World of Warcraft

Voice Chat coming soon! ...to a select few realms

Posted Sep 17, 2008 by Kody

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Drysc posted about Voice Chat "Ramp Ups" on the official forums, stating that only certain servers will have it enabled the day 2.2 comes out; others will see it enabled a week after the patch.

Drysc wrote:

In the upcoming patch we will be introducing voice chat, which allows players to talk to each other in-game with the use of a microphone. To ensure that we provide the quality play experience we’re committed to, we will be ramping up the voice chat feature in multiple stages. Currently we are scheduling voice chat to be available on patch day for a limited number of realms. While all realms will still receive the 2.2 patch, and all the content and changes therein, only some realms will have voice chat enabled at the start. We plan to then enable voice chat for the remaining realms the following week. This ramp up release will help us to test the voice chat feature in a live realm environment before enabling it on all realms.

To read more about the upcoming Voice Chat feature, click here: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=1272012664&sid=1...

The initial set of realms that will have voice chat enabled on patch day:

Aerie Peak

Altar of Storms
Alterac Mountains
Andorhal
Anetheron
Anvilmar
Archimonde
Arygos
Black Dragonflight
Blackwing Lair
Dalaran
Dalvengyr
Deathwing
Demon Soul
Dentarg
Doomhammer
Duskwood
Executus
Gnomeregan
Haomarush
Icecrown
Jaedenar
Kel'Thuzad
Khadgar
Lethon
Mal'Ganis
Norgannon
Onyxia
Scilla
Sentinels
Steamwheedle Cartel
Tanaris
The Venture Co
Thrall
Turalyon
Uldaman
Undermine
Ysera
Ysondre
Zuluhed

All other realms are scheduled to have voice chat enabled the week following the patch release week.

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  • Fetacheese said 
    Thu, Sep 13 2007 12:09 AM ()

    woot aerie peak is the first on the list

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  • TyroneShoolaces said 
    Thu, Sep 13 2007 12:09 AM ()

    lol i wonder why.


    durrrrr.

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  • Maximaeros said 
    Thu, Sep 13 2007 12:09 AM ()

    I paly on Kor'gall, Tarren Mill and Auchindoun... No love for me, prolly cus imma warrior ;)

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  • Anoxious said 
    Thu, Sep 13 2007 12:09 AM ()

    How about europe ?

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  • Zexy said 
    Thu, Sep 13 2007 12:09 AM ()

    "Currently we are scheduling voice chat to be available on patch day for a limited number of realms."

    Blizzard is getting smart. This way, if mass chaos ensues because of problems, they only have to fix a small number of realms instead of all of them. Personally I think the starting list is too big but that's just me.

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  • Nelos said 
    Thu, Sep 13 2007 12:09 AM ()

    Zexy made a good point.

    Well rest of us will still use TS and Vent for time being.

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  • Hammerjudge said 
    Thu, Sep 13 2007 12:09 AM ()

    Turalyon is in Europe isn't it?

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  • BBR said 
    Thu, Sep 13 2007 12:09 AM ()

    i wonder if the quality is any better than it was at first.

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  • Indelible said 
    Thu, Sep 13 2007 12:09 AM ()

    I wonder if this extends to the European realms as well? It is noteable that the European realms tend to see smoother patch introductions for whatever reason I am unsure as to why this is).

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  • Kody said 
    Thu, Sep 13 2007 12:09 AM ()

    There doesn't appear to be a list of servers on the EU forums, so I'd expect that unless they announce it in the next 8 hours or so, the EU realms will get voice chat all at once.

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  • Sachiel said 
    Thu, Sep 13 2007 12:09 AM ()

    Yay, BDF is on the list! Here's hoping that this feature doesn't destabilize the game.

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  • Lothaer said 
    Thu, Sep 13 2007 12:09 AM ()

    i think high end guilds will still use Vent or TS and the in game Voice Chat will be used for PUG groups

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  • SinR said 
    Thu, Sep 13 2007 12:09 AM ()

    the thing about the voice chat is that the quality is horrible compared to vent/TS

    i dont think the top-end guilds are gonna go with this new chat service imo, probably mostly be for lil 5man pugs or lowbie guild runs (Kara, Gruul)

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  • guidall said 
    Thu, Sep 13 2007 12:09 AM ()

    About the EU deployment : http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=771637167&sid=1

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  • Heydan said 
    Thu, Sep 13 2007 12:09 AM ()

    lol keep it away from Bloodhoof at least for 2 months imo kek..i`m sick of realm crashes :)))

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  • Darkerry said 
    Thu, Sep 13 2007 12:09 AM ()

    Augh, I hate this idea. It's AUDIBLE SPAM! D:

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  • xraywendy said 
    Thu, Sep 13 2007 12:09 AM ()

    I bet spammers will run amuck Especially when all they have to do is use their own mics!!

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  • tifta said 
    Thu, Sep 13 2007 12:09 AM ()

    My guild uses Vent so I see no reason in using the ingame chat feature. Especially if the voice chat isn't clear.

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  • Sachiel said 
    Thu, Sep 13 2007 12:09 AM ()

    For those that are worried about vocal gold farmer spam, don't be. The VoIP feature only works in parties, raid groups, and custom channels. It isn't a public address system. And your ignore list still works on voice chat, anyway.

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