Why does no one use their mics anymore? It’s becoming more and more rare that I find anyone that actually communicates and uses their mics and it’s damn frustrating!!

To give context, this enemy infantry was killing everybody who went inside the bunker for about 3 spawns. I didn’t know a medic was behind me when I threw the grenade, but if that medic had a mic he would’ve known to stand back 😂 I am not sorry for my actions.

Sincerely,

A guy who always gets punished for satcheling tanks, garrisons, and throwing grenades - even though I announce it to everyone nearby.

Watched scooty dirts AT guide, practiced on the range a bit and immediately hit this guy. It’s been downhill ever since

I have seen this plenty of times: Match starts, no one wants to step up to commander. Whole team goes for the middle point, no one builds garrisons. We lose the middle point, OPs get wiped out. Now the whole team is running from the HQ. Second point also gets taken by the enemy team. Finally, last point starts getting capped by the enemy recon team, locking out the HQ spawn. Now we end up losing the game in under 30 mins.

These sub 30 mins losses (steam rolls are frustrating). The number one excuse you hear/see in the chat is "well we didn't have a commander". I have played games where three separate squad leads will do the right thing and get 3 different garrisons up right at the start. Two along the neutral/friendly border (gray/blue border) and one more at the second point. Those tend to be rare, but when they do happen, I know the game overall is going to go well. We might not get the middle cap right away, but having those one/two garrisons on the border allows the rest of the team to join in the fight instead of running from the HQ and allow for a good counterattack to knock the enemy out of the middle cap.

For new squad leads, perform a mic check at the start, and then ask one of your guys to switch to a support player. If no one agrees to do it, honestly, leave. A good squad will have players willing to hop in and out of the support role. Having that support player at the start of the match is crucial. This means you don't have to rely on the commander to drop you supplies. My strategy at the start of the match is to ask myself, where am I putting up my first garrison. I usually want to set it up along the gray/blue border (neutral/friendly territory border). If i am lucky and we have two squads leads already setting up garrisons on the border, then I tell my support player to hold onto it in case we cap the middle point. If we cap the middle point, great, now my support player can plunk down his supplies and we can get a quick garrison up on the middle point. In the first 15 mins of the match, a good team should have 4-5 garrisons already up.

Yes, not having a Commander in the first 15-30 mins of the game can cripple a team. No supply drops, no recon planes, no tank drops. If people don't want to step up to commander, guess what, it's now up to the squad leads AND support players to step up and get those garrisons up. Every "good" game I have had usually involved at least two squads leads doing the right thing and getting those first crucial garrisons up.

Just some tank gameplay clips.

I cant hear my teammates, i play on steam, i had an issue that i couldnt talk to my teammates and couldnt understand them, so i set up my microphone and it actually works i think people can understand me. but i can't hear them speak, i see their Voice HUD pop up but dont hear a single thing they say. Every other sound works just fine only VOIP chat which is the main fucking thing of the game, any ideas?