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Cheers,
Oz
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Hi. First time post (I registered to do so). Just want to add my voice to all those disappointed with the loss of party chat and give a damn good reason why.
Used to be that I could hook up with my friends and have some fun chatting while playing a game. Now we have to be interrupted and listen to insults thrown about by racists, bigots, homophobes, and 12 year olds who have recently learned to use the F-bomb and want to show it off. It doesn't happen all the time and when it does, i put up with it. Until last night...
My wife played for a bit in a party with a couple of my friends. When they went to game chat and she spoke to them the comments started flying; 'Hey there's a babe in the game', 'Hey honey, I've got a big gun you can play with over here', followed by laughs, then some downright sexist, insulting comments which caused her to stop playing. Needless to say she now thinks the entire game is garbage and it is populated by sexist jerks and she now frowns on my playing. I'm a non violent type, but if anyone ever spoke to her in anyways like that face to face, they would have lost teeth.
Been a fan of the entire CoD series but this one change has taken a considerable amount of enjoyment from the game in my opinion. If this 'restricting friend chat' continues I doubt I'll be dropping any cash on any future CoD titles.
Yes, I know I can mute players, but I'd be spending more time muting than playing. And yes, I know I can switch to friends chat only, but that becomes a problem when a join a friend's group and I can't communicate with his friends unless I log out and add them to my list. A lot of effort to try to play a game without having to hear trash.
/rant