I've been playing with this idea in my head. Before I start, I want to say this: It has nothing to do with story content, and would be just a fun little feature. In fact, I'd rather this not be used, because they should work on other aspects in the game. I just want to share it.
A lot of people have microphones. So why not add an option when you right click on a character portrait that allows you to go into a cinematic convo with a desired player, desired ops, or group. If you don't understand, it's like chatting with an NPC except with players. Perhaps you could implement something that would cause the players mouth to move whenever it detects a voice in a microphone. Nice idea, in my opinion.
The only way I could see Bioware making money off of this is if f2p has to stay at a fixed camera angle, etc, pref getting more options, blah blah blah, you get it.
Pros: Better Rping! I would love that. ;_;
Would be a fun thing for level 55s to do, and get more people interested in roleplay, hopefully making them stay with swtor for a while. Perhaps even making the sub.
I realize there could be more pros, but this is as much as I can think of at the moment.
Cons: If the person who is talking into the mic actually shows THEIR voice, it could get annoying. Sure, some people have great voices that would be good for RP, but I don't think anyone wants to RP with that nasally 8 year old pervert kid.
On the other hand, if the respective voice actor for each class was the that you would hear, it would be better. But there are so many cons to this idea, im going to list them separately.
Cons: Im not sure if we have the tech to make the voice smooth and fluid, which would be the only way it was worth it. Im not sure who would want to RP with Eevie and siri, and all those other voices.
Im assuming Bioware pays it's actors, so I imagine this would be costly. Therefore, I doubt bioware would make it.
Not everyone has a clear voice. Without their real voice coming through, many words would get messed up.
That's all I have to say for now.
Did I miss any pros or cons? Place a comment below and give me your thoughts on this!