I generally like the change to voicelines after ping, however I feel that it harms characterization for zealots especially badly. I play a Male Agitator and one of the things I like is the way he insults and celebrates the deaths of his hated foes. It sets the mood.
The exchange:
“Big mutie!”
“'Tis Dead”
is not a bad interchange.
However it doesn’t hold a candle to :
“Big mutie!”
“THE MUTIE IS DEEEEAAAAD!”
and the problem ultimately is that one of these is now far, far more common than the others. I propose some kind of chanced based approach, at least for zealots, maybe for all characters. Just to encourage variety.