In games like Destiny or CS:GO for example, you should not even be allowed to start the activity without a working microphone. I dont care if you are antisocial, if that’s the case, those activaties aren’t for you and you shouldn’t bring down your entire team because of that.
As an clarification, I’m more worried about Raids than PVP
In a perfect world, I completely agree with you. Unfortunately the majority of the online competitive games I have played voice chat consists of one dude giving helpful call outs while everyone else removed and complains about why that dude sucks and their call outs suck. And even if it goes well it usually crumbles into a blame game by the halfway point. The only way I have ever been able to successfully grind a competitive game without losing my fucking mind is to just have friends to play with as we hang out in our own chat and mute the other teammates.
I truly understand where you are coming from. And that’s exactly why I don’t play competitive anymore.
Not to mention that women are consistently sexually harassed in games, and leaving the mic off allows them to remain gender ambiguous