I got access to the beta of the new TeamSpeak client
It's trash
@matrix Its trash why?
@xyfdi It's essentially just a remade modernized version of TS3 with the only new feature being rich text chat and GIFs.
@matrix Its going the Slack/Discord route, we knew that they were busy modernizing their outdated client (and business model).
@xyfdi But without offering new functionality. Unless they have something up their sleeve they haven't mentioned yet.
@matrix All apps seem to converging on looking all alike. Slack and later Discord were the disruptors and everyone else is scrambling to make products just like them. So what you see in them, expect that from everything else.
What TeamSpeak has above anything else is right now is directional audio, which is awesome for ArmA and TFR/ACRE2. It is similar to Mumble, but with a more up to date API. (Except the ACRE2 guys have updated Mumble's Plugin-API recently, so there is some work into that! :D )
@xyfdi I never used it, but I absolutely see how it's useful. It's not in the new TS client yet and yeah, it will never be a thing in Discord.
@matrix I recommend playing ArmA 3 in a proper clan that uses ACRE2 (or TFR. 😞) to partition the speech. It is fucking magical... =)
@matrix Yeah, in Discord this will most likely never happen.
When I ran a A3 clan I really hoped that Discord would allow for plugins and directional audio so I didn't need to run a TeamSpeak server constantly.