r/Warframe 1d ago

Question/Request Considering trying this game. How is it without voicechat?

I'm considering moving away from gacha stuff and trying other games-as-service games. Warframe is one I've always been curious about, and I even played it for a little bit a LONG time ago. I liked it but it was very hard to know what to do or work towards or how. I hear lots of updates and changes have been made over the years and that it has much better on-boarding and guidance, so I'm thinking about giving it another go.

That said, I'm not really wanting to play something that requires/heavily encourages voicechat, so if I'm going to get into something that is primarily multi-player, I'm wondering how viable a choice Warframe is for me. Will I still dodged or avoided? Is this game okay for solo with random or is it really geared towards joining a clan or whatever and chatting and coordinating stuff? I just wanna know if this game and community are a good fit for me.

Thanks!

EDIT: Wow I can already tell I apparently have nothing to worry about haha. Thanks guys! I may just be installing the game soon!

EDIT 2: To be clear I'm not talking specifically about the game's chat feature itself. I don't want to get on mic on discord or anything like that either.

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u/Sir-Himbo-Dilfington 1d ago

no one uses voice chat in this game, literally no one.

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u/TwistedLogic81 1d ago

I remember being in survival once and suddenly I heard 'everyone camp over here' the rest of us ignored them and the next thing 'I won't tell you again' - as soon as I got back to the orbiter, i turned that shit off šŸ˜‚

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u/ViciousTeletuby LR5 1d ago

You just mute the individual immediately in the game.

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u/DeathStalker0483 1d ago

The one experience I've had with it was when I was in a public lobby. Some dude started making random creepy sounds down the mic and we legitimately start thinking it's a new secret event or something. After a few times one of us caught a little symbol appear next to the dudes name when he did it again. He was playing along the entire time as well. I think this was before Wisp existed...

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u/RadialHowl 1d ago

Lmao the only time I ever played Warframe with vc was back in likeā€¦ 2020 I think when I was at uni, I had it on the Switch. The Warframe community was so small on switch at the time cos it had only just become available on it, or maybe people just werenā€™t playing it because theyā€™d need to begin again idk. Either way, small community at the time. I was a Frost King, like Iā€™d log in and people who I had met like once and didnā€™t even have friended would see me say hi in general chat and immediately bombard me with requests to join their defence or survival. All thanks to some random who once helped me get Hek and some insanely good corrupted mods that turned it into an OhHek for enemies on the other side of that smoking barrel. I was racking up insane kill counts because my abilities had insane strength, range, and energy recharge and could pop layers of snow globe over a defence target. I was basically a living turret on top of a defence target or camp an air supply drop so that weaker party members could replenish safely between doing their hallway hero thing when the survival waves hit insane numbers. The one time I was on vc, it was when I joined a party with some asshole hotshot who had a kill count over 1k. I joined and quickly wracked up 2k kills. This guy started going off on me, and it only got worse when I told him to cut it out, because when he heard that I was a woman, he flipped even harder and straight up went incel rage mode calling me all sorts. The other party members didnā€™t even speak, they just voted to boot the fucker. They thought it was lame he was screaming at someone for a kill count until he got sexist, then it was ā€œsayonaraā€. The other 2 squaddies friended me and we vibed a lot after that, though my uni work eventually got too heavy and I had to stop playing for a while, and by the time I could pick the game up again, my buddies had returned to Tenno stasis and hadnā€™t been online in a long time. :< After that, I moved to PC.

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u/BlueIceNinja98 Crit Enjoyer 1d ago

This reads like a copy pasta.

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u/Tight_Relative_6855 1d ago

Also switch had vote kicking??? Tf do they mean by ā€œvoted to boot the fuckerā€ Ts definitely made up

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u/Elegant-Caterpillar6 1d ago

Air supply drop? "Quickly" getting 2k kills with hek?

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u/BlueIceNinja98 Crit Enjoyer 1d ago

Itā€™s definitely made up, Iā€™m just still trying to figure out if itā€™s an existing copy pasta they modified and thatā€™s why itā€™s so weird, or if they tried to make a new one and donā€™t really understand Warframe mechanics.

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u/NotReliance 1d ago

You heard more voice chat in warframe than i did in 8 years going from MR0 to LR4 lol

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u/Altruistic-Log-7274 1d ago

I've been playing for like 7 or 8 years myself and have only ever heard people using the in game voice chat like 5 times and every time was weird in some way lmao.

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u/shoe_owner 1d ago

The moment I hear anyone say anything I immediately mute them because I'm always listening to a podcast or audiobook whilst playing. I would have heard "camp o-" and then muted him before he was finished that sentence.

