So, I've got to ask - Who else "talks to the game"?

[SeaFireliv]

I talk to the game only because i use the astra voice command. She even talks back... until I tell her to shut up.

 

[ShimEnki]

I always tell the station flight control to eff off when they tell me to slow down, when they tell me to give way to larger ships (when I'm in my cutter), when they berate me for my flying when some other ship hits me (and I was stationary!)
Cheeky barstewards.

I used to as well...but I have since, from the options screen, positioned them out of existence.

Now there is only the basic port announcer that drones on about speeding and loitering.

 

[W.T.Sherman]

I have voice attack programmed so that I ask the station for permission to land just as I would IRL. Of course I answer back something like "Roger pad 03 on final approach now" when it serves no purpose, so yeah I talk to the game. Verity also tells me to calm down when I tell the coppers what they can do with their scan and other fun little tidbits. I also talk to her. OH, my I've utterly lost it!

 

[DragonIV]

Station: "Slow down, commander!"
Me: guns throttle, "yee-haw!"

Station: "Trespassing!"
Me: "I'm so gonna fire you, Eli!"

Waze: "We'll take I-787E to I-90E"
Me: "We've *never* gone that way yet. Some smart computer you are."

Ship: "Thermal Attack. Taking heat damage. Shields down. Shields up. Target Eliminated." in a five second span after leaving the battle scene.
Me: "I never signed up for a daily digest of notifications, ship."

 

[StiTch]

Uhm. I think that's what you can call my interaction.

"TRESSPASS WARNING"

"Feecckk off do I need to come all the way back out! You can accept me asking for permission from right here you git, not one of them large pads has been taken and if you're going to get crappy about this I'll just leave my iCutter stuck in the toast rack and sneak in with my SLF"


"Scan detected"

"What's that for, ya doss plank?! I've spent the last week fighting for your crappy faction, I've waltzed back in a distinctly recognisable ship to y'all, and I get much less of a "how do you do" than "let's make sure you aren't a criminal". I'll give you criminal, ingrate"

 

[Saul 'Hobo' Tarrant]

Station: Laykon Sierra Alpha Uniform Heavy, Cleared for landing on pad "Two" - "Five"
Me: Roger That. Laykon Sierra Alpha Uniform, Beginning hands on approach, pad "Two" - "Five", I have the ball.

 

[CorvenDallas]

I don't, but there's nothing wrong with talking to the station.

I'd be very worried if the "station" spoke back though...

WAIT!!! So I'm the only one that gets an answer?

(Spooky music...)

 

[Kigre]

I sometimes swear to the AI out loud but most of the time i just flip the finger at the tv! (Usually when i blow them up or when im about to jump)

 

[vrsterling]

Not much talking but lots of swearing, oh lots of swearing! Sometimes I go full Samuel L Jackson on an NPC pirate after repeated interdictions. "Interdict me again! I dare you, I double dare you, &@#$%!!"

 

[Sapporo]

Quite rarely in ED, but I always do whenever I fly airplanes in Kerbal Space Program (I'm a flight attendant in real life and would like to be a pilot at some point in my life).

 

[Bryan K]

I've been known to swear at the station controller when they tell me to slow down. I also have a habit of making rude hand gestures at Imperial ships scanning me around the first alien crash site. And I've almost certainly said "I have you now" at least once in combat.

 

[Comrade Napoleon]

I used to do it. But it has grown old now, you know all the lines by hearth now, so it has worn off after almost 3 years. With some few exceptions. The new comments they make in case of civil war, outbreak are good additions, but it would be super cool with some very random, unexpected messages that reflect a a situation, exsample: You are about to dock with a heavy cargo/battle damage/completed mission, the game "knows" the state already, the station control could say: " You took some damage there CMDR , That cargo will make a few credits, Mission acomplished Cmdr, well done" just to make it more "personal".
The most irritating comm's has to be NPC pirates opening lines, they are in dire need of diversity. Dire!!
I presume its on FD's list, but it should have a little more love.

Cheers Cmdr's

 

[kpmop]

I used to do it. But it has grown old now, you know all the lines by hearth now, so it has worn off after almost 3 years. With some few exceptions. The new comments they make in case of civil war, outbreak are good additions, but it would be super cool with some very random, unexpected messages that reflect a a situation, exsample: You are about to dock with a heavy cargo/battle damage/completed mission, the game "knows" the state already, the station control could say: " You took some damage there CMDR , That cargo will make a few credits, Mission acomplished Cmdr, well done" just to make it more "personal".
The most irritating comm's has to be NPC pirates opening lines, they are in dire need of diversity. Dire!!
I presume its on FD's list, but it should have a little more love.

Cheers Cmdr's

My hearing is really awful so I never hear any of the comms messages beyond the static sound (shame they don't appear in the comms window...), but yeah I quite like the idea of not hearing those sorts of messages too.

 

[DaveB]

I used to do it. But it has grown old now, you know all the lines by hearth now, so it has worn off after almost 3 years. With some few exceptions. The new comments they make in case of civil war, outbreak are good additions, but it would be super cool with some very random, unexpected messages that reflect a a situation, exsample: You are about to dock with a heavy cargo/battle damage/completed mission, the game "knows" the state already, the station control could say: " You took some damage there CMDR , That cargo will make a few credits, Mission acomplished Cmdr, well done" just to make it more "personal".
The most irritating comm's has to be NPC pirates opening lines, they are in dire need of diversity. Dire!!
I presume its on FD's list, but it should have a little more love.

Cheers Cmdr's

Or even have the "extras" carry a little more with them... really minor stuff but makes a huge diff to immersion.

Request docking with your canopy out: "Your emergency noted and priority to pad granted, Cmdr. Speed restrictions lifted on your approach."

Heavy battle damage: "Emergency crews dispatched to your assigned pad" and as you dock you see some brightly colored vehicles with flashing lights loitering around it...

Some way of doing a comm-out approach without getting blown up.. (but if you fail to hit the local security office and "complete your registration" before you undock, the station will vaporize you before you make it out of the slot)