Planetside 2 has a nifty feature of proximity voice chat. Everyone in an area can hear it, but my question is can other factions hear your voice as well? Often times I will use proximity to corral the entire force instead of just my squad and I don't want the enemies knowing the plan.
If they do hear it how can you strategize a large force of multiple platoons/squads securely?
Best Answer
For better or worse, they cannot.
I'd argue the best option for mass communication is
/regionsay(/re) which is everyone in your faction in the same hex (available to everyone) or/orders, which is available to squad leaders that spend certs on the channel.You can communicate with other factions with
/yell(/y), voice (Vkey) macros, and to a particular player with/whisper <PLAYERNAME>(/w).Here's a link to an SOE forum thread discussing the decision:
https://forums.station.sony.com/ps2/index.php?threads/why-arent-we-allowed-to-hear-enemies-proximity-chat.111551/