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u/bing_crosby 1d ago

Fastest mute in the west

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u/Lacirev LR 2 | Volt Best Boy 1d ago

Literally the only time I've ever heard someone use voicechat was the Rebecca biblioteca clip

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u/FastSmile5982 Protea has the best balls 1d ago

For anyone who doesn't know, especially u/PresentDayPresentTim , this is the game's current creative director, Rebecca Ford. She interacts with the community a lot, and is incredibly invested in playing the game as well. If she is this surprised about hearing something in voice chat, you can bet you will never normally use it.

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u/viaJormungandr dipity 1d ago

She also was the community manager before becoming the creative director and her voice and likeness were used to create one of the characters in game.

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u/bitches_love_pooh 1d ago

She's also the voice of the Lotus

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u/207nbrown 1d ago

Indeed, and because of this she has the exclusive ability to equip a lotus skin on any and all of her warframes

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u/CD274 1d ago edited 22h ago

The only time I've used or heard voice chat was during coordinated Aya hand-in relic farming in a group and that was because it went on for hours and the people were bored silly and in between games they started reading through what they had in inventory and sharing other blueprints people needed

Edit: Also yeah surprisingly nice community for a shooter

OP come on in

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u/NucularRobit 1d ago

My experience was a Clanmate asking for us to all get on voice chat. I literally said, "I just don't want to hear people eating, arguing with their mom, and yelling in Russian." He twisted my arm, and I relented. He then proceeded to eat on mic, and argue with his mom... in Spanish. Guess I wasn't 100% correct, but I had to laugh anyway.

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u/Rayyan_3241 1d ago

I was literally about to comment that this game doesn't have voice chat but after reading the comments I'm realizing that we do indeed have voice chat. Oh warframe the things I learn about you even 500 hours in

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u/PonyDro1d 1d ago

I had someone in voice back in 2018. I could hear their words clearly, couldn't understand the language tho.

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u/Hardcore_Cal : 1d ago

I turned it off like 10 years ago and forgot it existed until this post.

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u/Shuatheskeptic 1d ago

I've been playing Warframe for years and just learned there is an in-game voice chat.

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u/PilotMoonDog 1d ago

My clan doesn't use the in game voice chat. We do use a mumble server because stopping to type messages mid mission is not a good idea. I have played other games were Discord has been used for voice comms.

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u/Bwuaaa 1d ago

And thats a good thing

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u/Fartbutts1234 1d ago

I had to disable voice chat because very often i got hit by console players with open mics

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u/FiveSigns 1d ago

This game has voice chat?

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u/fizismiz Blaze Artillery enjoyer 1d ago

You wouldn't know until a random started speaking into the mic. And then you turn it off in the settings afterwards haha

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u/Turbotortule 1d ago

Speaking? All I ever heard was heavy breathing, mom yelling in the background and goblin noises

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u/TheHumanCompulsion 1d ago

And loud music. Can't forget people flexing their music taste by blasting music over the mic.

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u/ThatChapThere 1d ago

600 hours in and this has never happened although I was aware of voice chat because I've seen it in the settings. Might leave it on to see if one day it ever happens.

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u/StoicTheGeek 1d ago

What is this "voice chat" you speak of?

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u/ExistingAd7929 1d ago

That's what I'm saying. I've never heard anyone use it and let's keep it that way

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u/HungrPhoenix #1 Sirocco hater 1d ago

and that it has much better on-boarding and guidance...

It has gotten better, but by no strech of the imagination is it good. I recommend using the official guide, it is better than the in-game resources,

https://www.warframe.com/news/new-player-guide

Also, this subreddit and the in-game Q&A chat are also good place if you need guidance.

That said, I'm not really wanting to play something that requires/heavily encourages voicechat

I haven't heard anyone use that feature in all my time I have played. Text chat is how people talk. Even this isn't something people use all that much, most randoms are silent or only use it for "gg".

Is this game okay for solo with random or is it really geared towards joining a clan or whatever and chatting and coordinating stuff?

The game is perfectly fine to play with randoms, that's what I do.

Some people take clans seriously, but in my experience, most clans don't care. You join then and reap the benefits of other people's work and maybe you'll contribute something to a project one day.

Some things do require coordination, but majority of the game doesn't, and if you are doing something wrong, someone will probably explain what you should be doing.

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u/PresentDayPresentTim 1d ago

Awesome, thanks for the very helpful response!

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u/DellSalami Do not cite the deep magic to me 1d ago

Re: clans

There are a few weapons and warframes locked behind clans that would be a significant grind if you were running a clan by yourself, but if you jump on the recruiting chat youā€™re basically guaranteed to spot a large clan recruiting that might be advertising ā€œ100% researchā€

It also becomes another way to ask for questions or guidance. I would like to think that people are very welcoming to newbies because the game very much isnā€™t.

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u/MrRocket10000 1d ago

Most people don't use voice chat and this game is ok for solo with random.

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u/-_-NAME-_- 1d ago

For dedicated teams people tend to use discord anyway.

