way to go soe, put in a new patcher graphic and break voice chat

[yohann koldheart]

<p> you cant get something that simple done without breaking somehting else i almost dread the release of the expansion lol</p>

[Jovie]

<p><img src="http://www.starpulse.com/news/media/tears.jpg" width="457" height="341" /></p><p>Your tears taste so sweet!! MOAR TEARS!!!!</p><p><img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> ok so i wated forever for that one <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Axeluis]

<p>Well I wont be as harsh about it, but yes, voice chat is down. Any updates / info as to when this will be fixed please?</p><p>It's a big program with lots of code and you guys do a good job over all.</p><p>Axeluis</p>

[EvilAstroboy]

<p>The two events are unrelated.</p>

[Josgar]

<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;">Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc =3</span></p>

[Axeluis]

<p>Custom channels seem to be back up at this time. Thats better than nothing.</p>

[Vinyard]

<p><cite>Axeluis@The Bazaar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Custom channels seem to be back up at this time. Thats better than nothing.</p></blockquote><p>Still not up for me.</p>

[yohann koldheart]

<p>they seem to be fixed now, but i can hardly see how they arent related, was workin fine till they patched the graphic.  then they werent =)</p><p>yeah yeah i know VC and the game  are suposed to be two different thing but still</p>

[Vinyard]

<p><cite>Adriana@Venekor wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>they seem to be fixed now, but i can hardly see how they arent related, was workin fine till they patched the graphic.  then they werent =)</p></blockquote><p>Did you relog or anything to get them fixed? On AB, I am trying to join my custom ones, and it's a no go.</p>

[yohann koldheart]

<p>no didnt relog, just seen the custom channel was on the list when it wasent before and move myself to the guild channel and it worked</p>

[Ealthina]

<p>LOL  Ventrilo doesn't have these issues...  I didn't think anyone actually used the ingame voice chat thingy...</p>

[Jovie]

<p>im gonna go out on a limb, risking banning for you bleap.</p><p>You really either need to get a new game or stop the constant complaining. You remind me of debbie downer from SNL.</p><p>Noone is satisfied one hundred percent of the time with SoE.</p><p>You, however, look for opportunities to come out of your damp cave to lash out.</p><p>It isn't too late, stop thinking negative all the time and look for some positives. (i know i had to do it, trust me its better than being negative all the time).</p>

[Azekah1]

<p><cite>Ealthina wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>LOL  Ventrilo doesn't have these issues...  I didn't think anyone actually used the ingame voice chat thingy...</p></blockquote><p>I didn't think anyone actually paid for voice chat anymore?</p><p><img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Rolande']

<p><cite>Azekah1 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Ealthina wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>LOL  Ventrilo doesn't have these issues...  I didn't think anyone actually used the ingame voice chat thingy...</p></blockquote><p>I didn't think anyone actually paid for voice chat anymore?</p><p><img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p> Its free, anyone with a half way decent upload speed can host it for friends/guildmates...</p>

[Alazarz]

<p>yea...i didnt think that many people used ingame voice that much either...vent or even teamspeak is the way to go..their both free and dont cause server problems...in every game that i have played ingame VOIP usually gets disabled on most servers because it causes server issues...only in eq2 do i see a fair amount of people using VOIP...and in console games also lOol...however ingame voice is better than nothing =)..just my 2 cents..im waiting for the servers to be "unlocked"...</p><p>Regards,</p><p>         Xaviour</p>

[Loolee]

<p><cite>Xaviour wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>yea...i didnt think that many people used ingame voice that much either...vent or even teamspeak is the way to go..their both free and dont cause server problems...in every game that i have played ingame VOIP usually gets disabled on most servers because it causes server issues...only in eq2 do i see a fair amount of people using VOIP...and in console games also lOol...however ingame voice is better than nothing =)..just my 2 cents..im waiting for the servers to be "unlocked"...</p><p>Regards,</p><p>         Xaviour</p></blockquote><p>Actually, I've been using in-game voice exclusively since it was released.  It works just fine for me and my guild and what is really nice, is being able to use it during pick-up groups and just my own personal group of friends.  No hassles from it here.</p><p>Well, unless you count the kitten that chewed through the cord on my headset.  Now I can hear, but my mic is broken.  New one should be here today tho!</p>

[ke'la]

<p><cite>Xaviour wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>yea...i didnt think that many people used ingame voice that much either...vent or even teamspeak is the way to go..their both free and dont cause server problems...in every game that i have played ingame VOIP usually gets disabled on most servers because it causes server issues...only in eq2 do i see a fair amount of people using VOIP...and in console games also lOol...however ingame voice is better than nothing =)..just my 2 cents..im waiting for the servers to be "unlocked"...</p><p>Regards,</p><p>         Xaviour</p></blockquote><p>SoE's Voice Chat is hosted off-site on Vivox's server... does that mean SoE can't mess up the connection? No, But it does mean that the In-game chat does not cause anymore "server issues" then Vent does. That said Vent/TS does have one thing on in-game chat...currently, that is you can use it outside of the game... this however will be rectified once they eventually add it to the New Station Launcher Service now in Beta.</p>

[Cmos]

<p>People seriously think they have something to do with one another?? Get a grip and grow up, it's voice chat... FREE voice chat, offered for FREE with no extra charge...</p><p>Just so we are clear... the voice chat is FREE, you do not pay for it, if it goes down... well, s*** happens, get over it... It will come back up when it gets fixed. If you are looking for a 100% uptime voice service, I would recommend a paid service so you would have something to actually complain about.</p><p>If I were standing at the front door to my office and was handing out 100$ bills to people on the way in... I'd bet you'd complain and ask for smaller bills.</p>

[Loolee]

<div><table cellspacing="0"><tbody></tbody> <tbody><tr><td><div>According to <a href="http://twitter.com/autenil" target="_blank">Autenil</a>:</div><div></div><div><span><span style="color: #ffffff;">"</span><span style="color: #ffffff;">Unbeknownst to most, Vivox is using the opportunity of all of EQII being down to do some voice chat maintenance #shadowodysse" </span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

[Azekah1]

<p><cite>Saleno@Guk wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p> Its free, anyone with a half way decent upload speed can host it for friends/guildmates...</p></blockquote><p>Aren't you limited to how many people you can have in the chat though?</p>

[AutumnKiss]

<p><cite>Azekah1 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Saleno@Guk wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p> Its free, anyone with a half way decent upload speed can host it for friends/guildmates...</p></blockquote><p>Aren't you limited to how many people you can have in the chat though?</p></blockquote><p><span style="color: #008000;">Nope.  No more so than Vent or TS.  In fact, Ventrilo charges you based upon your size - you want to allow more people to access your server simultaneously?  Pay more money.</span></p><p><span style="color: #008000;">With the in-game, as many as you want can be on your voice chat channel at a time.  At no extra cost.  Does it occasionally get buggy?  Of course.  It involves technology, which is fallible - just as much as anything else.  When I paid for a Vent server for my guild, I had to call them several times due to service outages.</span></p>

[liveja]

<p>I've never had problems with the in-game voice chat. If anything, the only problem is that my guildies are a little TOO loud, even after I modulate them <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>Ventrilo/Teamspeak is fine, too, but I only use them for raids, & since I almost never raid, I rarely have a use for them. When I'm just doing guild stuff or single groups, the in-game voice thingie works quite nicely.</p>