# Voice Chat ducking is a required option please

**URL:** <https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/voice-chat-ducking-is-a-required-option-please/79983>\
**Category:** Gameplay Feedback\
**Created:** [May 24, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/voice-chat-ducking-is-a-required-option-please/79983 "2023-05-24T20:30:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jonboy](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/jonboy/32/79392_2.png) [@Jonboy](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Jonboy)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/voice-chat-ducking-is-a-required-option-please/79983/1 "2023-05-24T20:30:36Z")

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People might view this suggestion in different ways but here goes.

I have adequate hearing. I have tried alternately:

- a high quality sound bar and speakers (Optical)
- a hi-fi grade set of Beyerdynamic headphones (oooh, get me!) with standard 3.5mm jack, and
- I’ve also got a run of the mill work Jabra set paired with a mic (USB) from work at £120 or so

I’ve tested this with all three.

_ **On none of these can I hear people clearly when they talk in game on the voice chat.** _

I have audio level on 100%. It’s unintelligible.

I can touch type pretty quickly to send messages in game, but I know some don’t. It’s so frustrating when people talk and I’ve just no idea what they want. It kills any semblance of a pug group working together across different 1st languages and/or typing speed.

So:

Can we PLEASE have a tick box ducking option?

Sure if someone wants to start singing then I’ll mute them, maybe - unless they’re good - but as it stands it’s just a void of frustration where they think I can hear them but I just can’t.

PS: this isn’t a “tech” issue, or a bug as such, so I’ve stuck it here.

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**Author:** ![Tamren](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/tamren/32/17777_2.png) [@Tamren](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Tamren)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/voice-chat-ducking-is-a-required-option-please/79983/2 "2023-05-24T21:15:02Z")

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Even just giving us a voice volume slider that goes above 100% would help a lot. Currently there’s no good solution other than a mod on the nexus, and even that one is a bit of a hackjob because it doesn’t make the voices louder, it just mutes all other game sounds when people are talking.

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**Author:** ![dragomusic](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forums.fatsharkgames.com/dragomusic/32/77374_2.png) [@dragomusic](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/dragomusic)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/voice-chat-ducking-is-a-required-option-please/79983/3 "2023-05-25T00:37:26Z")

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While it should be a feature, luckily for us Modders have once again beaten FS to the punch:

> **[Speak Up](https://www.nexusmods.com/warhammer40kdarktide/mods/141)**
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> Ducks the volume of the music and sound effects when people speak in voice chat so you can hear them more clearly

Edit: Didn’t see the other guy in the thread mentioned it, but yeah here it is.  
Plus look how cute that Ogryn is.