The specter of League of Legends voice chat has hung over the MOBA for about as long as it has existed. Communication is essential to success, and while you can achieve a lot with the ping system and perhaps a quick, typed message, it’s hard to beat speaking to your team directly to call out your intent mid-fight. 16 years on from launch, Riot Games is finally preparing to rip the band-aid off and introduce team voice to LoL – but, in service of protecting your experience, “it isn’t going to happen fast.”

 Riot Games confirms League of Legends voice chat is coming, but it “isn’t going to happen fast” as the team commits to preventing “jerks.”  PCGamesN