Web_cole wrote:This is simply not the case. If you don't have a mic, you are a liability. You cannot communicate effectively, you cannot call your targets, you cannot explain to your SL why you can't follow an order, you can't ask for ammo, you definitely cannot ask for a medic. Yes you can type, but it takes 10 times longer to communicate anything effectively, and importantly, you can't do anything else while typing. With a mic, you can shoot and talk at the same time. You cannot send text chat whilst dead (your living teammates won't see it) therefore you cannot ask for a revive and guide a medic to you.
You are a giant and unnecessary handicap that the rest of your squad has to overcome.
That's why your 4-man squad gets annihilated, doesn't it?
Chat exists for a reason. And is quite easy to use. Tried it?
You either haven't played PR enough or are extremely ignorant of the situation. When you call for medic through voice, the medic cannot effectively find your body, especially if you're amongst many bodies. This is why you can call medic by right clicking the "GIVE UP" button and it shows him exactly where you are on the map, especially if you are out of local voice area. Tried that?
And, it doesn't take ten times longer. Not even two times longer. If you're typing that slow, then I can doubt you can do anything else effectively. Never heard or seen anyone try to shoot and talk at the same time, because it's simply a waste of bullets. Thanks that to the fact that there is no option for auto-activation on speech recognition. So you have to hold a button the entire time you are trying to talk whilst trying to properly suppress or take out a target and not get shot.
And again, you haven't heard of the
right click the give up button? Instead of having to guide a medic through a maze and waste time, everyone's ears and voice channel, you can simply right click the button that states "GIVE UP / CALL MEDIC" and boom, medic sees exactly where you are by simply pressing caps lock once. Amazing, isn't it?
I refused to used mic a handful of times, to prove to myself if I were right or wrong about it, I was also in a squad where half of it didn't have mic, but they followed orders. And yet, despite all that, somehow, we were the top squad in our team and managed to capture points, hold points and win the round alongside our team.
What I'm saying is basic logic. Just because you cannot speak, doesn't mean you cannot do anything else. The fact that you constantly have to hold a button whilst speaking and trying to do whatever else makes it far less efficient.
And, yet, you said "that is simply not true" and failed to disprove any of my claims:
Can a person not have mic and have a brain? Yes, a person can.
Can a person not have mic and have a gun? Yes, a person can.
Is having mic better than not having one? Yes, it is.
Can a person without a mic follow orders? Yes, a person can.
Can a person without a mic suppress, kill and operate with its kit? Yes, a person can.
Is 4/8 with mic better than 8/8 where only 4 have mic? No, it isn't, because above stands true.
You know, we should just start banning people who cannot use mic from the game. Yeah, because they're just a liability. And we can't afford that! They're ruining the game by not speaking using mic! Whoops, there goes the player base!
Damn, your definition of liability is liberal.
I doubt there's any point in further discussing this with you since you've proven yourself ignorant from the beginning. You said "you cannot communicate effectively" and then you went to put examples of that as arguments, when the only argument is "you cannot communicate effectively".
My mic is broken. But I am a great marksman that can take out an entire squad without wasting a bullet. But, I cannot hold H or numpad 0 entire time whilst speaking, so I have to press a button and type it in chat, therefore I am a handicap and should be kicked. Let that example be there for you.