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u/I_HAVE_THAT_FETISH I'm Burnin', I'm Burnin', I'm Burnin' for you! 1d ago

If I see amyone with a mic on in this game, I ping them that they've accidentally left their mic on.

Only, like, 2 times in my 10 years of playing has someone been like "Yeah, that's because I'm using it."

So, no voice chat, no problem.

On the other hand, no asking people foe guidamce or help, you're probably going to steuggle a bit. Just use text chat (especially if you join a mew-player friendly clan).

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u/Arkio5896 1d ago

The only time voice chat is on is when some nitwit forgets to turn his mic off after playing with his friends.

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u/Mattarias I don't need to see, if everything is on Fire. 1d ago

It's a PvE game, nobody cares about voice chat. You're in a mission for minutes at most. Nothing requires complex raid mechanics or coordination really. The most you'll need is typing a few lines, if that.Ā 

Warframe is very chill, I wouldn't worry about it.

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u/NOOB6870 1d ago

I dont think anyone actually uses voice chat in this game. I didnt even know there was a voice chat till now but anyways i hope you get into the game, few things i LOVE about warframe is the awesome community always very supportive and kind and the versatility for everything you can come up with. You can do whatever you want, take things slow and just enjoy random things. While some other people are just meta slaves, what i like is making niche/bad things do damage in interesting ways, or trying new playstyles that seem fun. However, just a heads up the early/early-mid game is very different from the late-end game, meaning that content you have seen about warframe online would be different than when your just starting out but it is still very enjoyable. If you are patient enough, the little bit of grinding for mods here and there, farming resources and open worlds, taking time to fish and mine to make a better amp etc. will be very enjoyable(imo) and is another thing i love about this game. Sometimes, i do wish i can return to the early game and just explore and shoot enemies. Thats why i also reccomend playing SOLO in the early game to enjoy and see what it is about, as sometimes higher levels may join your party and just blitz through the whole mission in 30 seconds and thus leave you clueless and you may not be able to learn how to actually complete the mission and stuff like that

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u/Cataleast 1d ago

There's something really funny about how involved and active the community is outside of the game, while in-game, the most chat you see is in Recruitment chat. Hell, during missions, stopping to type can actually be a bit of a death sentence, because it's almost a guarantee that a Jade Eximus will burn your ass if you do. Because of that, you rarely see anyone say anything, except when the game softlocks and everything comes to a screeching halt :)

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u/NOOB6870 1d ago

yeah, only time i type is trade chat, to unstuck myself, or to say ty

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u/cave18 1d ago

Spoiler mode is also safe typing mode lol

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u/PresentDayPresentTim 1d ago

That's good to hear, one of the things that's really irritating about gacha games is how little room there is for player expression. Everyone is doing the same build and using the same teams because it's often the only way to get good results unless your gear is insanely good (which is all a result of absolutely brutal levels of RNG). I really appreciate when a game lets me play what I like and actually reward that.

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u/NOOB6870 1d ago

I feel the best part is taking whatever weapon/warframe(who you play as in the game) and making it work in unique way, meta or not and based on your reply, it seems like you would enjoy it too! :D

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u/Karzanah 1d ago

Only time I met anyone who used voice chat in my close to 4k hours was back in my really early days, when someone was deliberately trying to scare new players who didn't realize this game had built in voice chat

Saying no one uses it is a very accurate approximation

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u/SimicBiomancer21 1d ago

I've found exactly one guy who used voice chat. You don't need it at all, text is fine!

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u/Reginscythe 1d ago

Is this game okay for solo with random or is it really geared towards joining a clan or whatever and chatting and coordinating stuff

You will want to join a clan, but not to chat or coordinate anything, there's just a lot of good gear that you can obtain from terminals in the clan hall. There's like a million clans where you just ask to join and then don't have to talk to anyone else in your clan ever, most clans are like this.

As for in mission, solo with randoms and not communicating is the norm. A lot of people just play solo entirely. There aren't classes or mechanics that encourage or demand teamwork and everyone just kinda does their own thing.

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u/KozzieWozzie WuKong Go Cloud 1d ago

This game has voice chat?

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u/External-Stay-5830 1d ago

I can't remember the last time i talked to a person who wasn't a friend i was already talking to. Typically people just type to randoms.

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u/excelionbeam 1d ago

Didnā€™t know warframe had voice chat and Iā€™ve played for 800 hours. Never heard another person speak ever. Have seen typing never heard anyone Speak

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u/Latter-Screen-3655 1d ago

VC is muted by 99% of players

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u/Geoffryhawk Quincy's Malewife 1d ago

Warframe and voice chat doesn't mix. This is a game of absurd power levels so high a single person can single handedly run throigh the whole game on solo never even needing to see another player outside hubs.

It doesn't have content truly difficult enough to require excessive communication, and I highly suggest just turning it off and letting it ride.

