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[taoroot]

As mentioned in my previous post, I was away from the game for some time and now I have noticed that banter between Ghosts is missing? Is there some way to activate the banter, like option in the menu? That was one of the fun elements of the game, what's going on, Ubisoft????

[taoroot]

Since there's no reply yet, I wonder whether there is an older version of game that still includes banter somewhere available to play? Thank you for your help.

[venomgun1]

Frequency at which banter occurs between ghosts has been reduced since at least March 2018. Some lines about completed missions and cartel dismantling progress were repeating in co-op mode, creating spoilers. We also got an option to toggle on/off all radios too. You can also toggle AI teammates, but that doesn't stop them from talking completely, especially in cutscenes and briefings.

Location specific banter is still there and so is a lot of backstory for ghosts. It's just some crude military humor that either got removed or dialed all the way down and that was repetitive to begin with. Some stories that were references to real life characters and events don't appear anymore. We still have:
- "For the altitude" meme
- Story about 2 ghosts who were about to die because they can't disarm the bomb occasionally appears everywhere, including guerrilla mode.
- Incinerating hard drive and dropping it in the ocean because of "spicy contents" appears only after/during "Carzita's VIP list" mission.
- Peeping Tom story happens during "The Politician" mission
- Confession about keeping POW for "extended time",
- Debate about what makes people violent, games or other people,
- Gator and boots can be heard in Caimanes and some other provinces,
- Sailor wanting to tell a joke about marines to 3 marines, no spoilers
- Retired generals joke should still be in the game
- Story about bad smell can be heard in any province.
+ many more

Banter doesn't happen nearly as much on the move. Idling a bit should trigger it again. And if Holt bugs for whatever reason, there wont be any chatter, because he narrates most of those stories. If it doesn't happen at all, then save slot for that character is damaged somehow.

[taoroot]

Thank you for the explanation venomgun1. I've started new profile with a friend so that we can play from the beginning and so far after few hours, the only time there is some banter is in dialogues for the missions/locations. Idling or traveling in the car is completely silent. We'll try to play a few more hours and see if it's gonna get better or not. Still, I believe it was funny the way it was and the simple ON/OFF or FREQUENCY slider in options would be nice

Thank you again for your time, appreciate it.