What happened to in-game voice chat?

[zloitima]

I remember it was implemented back in TBC, the quality wasn't great though.
Then it disappeared during wotlk I guess. Is that because no one used it or the quality was just that bad?

Do you think they could bring it back with a better quality, or is there unsolvable technical difficulties?
Would you like it back?

[Adam Jensen]

It's still there I thought.

But no one uses it. Vent/TeamSpeak/Mumble are all so much better.

[Safa]

It's still around, System --> Voice

[Very Tired]

With in-game voice chat, wouldn't every BG turn into a Call of Duty match?

*micspams trololololo*

[Velthy]

Its still there, remember using it a bit in WotLK. Failed idea tho.

[Elegiac]

It was Blizzard's attempt to make a game-default system to replace a third party program, much like their efforts to make replacements for spell alert and raid frame addons.

However, as with the latter two, it failed spectacularly and is a dead part of the game that nobody uses due to how clunky it is compared to Vent/TS/Mumble.

[AnotherInternetOpinion]

With in-game voice chat, wouldn't every BG turn into a Call of Duty match?

*micspams trololololo*

Yeah, silence and no communication is a better strategy.

---------- Post added 2013-02-18 at 10:16 PM ----------

It was Blizzard's attempt to make a game-default system to replace a third party program, much like their efforts to make replacements for spell alert and raid frame addons.

However, as with the latter two, it failed spectacularly and is a dead part of the game that nobody uses due to how clunky it is compared to Vent/TS/Mumble.

yeah, Blizzard and there terrible programming huh....

[Deleted]

With in-game voice chat, wouldn't every BG turn into a Call of Duty match?

*micspams trololololo*

Pretty much like shooters on xbox live, little kids using words which makes you go wonder how they learned them at that age in full rage.

[Elegiac]

[QUOTE=AnotherInternetOpinion;20254799yeah, Blizzard and there terrible programming huh....[/QUOTE]

They're quite competent programmers, the problem is the design of the feature.