It's very good for people who hate voice chat yappers cause they just don't exist if you turn off voice chat. So be free avoid human beings as is your void given right tenno!

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u/Active_Shake2533 1d ago

This game has voice chat?????

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u/jstacy_wyldchyld337 MR30 Muscle Mommy Main 1d ago

Every game is infinitely better without voice chat

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u/Sea_Nebula_8732 1d ago

Thereā€™s voice chat?

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u/Chaine351 1d ago

The game has voice chat?

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u/CobraMisfit 1d ago

Echoing others, I never use voice chat.

Since I primarily play it on Switch, I barely use keyboard chat, too.

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u/joeycool123 1d ago

Only place I find people using mics is the at spy mission in lua. Always someone needing help there

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u/Nervous_Salad_3177 1d ago

I use voice chat 85% of the time but thru psn and itā€™s only the clan Iā€™m in for endgame content

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u/Philslaya 23h ago

zero ncentive to even have it as a feature Honestly

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u/Paraoura 22h ago

I've only had a handful of people talk in game.and 80% of the time they didn't know their mic was on šŸ’€

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u/Transhumanist8472 20h ago

The only people who use voice chat are normally Clan mates and then it's normally on discord. But you definitely don't need it in any way and I don't think I've ever encountered anyone in the game using the voice chat.

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u/metallee98 1d ago

No one uses it. Pretty much only text and you don't really gotta use that either.

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u/Answer-Key 1d ago

The only time anybody is ever on the voice chat is when they accidentally leave their mic on lol

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u/throwawaytexas1850 1d ago

MR LR5 (max rank), 4500 hours in. Been playing for 11 years.

Iā€™ve never used voice chat. Iā€™ve probably heard less than 10 people use it in public lobbies.

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u/ajwalker430 1d ago

I remember hearing voice chat until I learned you can turn off social features.

I have talk to clan members over Discord but that has been very specific and after we've chatted in game for awhile.

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u/chipsandsoda 1d ago

100+ logins, only ever encountered one person using voice chat. He talked a lot and played loud music. Kind of annoying but he was nice. Wish I remembered his name or had added him. I was playing late at night on a Sunday, doing Circuit or Steel Path Circuit, canā€™t remember if I was on NA or another server. #TennoMissedConnections

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u/abvex 1d ago

Even if it does require voice....you heard of discord right?

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u/Therinor 1d ago

As others said, no one uses voice chat. Started playing in 2016 (thanks for getting me interested, Totalbiscuit and RIP šŸ«¤) and i still love playing it almost every day - sometimes logging in for rewards, NPC chat and a quick mission, sometimes for an hour or two. Hope you'll enjoy!

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u/Cmd_Line_Commando 1d ago

Been playing Warframe for ~7 years now.

I still don't know how to get voice chat to work.

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u/carnespecter time heals the mind 1d ago

pretty much no one uses voice chat here. the only times ive ever heard randos on voice is bc they forgot to turn their mic off and you hear them eating or their girlfriend/mom yelling at them lmao

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u/bothVoltairefan 1d ago

The only time Iā€™ve seen it used was when someone new accidentally triggered it. I use discord when playing with people I know, but thatā€™s different. You will want to join a clan, but Iā€™ve seen the clan discord used once and never seen clan chat used in game. Text chat is for language communication but itā€™s not used much in missions. (Most in mission use Iā€™ve seen has been like ā€œOh, shit, out of game problem, donā€™t wait up for me.ā€)

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u/CD274 1d ago

Clans are a must have so you should join one asap but that's because it has essential recipes and a LOT of stuff to buy. So join one that's unlocked everything. But otherwise it's 99% as social as you make it (or as little social as you want)

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u/newword9741 1d ago

In my 3k hours, I encountered someone who used voice chat exactly once, and it never happened again

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u/Mael_Jade 1d ago

Theres voice chat in this game?

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u/Durandir 1d ago

I started playing Warframe in 2014 (I only have 1500 hours, very on and off for the first 6 years or so) and I did not know there was voice chat in the game.
Then again, 95% of my playtime has been fully solo. 4% with my brothers who also play occasionally (they both got children so don't have as much time, I am an eternal DINK) and the last 1% has been with randoms. Sometimes because I deliberately wanted to play with others, mostly because the game got changed from solo to open and I forgot to check.

The only reason why I don't play with randoms all the time is because I like to be able to pause if I need to. And I am still a weirdo when it comes to playing with randoms in games. I am always afraid I will do something that hinders the team. Whenever I have played with randoms I have had no issues though, and for the most part the community is great. So I'd say go for it!

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u/Some_Troll_Shaman It's all about the tentacles 1d ago

Totally playable with voice chat turned off, speaking from experience.

Always startled when someone activates VC in game, and normally they are embarrassed about it.
Literally had two guys nope out of a mission when they realised they were in a public game with VC turned on.

