Communication in Guild Wars
Communication Methods
There are a number of ways The Basin use to communicate with each other in Guild Wars.
In-game Chat
The most obvious way of communicating. One may use the guild chat to speak with the specific subguild you are a member of. Unfortunately, due to a guild member cap of 100, not all Basin members are in the same guild as you. To solve this problem, we use relayers. If you are a member of a party to do a quest, mission, or to participate in a competitive game, you are advised to, instead of the guild chat, use the team chat in any messages that are supposed to go to your party and not to the entire subguild.
Additional information about how to use the in-game chat
TeamSpeak
TeamSpeak is a third party tool to speak (by voice) to each other, most commonly by using a headset or a microphone and speakers. TeamSpeak channels are used to group users that wish to hear and be heard by everyone speaking in that group. The Basin therefore has channels set up for the supported games, and sub channels for particular areas in the respective games. TeamSpeak is considered to be particularly useful in PvP games that often end up as fast paced, where the participants have little time to start typing on their keyboards, because these players are busy using the keyboard to issue combat orders and guide their own characters. Taking their time to start typing would typically imply making their character a sitting duck. Making strategic decisions on the fly and even requesting help are common activities done via TeamSpeak. Products competing with TeamSpeak involve Ventrilo, but TeamSpeak is the product currently preferred by The Basin.
Additional information about how to configure and use TeamSpeak in The Basin
IRC
(short description here)
Additional information about how to configure and use IRC in The Basin
Xfire
(short description here)
Additional information about how to configure and use Xfire in The Basin
GameComm
TeamSpeak is currently used instead of GameComm to communicate in Guild Wars, while GameComm is being evaluated and tested.
The reason some of us are a bit interested in GameComm is because it, compared to TeamSpeak, expands on its feature set with highly useful features such as a bulletin board, public and private text chats, text-to-speech, and user profiles. The program could therefore theoretically unify several communication methods by a single application, and then even provide Diablo II like user profiles.
Additional information about how to configure and use GameComm in The Basin
Player Finding Aids
Never miss checking out, or posting in, The Meeting Place if you have trouble finding people to do what you wish to do.
There are some particular methods of interest for general player finding:
- Detailing how to team up for ad hoc groups by meeting in Ascalon City International District 1.
- A thread to help our Guild Wars gamers find each other. This is not the thread to sign up for guild memberships.
- Check out The Calendar to see what events are scheduled when.
- An aid to help with the all to common troubles with pesky time zone conversions.