After a night of being astounded by the 100% lack of voice chat participants in my Iron Banner matches last night, I wondered if this community truly only complains about not having features they have no intention on using to begin with.
Not a single match contained anyone who would respond, after I repeatedly swapped voice channels in each game.
So I got to wondering... could it be nobody is figuring out how to do it?
Admittedly, my first couple of matches... I simply used my D-pad Left and Rights like I thought it was going to work... and all my Titan would do is point and dance.
Then I noticed that when I hit Left and Right on my D pad during my death screens while the scoreboard was up... the speaker icon in my Emblem changed to a megaphone looking icon and it also indicated I had changed voice channels in the lower left UI where kills and loot normally scroll.
So during the game, I experimented and brought up the scoreboard while still alive and found that yes, I could use Left and Right D-Pad to swap voice channels.
So I'm thinking I am not the only one who struggled with this, and that some may still be trying to figure it out.
SO:
[b]How To Change Voice Channels to Join Matchmaking Team Chat:[/b]
1. Wait until matchmaking game loads
2. As soon as your boots hit the ground, hit the button to bring up Nav Mode/ Scoreboard
3. Hit RIGHT on your D-Pad to join in the chat fun in the game. Your Emblem's speaker will change and the lower left UI will have a brief message that you joined the new voice channel.
4. Start talking and shooting!
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Ever since party chat became a thing game chat is mostly obsolete. I remember when the 360 came out and play graw 90% of players were communicating and that game needed it if you wanted to win. However I think drawback is all the racial slurs, hate speeches like Americans going at it with British gamers. I'm Canadian and it was freaking humorous listening in. Nowadays it's either be in a party with people you know or leave the mic out. Honestly I'd rather not have mine plugged in since half the time it's little kids. If I hear through my tv that people are actually communicating maturely then yea I'm happy to join in. Times change and game chat isn't a thing anymore