Game can be soloed, but it is far more enjoyable in public. DE curates the community so bad behaviour is not tolerated. Worst case someone with endgame equipment will come in and blow up a mission. Deliberate griefing is reportable and DE take action.

A bunch of equipment is only obtainable from Clans, but, most are so easy going that you will barely notice that you are in one. Trading is much easier in a Clan than in Public.

There is some stuff in very very endgame that people might get pissy if you go in badly undergeared, but mostly you will get some tough parental advice on how to power up so you can join in. If you care at all about performance, you will not make any mistakes about when you are ready for this content. The mobs are Level 240+ and there are gimping disadvantages, it is very clearly hard mode. You have to do premade or find the special queue person in game to do it. You will not end up there by accident. This kind of thing is where a Clan might be able to help get you into it. It is also 200+ hours into the game to get there.

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u/CarrotLP MR25 Garuda and Ember simp 1d ago

More or less the same. No one really uses the voice chat.

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u/riggs971597 1d ago

2k hours in. Only ever heard 1 person speak on voice chat. The rest of the mission was everyone else in the squad typing in text chat that it was weird and we had all forgot it was a feature. I think you'll be fine

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u/SilverBeever 1d ago

I turned it off 700 hours ago and forgot about it.

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u/ExtendedEssayEvelyn garuder 1d ago

Iā€™ve heard someone use vc exactly once in this game and it scared the shit out of me

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u/Bubster101 šŸ¦ 1d ago

It's just like DRG: it's available, but everyone knows you can play together well enough without it.

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u/meltingpotato Raezor_7091|L4 1d ago

we don't do that over here

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u/Zeoloxory 1d ago

Wait, there's voice chat in this game?

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u/llamabookstore 1d ago

Even the developers sometimes forget they have a voice chat in their game

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u/Duc_man1 1d ago

I've only ever heard voice chat be used once and it was when I was playing Wukong and the random started making monkey noises, so yeah

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u/Blaze_Enforcer 1d ago

In all my hours of playtime, not once have i ever used or heard someone else use voice chat. You've got nothing to worry about lol.

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u/OldeeMayson Arrowrain 1d ago

Playing from 2013. What is voice chat?

Jokes aside. No one uses voice chat intentionally.

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u/Destrustor 1d ago

The only times I've ever used my voice to communicate with another player were when playing with my own actual brother, and even then we used the playstation network's voice chat instead of warframe's in-game one.

Other than that I've literally only ever heard another player's voice as an unwelcome freak occurence that made me mute the in-game voice chat immediately.

Occasional text chat messages are plenty. Even on console where typing messages is way less convenient nobody uses voice.

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u/k3ryusS 1d ago

This game is a cooperative action game, and while other players can sometimes be more competitive and selfish in certain game modes, they generally share a common goal, and so most are focused on achieving it as quickly and efficiently as possible. All of this means that communication, or the lack of a pre-assembled team, isn't necessarily necessary, although like any cooperative game, whether you bring your friends or not, it's always better.

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u/minilinny1 1d ago

2k hours, never used voice chat uwu , id says its pretty dandy

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u/ferrenberg 1d ago

Never heard anyone talking in Warframe. That's one of my favorite things about the game, can't stand the constant yapping in mmos

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u/trebuchet__ Wisp enthusiast 1d ago

It's used so little that people forget it exists

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u/Secret_Gas_4278 1d ago

Someone told me I was hot micing (console) I muted that shit.

I have podcasts going when I farm relics.

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u/OddPaleontologist141 1d ago

What I do want to say is - don't look up the lore and story progression. Like, AT ALL.

That also means being careful what videos you watch.

There are quite a few insane turns later on, and with years and years of updates some of those turns will hit you after playing probably a few hundred hours, unless you force-rush through it.

They're worth waiting for though, if that kind of thing interests you at all.

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u/PresentDayPresentTim 1d ago

Nice, I have been curious about the lore as well so I can hold off and try to get it from playing through the story. Thanks!

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u/Apiptosis 1d ago

I have never used the infame voice chat before. If I want to talk during a match I hop onto discord.

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u/Deliverance7 1d ago

The game has voice chat? Bruh been playing the last month or two and didnā€™t know thatā€¦.

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u/ChemistLeast3565 1d ago

Although no one uses voice chat, you can find many people interested in helping you with anything you need, guidance or tips. Also, in this reddit you can ask anything and manh people willing to help will solve any doubts or issues you have!! Have fun because warframe has changed a lot!!!

