General

Although the 2.3 upgrade brought long-awaited in-game voice communications, the implementation has left a little to be desired in terms of usability/sound quality. As such, Basil and Elsheindra, the THB co-coordinators, have rented a commercially hosted, 35-slot Ventrilo server for Team Pink and general Honourbound use.

Ventrilo has a small footprint and is very easy on system resources. Even if you don't have a microphone or headset, you can still easily use it to listen without significantly impacting your WoW game performance. You will need broadband. Experiments with dial-up show that voice comms and WoW do not go together well.

Accessing and Using the Ventrilo Server

You need some client software to access Ventrilo. Our server requires Ventrilo 3.x clients. You can download these from http://www.ventrilo.com/ for Mac OS X or for Windows. They're also available from the THB Information Pages Index in the list of mods there.

• Server address: ventrilo.honourbound.org
• Port: 27563
• Get the password from your guild's THB rep.

The One's Ventrilo page contains instructions for configuring Ventrilo as well as the current client software. Check that out if you need help.

When you connect to the server, you'll find a number of pre-created instance channels which may be used by anyone as well as some nooks designed for one-on-one or small group conversations. Use of the Honourbound Ventrilo server is governed by the same etiquette rules as other Honourbound channels.

Honourbound Requirements for Using Voice Communications

Event leaders may require that participants use voice communications. They should state this in advance and normally no-one is expected to be able to speak, only to listen. There is no Honourbound Alliance requirement that every event must use voice communication systems.

Supporting the Ventrilo Server

Basil and Elsheindra pre-paid the first six-months of the server's life. Kariandra (The One) and Astarte (Roses of Dawn) donated to cover the upgrade to 35 slots. Since then we've upgraded to 50 slots and another six months. It costs us about $138 US/year.

You can donate money towards increasing the number of slots or extending the number of months the server's available using PayPal or credit cards directly to our Ventrilo hosting account at DarkStar using our ClanPay account link.

Current Ventrilo Server Status

Current Ventrilo server status: