WoW while you have vent running. *
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Thomas J. Boschloo

Jack D schreef:

Now that would truly be evil ;-D [letting DPS die in order to finish a
sentence]


Or 'fasdl;jgbf jisdvlk' <enter>. I do that sometimes to 'alert' party
members to grave danger (sometimes it also means 'healer under attack'
with me ;-) When I need the QWES keys to run to someone to get the aggro
off).

lol,
Thomas
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