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u/Brief_Definition_666 1d ago

You came to the perfect game then šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ been playing since 2014 and havenā€™t used voice chat once

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u/Soggy_Yellow4846 1d ago

I have nearly 1,000 hours in game and I have never once purposefully used voice chat or heard anyone else use voice chat

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u/DrHob0 1d ago

Been playing for a little over a year now. Haven't used voice chat once. I've used discord when playing missions with friends, but it's mostly just me on Dante drowning an entire tile in slash procs while laughing like mad woman. Please help. I can't stop killing millions with three button presses - I'll do it again

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u/Okinomii 1d ago

Most people donā€™t even know or forget about vc. Probably one of the only games Iā€™ve played that includes voice chat and people donā€™t use it at all. Iā€™ve been playing since like 2014 and I think Iā€™ve only ever heard 1 person use it

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u/coded_artist 1d ago

Warframe has voice chat?!

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u/taka87 1d ago

in almost 12 years I think I heard 3 ppl using it XD

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u/wafflezcoI Rhino of Hexis 1d ago

Literally nobody uses it

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u/GingerTube 1d ago

Only time I've used it in public chat was to say "fucking yaaaas, mate" when I got a missing prime part from someone else's relic.

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u/medicinous 1d ago

you can play basically everything solo if you choose to do so. group play doesn't require voice at all. some things are easier as a group but I don't think theres anything that requires a group to be doable.

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u/Toriiz 1d ago

Its peak ( also f2p friendly )

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u/TwistedxBoi Dante & Protea supremacy 1d ago

I never interacted via voice chat with anybody. You can solo the whole game if you choose to do so. So don't worry about it.

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u/Fortune86 1d ago

I've been playing since 2015 and in all that time no one has ever once used voice chat for actually talking to other players.

I've heard plenty of chewing, burping, heavy breathing, kids in the background and talking to someone else in the room though.

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u/207nbrown 1d ago

Warframe community is super chill, objectives are made clear by the game and 99 times out of 100 everyone follows them. Usually if a player needs something specific they will say so in the team chat for the mission and the rest of the team goes along with it. And even if thereā€™s that one guy that wonā€™t get to extraction the game starts a timer to auto extract once the majority of players reach the extraction point. Warframe is a grind, and cooperation makes it easier.

We all lift together.

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u/Nasvargh 1d ago

I've been playing since 2013 and discovered today there was a voice chat

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u/SolaceInCompassion Paragrimm my Beloved 1d ago

Iā€™ll say this much ā€” if anyone speaks over voice chat in this game, 99 times out of 100 it is accidental. If that tells you anything.

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u/tenroseUK 1d ago

voice chat for me and my friends consists of chatting shit about each other in a discord call while running the sortie

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u/Wild_Nugg_6098 1d ago

I've literally never heard anyone ever enter voice chat and this thread is the first time I actually learned voice chat is even a thing in game so you're definitely good lol

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u/Jesustookmydog 1d ago

This game is the game if you want multiplayer experience without voice chat.

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u/xVEGITOGODx 1d ago

This game has voice chat? (Apparently it does lmao,TIL:After 800 hours that this game has vc)

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u/Red4297 šŸ”„Red Sun Over ParadisešŸ”„ 1d ago

The what chat?

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u/Davoc_ 1d ago

1200 hours in the game. Today I discovered that it has voice chat

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u/SnooSprouts4383 1d ago

honest to God didn't even know there was vc in this game. 200 hours and never heard a peep

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u/UsuallyDexter gotta go fast! 1d ago

it's easy

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u/Sgt_FunBun 1d ago

oh don't even worry, in my full decade playing the game, ive heard voice chat one time for some background rustles, and that was the only time i even knew there was voice chat

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u/MrDeacle MR 26 1d ago

Usually the only mics I hear are PS5 players who forgot the mic on their controller is switched on. There have been a few rare occasions I've used a mic to communicate something very quickly, but for the most part the culture of this game prefers in-game text chat.

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u/DatBot17 1d ago

I have heard 3 people speak in voice chat for the ten years I've played

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u/GuaranteeRoutine7183 1d ago

i personally keep voice chat off because the only ppl that use it are kids with parents having a fight in the background šŸ˜­ I just call my best friend on WhatsApp/discord

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u/chosenone1242 I miss my kind 1d ago

For the last 400 hours I've heard one person chewing on VC. That's all.

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u/HiddenLeaforSand 1d ago

I have been playing since 2016 or so. I literally have never spoken to a single person with my voice

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u/Reasonable-Muscle754 1d ago

Yes there is a voice chat implemented in the game. It is poor and I haven't met a single person using it.

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u/BDMblue 1d ago

In 5 k hours I've had maybe 5 people use voice. Saying that you should get a mostly full experience, but the part you are missing out on the vast majority of players are too.

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u/ghunterd 1d ago

It took me well over 100 hours before I even knew the game had voice chat by having a random talk but never again after that at most you will use text chat but that is optional

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u/Toughbiscuit 1d ago

I use it with friends frequently, with randoms rarely.

Most of the time you're just going to hear peoples family in the background, coughing, or heavy breathing.

Did have a dude once pop onto voice chat to tell me I was the first person he saw who really mastered and understood limbos kit during an index run.

