It is the sole method of communication between players, as the game does not support voice chat.
Players can use voice chat to talk with their team.
We finally did get the voice chat working, and it works well enough, except for one peculiar quirk.
These were the sounds of the latest in on-line communication: voice chat.
The game supports up to 16 players at a time, voice chat, and a variety of modes.
To test it out, I had a friend enter a voice chat with me and put his microphone in standing mode.
It also sounds like we might be getting voice chat in an upcoming patch, which would make the online play even better.
It works so well that voice chat is almost unnecessary.
In later versions, voice chat and video conferencing features were added.
This was decided by players in voice chat prior to the start of the game.