Voice chat

A Voice Chat is a short message broadcasted over Allegiance. Both a sound file is played and matching text is displayed in the chatbox. These messages range from tactical information, "Bomber waiting for turret gunners", to greetings, "Hey, wassup?", to taunts, "You want a piece of me?".

Some VC also have orders attached to them which are broadcasted to the entire team the same way you'd issue a normal order. For instance:

• "Attack my target!" has an <attack {current target}> order.
• "Need repairs" has a <repair {self}> order.
• "I need help!" has an <attack {nearest enemy}> order.

The Voice Chat menu can be accessed by pressing the ~ key, then simply hit the keys corresponding to the VC you want to send, or click on it with the mouse.

I'm overwhelmed by noise

Voice chats form one of the main ways in which Allegiance players communicate with each other. As such there are plenty of them flying back and forth all the time and without some experience in why players are sending them you are sure to be confused. Just, I dunno, do your best. The important ones will get repeated often. The most important ones will be in bold chat, from the Commander.

Why is spamming bad?

Spamming is annoying. It clutters up the chat menu. It can get you banned.

Tips on making a 'cheat list'

There are a lot of VC, and the menus and submenus can be a bit of a bog to find anything in. As you gain experience and play more you will find the ones which you use most often and learn them by heart, but in the meantime it really pays to make a list of the most useful Voice Chats and their corresponding key combo, and keep this nearby when you play as reference.

Voice Chat combos

Many players use multiple voice chats in quick succession to tell a complicated message. For instance a scout that ranges ahead to check an aleph might say:

Eyes_on_you(team bomber):Is the aleph mined?
Eyes_on_you(team bomber):Negative!
Eyes_on_you(team bomber):Go Go Go!

Which means that he hasn't found any minefield on the other side, and everyone should follow him at full speed.

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