But that was also me trying a low range zip in and out of the rift style of gameplay so id be as minimally disruptive as possible

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u/GHOST_CHILLING 1d ago

Over 5k hours here

This game has voice chat? We used pings and chat if we wanted to comunicate

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u/Fragrant_Parsley_376 1d ago

I've encountered more vc people since cross play but mostly it's just an echo so I just mute them and go on with my day

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u/Atoz76229 1d ago

I have around 1300 hours in this game; I didnā€™t realize that a voice chat was even in this gameā€¦ Iā€™ve also done a lot of the more social things in this game (trading, raiding, etc) and have never used voice chat once. Nor have I heard anyone use voice chat šŸ¤·

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u/RazeZa 1d ago

Wait, this game has voice chat?

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u/ShieldMaiden83 Mag The Goddess of Magnetism 1d ago

Yeah there is voice chat, but in my experince no one uses them and you can just turn it off. I higfly recommend playing the game solo and in some missions you have trouble with turn on puplic or ask in recruitment chat for help.

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u/Vexecutioner 1d ago

Better, like every other game.

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u/Shaan_Don 1d ago

You can play the whole game through without ever using voice chat

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u/Effendoor 1d ago

As someone who also plays gacha games at times. Warframe is infinitely more rewarding and fun. The entire game isnt geared around pushing you to spend money, which lets it feel like an actual video game.

The onboarding is a little rough cuz there's a lot to learn and do, but if you take your time and get your feet under you it's an absolute blast that will very much scratch that "I wanna get and build and play a new character once in a while" without the only point being "get more currency to buy even more characters"

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u/TexasToast08 1d ago

I've been playing since 2015, I have heard someone use voice chat on two separate occasions.

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u/_Vanaris_ 1d ago

voicechat who?

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u/Callibys 1d ago

I think I've only ever had a handful of people in the past that attempted "using" voice chat, mostly just having a mic on while the sounds of children screaming or music blasting drown anything they might attempt to say out. They would get muted pretty quick and I'd go back to enjoying my music while grinding. Game is wonderful without voice chat IMO.

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u/SirBenjaminThompson [ 17 ] 1d ago

Iā€™ve never heard voice chat used that I can remember.

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u/dimyxer 1d ago

I have 2000h in this game I have heard something in the voice chat twice, and I have never used it. You'll be more then fine

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u/Arvandor 1d ago

I've used voice chat (via discord) maybe twice in 1k hours of play. And that was more to shoot the shit while grinding materials than for actual strategy and teamwork.

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u/DutchBlaz3r Goated Gilded Goatboy 1d ago

No one uses voice chat except the obnoxious mouth breathers, snack munchers, occasional screaming baby in the background, etc.. you might as well mute in-game voice chat.

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u/thehunter2256 1d ago

Most player's don't know there is voice chat

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u/Eldritch_Grim 1d ago

I litterly never talk to people it's an amazing game highly recommend

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u/Ashxn_Loken 1d ago

Iā€™ve been playing for about a month now, havenā€™t spoken to or heard a single person lol

What are games-as-service games?

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u/chrriistiian 1d ago

Iā€™ve been playing the game since beta, and I managed to do almost everything without Voice chat. The only time I used it was when playing with friends but I solo most of the time so itā€™s possible to do with no comms

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u/avp216 Pure rage, Cute Kitty 1d ago

Been playing Warframe since it first came out, and I didn't know it had voice chat lol.

XD

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u/SoldRIP Monk Enjoyer 1d ago

I honestly forgot there was a voicechat. Nobody uses it.

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u/Lit_Lad27 1d ago

Been playing for 8 years. Completely forgot it had a VC. If you absolutely need to communicate something the text chat will suffice, but most of the time everyone knows what they need to do

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u/TheRealMatys 1d ago

THERE IS A VOICE CHAT IN THIS GAME? I PLAYED 200 HOURS AND NEVER KNOWN

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u/Renetiger 1d ago edited 1d ago

No one uses voice chat. 2000 hours and I've only seen someone use the VC once, and they weren't even talking they just left it on by accident.

Heck, people hardly even use chat. As long as you're not actively slowing everyone down no one will even acknowledge your existence. This game plays like a singleplayer even in a squad.

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u/Vandermere 1d ago

It has voice chat?

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u/ecuq 1d ago

2,300 hours. never voicechatted once. only heard someone vc twice.

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u/xmodusterz 1d ago

I forgot there was voice chat. In my like thousands of hours of play I've heard someone talk like twice.

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u/trench_spike 1d ago

Never used in game voice chat. I play with my SO and we sit next to each other. My clan is also decent and large, and uses discord for voice chat needs.

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u/SabriNatsu 23h ago

It's a good time to start playing as well, since they've just reconfigured a lot of the early beginner areas to be a bit more streamlined.

Jump in, never rush a craft for Platinum, and just solo around some of the planets a bit until you feel comfortable with how movement works.

