Discord or Google Hangout

[Meanlucario]

Me and my friends are playing D&D online, and I wanted to know if Hangouts or Discord was better for online communication.

[othaero]

I use discord and its not to hard to use. But i dont have any experience with so i cant give you a comparison

[Knaight]

Google Hangouts with the Roll20 plugin is probably the best option presented. With that said, I still favor Skype + Maptools.

[Baelon]

My group and I use Discord. We used to do Skype, but that stopped being an option at one point. Discord is largely okay.

It can be a bit unreliable sometimes depending on internet speeds and other stuff that I don't entirely understand, though. Plus robot voice sometimes becoming a thing. And people mysteriously losing audibility at random points. With the browser version, occasionally you'll have to refresh the page a few times on longer sessions. I've heard better things about the app, but I don't have a smart phone so I wouldn't know personally.

But when it works, it works well enough. It's also pretty intuitive, I think.

Overall, I'd say it's not your worst option for the audio portion of online DnD. It's at least par with Skype or Raidcall for the purpose.

[SirBellias]

I have tried Google Hangouts, and it was much harder to get functional than we would have liked. At this point we use Skype and Roll20. I do use Discord, but only as a management tool for our club, so we haven't tested the voice chat portion of it yet.

[Mothman]

My group prefers to use discord, its worked well for us. Another thing you can do with discord is download a few bots for you voice chat server, a dice roller bot or a music bot to get more music that roll20 doesn't offer.

[PersonMan]

I've heard better things about the app, but I don't have a smart phone so I wouldn't know personally.

The Discord application isn't a phone thing; there's a mobile version, but you can install Discord as its own program on your PC.

[Baelon]

The Discord application isn't a phone thing; there's a mobile version, but you can install Discord as its own program on your PC.

Really? Hm. Did not know that. I mean, it takes away some of the appeal of a browser-based voice chat, but that's neat to know.

[The Random NPC]

Google Hangouts with the Roll20 plugin is probably the best option presented. With that said, I still favor Skype + Maptools.

Google Hangouts doesn't allow plugins anymore, or at least I can't figure out how to use them anymore.