More voice battle macros please!

Canaris · 2013-04-20, 04:46 AM

I know we have VOIP in game but to be frankly honest, a vast majority of people either turn it off or way down due to this being a F2P game and they always attract, well idiots tbh. The types who spam music, screaming or porno over it just to annoy their betters.

Most outfits use their own internal VOIPs as they can be controled safely by admins.

So to that end I'd like to request that the voice macos in game be expanded to incorporate a more complete list of useful tactical sayings on the battlefield.

Games like counter-strike and day of defeat really got to grips with the idea of VMs and Day of Defeat especially has a great list of them that I think incorporated into Planetside 2 would give huge benefits to the combat gameplay.

Let's take a look at some shall we & see what you think but every day I play I wish I had some of these.

off the top of my head there are two that I deem vital and of all the most I want.

1: Use grenades - How many times have I come upon a room of enemy that we attack in single file and they take us down, even though everyone around me is toting these explosive throwing devices. I see it time and again in other FPS's when I cry out "use grenades!" it's like that lil light bulb goes off in peoples minds and they remember they've got them.

2: go, Go, GO! - Oh your gods this is another one that I've wished so many times to have, everyone milling around inside a spawn room like frightened children because the bad men are outside, it's like they are waiting for that mental drill sgt. to show up and stick his boot up their ass to get into motion.

Or you come across a stalled armour column that's being held at bay by 3 Grannys with brooms.

Here's a quick list of useful saying going to underline the ones I'd most like to see added.

•Area clear!
•Displace
•Enemy behind us!
•Fire in the Hole
•Flank left!
•Flank right!
•Get a grenade in there!
•Go, go, go!
•Grenade, take cover!
•Hail
•Hold this position!
•I need backup!
•Incoming fire, left flank!
•Incoming fire, right flank!
•MG position ahead!
•Move forward!
•Negative!
•Nice shot!
•Prepare for assault!
•Smoke 'em!
•Sniper!
•Squad, covering fire!
•Stick together!
•Use the Bazooka!
•We need an MG up here!
•Yes Sir!

(made a few changes to remove redundant ones)

Your always saying that the best way to make good games is to take the best elements from other games and make them part of yours, well Sound department, it's your time to shine!

Canaris · 2013-04-20, 04:57 AM

Oh and for the

•Hail command I thought we could have some faction specific ones as well as stand ones to mix it up, I do miss my grizzled veteran from PS1 saying "Hail" and getting back "Well met", "Hi there" & "GREETINGS!"

along with those maybe we could also have something like

Hail TR - "Unity"

Hail NC - "Freedom"

Hail VS - "For Vanu"

ChipMHazard · 2013-04-20, 05:30 AM

Agreed. We don't even have a "You're welcome" option

leifnielsen · 2013-04-20, 05:38 AM

I was really confused when I first started playing and saw how few voice macros there were. Why do they have "Affirmative" but not "Negative"?

What ever happened to:

"Get in the vehicle!"
"Get in the vehicle!"
"Get in the vehicle!"
"Get in the vehicle!"
"Get in the vehicle!"
"Get in the vehicle!"

....On second thought, maybe that's why.

Tribes: Ascension has tons of voice macros with all different types of voices and that system works awesome. People get pretty hilarious with them.

Player 1: "I AM THE GREATEST!"
Player 2: "No."

Figment · 2013-04-20, 05:51 AM

There's already several threads on this, isn't there?

Canaris · 2013-04-20, 05:57 AM

Originally Posted by Figment

There's already several threads on this, isn't there?

yes but no movement

ringring · 2013-04-20, 06:48 AM

I miss the Hail or Hello. Whenever you see someone you know it always used to be the case that you would VVH or VVW for 'wave'.

And while I'm at it... why the unintuitive keypresses, what was ever wrong with VVH? I' learnt that reading the mainual while PS1 loaded from CD's, I knew how to VVH with the best of them before I actually played!

PredatorFour · 2013-04-20, 07:03 AM

You missed a vitally important one out which is even more relevant to this that the predecessor ......." Incoming enemy aircraft! " Could save alot of lives out on the field that one!

Imo we desperately need more of these asap.

Canaris · 2013-04-20, 07:06 AM

Originally Posted by ringring

I miss the Hail or Hello. Whenever you see someone you know it always used to be the case that you would VVH or VVW for 'wave'.

And while I'm at it... why the unintuitive keypresses, what was ever wrong with VVH? I' learnt that reading the mainual while PS1 loaded from CD's, I knew how to VVH with the best of them before I actually played!

Well I was thinking about it, I know v-v-h is old skool but given that things have to evolve and we have lots of new keystroke macros on the keys so I'd keep V to activate the Voice commands and then switch to 1-9 for the commands

So you have V-1-1 = "Hail" - first list & first saying

V-1-2 = "Way to be Soldier" - first list & second saying

V-2-4 = "Fire in the Hole" - second list & fourth saying

This gives you

1-9 lists of commands (if we ever need that many) & 1-9 on that list to activate a different saying, 0 (zero) is the back button while ESC remains the cancel.

This way it's not to different from what we have now and won't require everyone to get used to the V-V-H system again or for the first time.

Koadster · 2013-04-20, 07:14 AM

I just use Proxy Chat.. If the person doesnt respond either from talking back/doing what I asked maybe from having it turned off... A bullet to the chest generally gets their attention.

Canaris · 2013-04-20, 07:20 AM

Originally Posted by PredatorFour

You missed a vitally important one out which is even more relevant to this that the predecessor ......." Incoming enemy aircraft! " Could save alot of lives out on the field that one!

Imo we desperately need more of these asap.

I should go back to PS1 and also get the list of helpful ones from their too, now you mention "IEA" also "repair our terminals" springs to mind.

Canaris · 2013-04-20, 07:35 AM

heh looky what I found

Thanks to whoever made this

link for full picture
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/7773/ps1macros.jpg

Not all those would be needed of course as some are redundant or no longer count in PS2.

Ahh good ol' V-V-Excellent & V-V-Fantastic

Blynd · 2013-04-20, 08:50 AM

pretty sure those are the ones from ps1

Babyfark McGeez · 2013-04-20, 09:01 AM

"I need a gunner"

Yes, so much yes. Voice macros including player animation would add so much to this game.

Micro · 2013-04-20, 09:09 AM

Yes yes yes!