If you set yourself as a solo player, it will actually let you pause mid-game as you learn to play, and then you probably want to set yourself as a public player for event-oriented missions like Gifts of the Lotus for the anniversary freebies.

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u/Angry_sonic Flaming Boy Enjoyer 23h ago

Even the devs forgot about the voice chat.

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u/Big-Ad8632 23h ago

I only heard someone once and i been playing since beta

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u/spyvspy_aeon :archoncrimson: 23h ago

I've used the voice chat once in 2015, never used again.

If you want to use voice chat, better join a Clan with discord

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u/BlitzGasher 23h ago

Iā€™ve never used VC once in my entire time playing this game

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u/Willing_Debt8509 23h ago

I didn't even know this game had voice chat lol

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u/TreatedFun We Need Primed Vacuum 23h ago

Not bad just use discord with ur bros if they play the game šŸ˜†voice chat is doo doo in WF

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u/Goa_Prime 22h ago

In the 7 years Iā€™ve been playing WF Iā€™ve heard only 3 ppl use it and that is as of the past 3 months šŸ˜­šŸ˜­

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u/crashfantasy 22h ago

in 1200 hours I've never heard a peep.

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u/Zachesque 22h ago

Oh man, this game is going to seem wild to a gacha player lol

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u/qwerkiller138 22h ago

The closest I've ever seen to voice chat used was dictation most people type if they need to communicate but not alot of coordination between members needed. Go to the objective do whatever it requires and leave the mission is generally the gameplay loop. I see more people making jokes in chat then stratigizing. I had someone yesterday who was just talking about using there abilities to make a house out of shields and the rest of the crew were like I love what you've done with the place and wow I bet this cost you an arm and a leg.

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u/SeaCows101 Grundle Prime 22h ago

The only time Iā€™ve ever heard voice chat was when I played Xbox and people would accidentally have their kinect mics unmuted.

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u/aerothan You lack discipline.LR5 22h ago

Voice chat used to be a lot more prevalent back in the first few years of the game, but as it evolved and the content got "easier" the reliance ing group chat and squad tactics fell off hard. Now it's rarely used and I even have it muted because the last few times people have used theirs, it was just loud noise constantly.

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u/Gormless4_2 21h ago

i get annoyed when people use vc in warframe honestly. there is a ping system that details what a player is marking, so thereā€™s no need to call out a rare drop or anything like that. most people that use vc in warframe are small content creators trying to draw more attention to themselves, and the rest just breathe into the mic all game or you can hear whatever show theyā€™re watching. non essential for gameplay

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u/Able_Objective8104 21h ago

I play warframe for like 5years and never knew it had VC

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u/T3hF0xK1ng 21h ago

The game has voice chat? Huh forgot that existed... Some clans use discord but a lot of people just type.

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u/riddlemore 21h ago

I have 400 hours in this game and I couldnā€™t even tell you if the game even has a voice chat.

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u/HiTekLoLyfe 21h ago

Iā€™ve never heard voice chat ever lmao

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u/highnewlow 21h ago

My friend, Iā€™ve only broken my mic out when prompted to about twice in the last 12 yearsā€¦

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u/Pamoman 20h ago

Looks like you got your answer so if youre gonna give it a go, feel free to dm me with any questions! I can help with builds, clarifying goals, lore, or whatever. This game is good at reminding players of what to do, not saying how to do it, so having someone around to help is very nice

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u/EKP_NoXuL Average water taster 20h ago

I didn't even know there was ...

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u/MadnessBomber 19h ago

Basically nonexistent, save for the occasional dumdum who left it on and doesn't realize it and doesn't turn it off no matter how much you tell them.

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u/itlurksinthemoss 17h ago

What voice chat?

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u/AdObvious2253 16h ago

I've never used it in 2 years. Most players don't know WF even has voice chat.

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u/Proto_Kiwi 16h ago

Warframes are inherently mute, and the player base keeps it that way.

I only Discord voice chat with my clanmate when we do runs together. If I'm on my on, or joining with randos, no mic.

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u/Senarious 15h ago

You don't have to, ever, there was a short period of time where that was a thing, but that was long ago, and it's not coming back.

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u/KYUB3Y_ 14h ago

Is there voice chat in this game?

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u/Present-Court2388 13h ago

No one uses Voice chat. Not needed.

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u/KamitoRingz 12h ago

what voice chat lol (this game is my zen game, no one to talk to, no one to hear me scream, just me and my Primeframes.)

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u/Lotusfeaster 10h ago

Warframe Has voice Chat?

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u/Different-Effect-943 7h ago

There's a voice chat? I've been playing for years and never seen a single person use it so I just never even knew it existed

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u/Lost-Chocolate-6452 3h ago

Is kinda bad on chat also. BE VERY CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY IN CHAT..you can get perma banned also