[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] AbstraxioN Unforunately, the premise behind forcing every player to press on the d-pad while in intense battle seems to be a bit odd. If the 360 controller had the same features as a keyboard, allowing the players pinky to access the voice chat while still having full control of the WASD and firing functions, then I could see a reason; but the 360 is not designed for a user to interact with both triggers, both analog sticks, and the d-pad at the same time; atleast not in the function of intel while in-battle. This feature seems to be pointless based on the 360's advanced settings in regards to muting players, etc. With private chat, group chat, etc. built into the 360 dashboard, any player who dislikes hearing constant chatter but wants to hear something from someone can using the private chat or group chat. If somoene doesn't like someone's endless chatting; then the player can mute them - but the base you target to stop the annoying chatter isn't going to be quelled because they usually are not engaged in the gameplay. The portion of players that will suffer are the people who intensley play the game and can't afford to press an additional button to tell their team important information. In the end, the player should be able to understand that he/she can not have a headset setup and not stream the voices what-so-ever, or he/she can setup a private chat or group chat with someone, or even more-so he/she can mute people who are annoying. This is a feasable option with every other multiplayer title on the 360 to my knowledge, as I have not played one that requires the user to be intensely involved with both triggers and analog sticks; but also assumes that holding UP on the d-pad would not cause any issues. Just my 2 cents, the feature seems to shy people away from using voice chat for practical methods; as 99% of what I've herd in those cases is people making odd noises and no sense of intel - as it's not worth it to tell your team about two enemies if it jeaprodizes you surviving any fire-fight; whereas the spammers can die and respawn in a safe area to press UP and rant away. [/quote] Yeah really! I was trying to tell my team mate where he was sapossed to go so I stopped to press up on the D-pad and you know what happend? Somebody came up to me and hit me square in the face twice and I died cuz I was so busy messin with the fricken D-pad!I couldn't even defend myself! I think that this feature is the most stupid thing and that Bungie's answer to that issue was ridiculaous! Suck it up people! If you really hate the chatter mute the pppl for gods sake! You can always ignore them its not that hard!! I hope that you (AbstraxioN) really adress this issue and take it all the way! Cuz I love this game to death but this D-pad thing is ridiculous! Thats just my opinion! Oh and I think that a good solution would be to have to press left bumper (LB) to talk and be able to [b] SCROLL through youre equipment using the D-pad![/u] OR just be able to completley customize all your controls to fit your needs!!! [Edited on 10.09.2007 5:43 PM PDT]