Range Vox needs Options

[Morpheus]

Only one... Squelch Option

Please Hitech make it posible to get rid of range vox.

[debuman]

I second this idea!  If I don't get a verbal "check 6" from someone, then that should be my option.  Most of the time you wouldn't get it anyway 'cuz of all the needless chatter going on.  that way you could just pay attention to your squad or wingman, etc., and not ahve to sort thru all the garbage.

[hawk410]

I agree....let us disable range as an option

[SunKing]

Though I've agreed since it came out, this parade has been rained on already.

[Grimm]

I dont think HT Really wants to do this.    At least as a squelch.

Range is great for coms with people in the area,  for people you would not normal get to talk to on vox.   Its there as a team thing.

Sometimes you can get in a fight or something and you really wish you could tune folks out.  I understand that as well.

How bout this for a proposal.

How about  a Timed Squelch on Channel 2.    What I mean is this.   You type .squelch 2 and Channel 2 is squelched for 3 minutes.    once three minute elapse,  Channel 2 is unsquelch automaticly.    

I would program a button on my HOTAS for those moments when I need a clear Vox channel.     Of Course you could abuse this by constantly squelching,  But Its not much different than turning off your speakers.

Used properly, this would give you a chance to clear Range Vox,  Yet a few moments later you would have all the benifts of Range again.  

No Idea how hard it would be to impliment,  but I figured Ideas are always good to toss around.

[Ghosth]

Squelch people not the channel.

Start getting on country channel & get them to move to private if there is a lot of chatter.

This is a community issue not a programing one.

[DREDIOCK]

I just want my squad vox to override the range vox rather then the other way around as it is now

[twitchy]

It seems to me that squeclhing range channel would be a very bad idea from a purely game play stand point. There is some chatter yes, but also a lot of critical information on local that you would not want to miss out on, "Enemy Goon IB" or "High 262" or "hold your drop the town is not flat" for example. I think it would be a better solution to make it easier to squelch particualr players, maybe just click on their name in the local range list and it pops up a squelch option for that player, that way you can squelch the chatter boxes and not the more serious information. I don't know about you guys but I like to be well informed when I fly into enemy territory.

[TBolt A-10]

Originally posted by DREDIOCK
I just want my squad vox to override the range vox rather then the other way around as it is now

i'll second that.

[VOR]

Originally posted by Ghosth
Squelch people not the channel.
This is a community issue not a programing one.

I disagree. The same could be said about the Channel 1 issue, but it was handled differently.

[Morpheus]

Originally posted by Ghosth
Squelch people not the channel.

Start getting on country channel & get them to move to private if there is a lot of chatter.

This is a community issue not a programing one.

Why should I have to tell them to move to a voc channel? That is not my responsibility. In no way would this take away from your "community" thing. It would simply make it easier to fight in a furball without having to listen to constant chitchat on range vox.

I could never understang why we have the option to tune out every other type of communication within the game except the one that gives the most problems. Heck, you can even squelch the system messages. But yet we still have the biggest anoyance up and running with no way of turning it completely off without having to squelch everyone around you.

Hey Ghost... Channel 1 was a "community" issue just as much as it was a programing one if you really want to go that rout. Where did it go? What was the solution?

There is absolutly no reason why we cant have the option to get rid of range vox if we feel it is necessary. Keep in mind it would be an OPTION. So... If YOU didnt feel it was "necessary" to detune range vox guess what... You dont have to.

[68DevilM]

Originally posted by MoRphEuS
Only one... Squelch Option

Please Hitech make it posible to get rid of range vox.

as i try to tell you theres a m3 sneaking troops past you

[sax]

Originally posted by MoRphEuS
Only one... Squelch Option

Please Hitech make it posible to get rid of range vox.

If we could do that i'd let my kids play when i'm not home. As it is---just another reason to plug in the headphones.

A seperate slider in the vox box for range would do it.

[FiLtH]

Ghosth its not guys that being jerks that bothers me...its trying to talk to squaddies and having 15 people walk over you.


When I first started playing it irritated me so much I would fly without sound and use teamspeak only with friends. Now that Im in a squad I cant do that,  but RANGE is still irritating. Please let us squelch it.  Most guys have squad channels(vox) they use, and new guys ALWAYS use text when asking questions, so I dont see the point of HAVING to have it unsquelchable.

[SlapShot]

Originally posted by twitchy
It seems to me that squeclhing range channel would be a very bad idea from a purely game play stand point. There is some chatter yes, but also a lot of critical information on local that you would not want to miss out on, "Enemy Goon IB" or "High 262" or "hold your drop the town is not flat" for example. I think it would be a better solution to make it easier to squelch particualr players, maybe just click on their name in the local range list and it pops up a squelch option for that player, that way you can squelch the chatter boxes and not the more serious information. I don't know about you guys but I like to be well informed when I fly into enemy territory.

It's all a matter of choice twitcy. Those that want to squelch the range channel would have to suffer the consequences of such. If they die due to a lack of information, then it's all on them.

I don't run into this problem very often, but when I do, I surely would like the option to tune the radio off.

Ghosth ... been there done that and 99% of the time, they ignore you, so I am forced to fly from the area so as not to listen to someone babble on about how their day went or "remember when".