Did just read this thread below that I personally did find little bit "depressing".

Mics and why are people not using them,
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php...not-using-them

First,
Last time I checked this we still can decide what we do with our spare time and I must emphasize that I respect each and every ones decision in the above linked thread.

Learned something new,
Did not know there actually where these "chat party?" that in many case took priority over game chat and yes can see the charm with that.

For me,
I do not use mic all the time, depends on mode and such but there are a lot of gamers out there and even a lot of more old timer gamers as well.
And I do not know if I been lucky but in a more communication intensive game like BF4 over time built a platoon by random encounters of "talking players" to a decent size and here my friends list have grown to 25 with fun/good talking players without putting any effort into it.

Perhaps the PC side do talk more than console players? Of this I have no knowledge as a PC only player.

Team-play,
The real kick for me is doing FL or even other stuff in a organized way with communication, sure it can work with random's and silence but for me it is not the same fun/thrill.

Point with this post?,
There is many of us that do "talk" so if you are like me, try and see because many times you get to add some one new on that list that makes the game more fun to play.

A bit of analogy
On a pub if you feel for it you can get into a boot by your self and read a paper or watch tv or something, the people are there but you don't have to interact.
But if in the mode, you can hang on the counter and pitch into the conversation regarding that latest soccer game or what ever, and I do believe by nature (proven) we are social beings but not all of us and certainly not all the time.

The beauty of individualism

Last,
I really hope that 1.2 will have a good impact and that cheat functionality is properly implemented because the online activity have been in decline a while on the ones I use to play with.


-cb99