Once you get into that zone the last thing I want to do is worry about hitting the dpad to talk to my friends. Sometimes things get to crazy to worry about the dumb push d-pad to talk.
Since some people are misinformed on how the push to talk works I'll post this: (taken off bungie.net under the Beta FAQ) Voice and Chat In the Halo 3 Public Beta, the default voice setting is that you can hear and talk to All. However, it is important to note that in ranked games, you can only communicate with Team and Party Members in-game. In ranked matches, this means you can’t hear smack talk or proximity voice from strangers. You will still be able to communicate with everyone, including non-team strangers in the post-game lobby, unless you change your settings to avoid that. Remember this is a setting for the Beta and is subject to change. In unranked social matches, you can hear everyone, if you so wish. There are also several customizable voice settings. You can mute everyone, limit all chat to Team and Party (no matter which playlist you’re in) or, while actually in-game, mute an annoying individual (press the Back button, use the right stick to select the offending player, and press X to mute them instantly - with practice, it takes about a second). Play around with these settings until you find a level of communication that you’re comfortable with and remember, these are the Beta options. They can and will change. For the duration of the Beta, the “Push to Talk” button, which more accurately is a “Tap To Talk” button, is on the D-pad – tap any direction to open a team broadcast channel (which will automatically shut off after a short period of silence). Remember, this feature can be overridden depending on other settings chosen in the UI or Matchmaking rules. Voice and chat settings are of course subject to the normal rules of Beta software – they are in development and may change before the game launches in fall. Note: It is also important to remember that changes made in the Xbox 360 Guide override any game settings, including those of Halo 3. So if something seems amiss when you’re playing, make sure you don’t have a conflicting setting activated in the Guide. It may seem complex, but in most real-life situations it’s very simple; players are going to pick a level of settings they’re happy with, and use those for the duration of their Halo 3 experience. We just want to give you the most options possible. One of the things we've tried to do deliberately is make better use of morons: We don’t ignore the fact that online gaming has its share of rude, immature and persnickety players. We’ve given the Halo 3 player a vast range of control over who they do and don’t have to hear or talk to in games. In short, you can turn a profanity spewing maroon into a silent, harmless opponent, with a quick press of a button. You can choose to hear everyone, just your friends, a mix of your Team and your Party, or enjoy blessed silence. The choice is yours. And if there’s just one bad apple, you can silence him or her with a button press too. It's designed to let you play more people, with fewer problems.
I think it sucks, it always has done, the amount of people that will just private chat instaed of talking through the game will be second to none because its too much hassle, Not only that but how many times have you been speaking and then realised youve not preased up, or been in a fight with someone and wanted to speak but havent been able to it basicaly really sucks.
with the mic live comes with, its a lot easier to just hit that switch off if u really need to then try and cross ur hand to hit the d pad in some direction while trying to play
If people are spamming the mic...mute them. Easy as that, don't punish the rest of us by putting in some nonsensicle button press to talk to our team mates. That's silly.
You don't have to hold the D-pad you only press it to open the channel. It's actually pretty nice. I don't have to listen to idiots.nosedive51
yea i think thats what alot of people think, that you have to hold it. i did at first but realized about 5-10 mins later. i forget to press it every now and then
they have to have some type of button to push for you to talk to your teamates. they cant use the left bumper like on halo 2 because its used to reload and change grenade typese now (wish you could have more than two of each grenade) and it cool how you can just push it once and talk instread of holding it like you did on halo 2.
they have to have some type of button to push for you to talk to your teamates. they cant use the left bumper like on halo 2 because its used to reload and change grenade typese now (wish you could have more than two of each grenade) and it cool how you can just push it once and talk instread of holding it like you did on halo 2.
icecoldkilla78
you'll probably be able to set the grenade limit up to 4 in the final version. but if not 2 will work just fine
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