I would like to clear up a couple of things;
1) Funds are not an issue. Our Team Speak server is the exact cost as our Vent server. In fact, we got more slots for the same price.
2) We need a chat client that many other gamers on Arkenstone also use such that when we fill spots for a raid outside of a kin they can easily join. On Arkenstone the hands down most popular is Team Speak. I wanted to make the switch from Vent to TS 3 years ago when I first came to Rare Breed as Vent was antiquated and the quality was not great; however, on Meneldor virtually every raider across the server used Vent as their platform which made it easy to fill spots etc.
3) Any issues you may have experienced with crashing have absolutely zero to do with Team Speak. This issues would be with our hosting site; in this case Clanwarz. We will continue to monitor and evaluate this. We can always switch if need be.
The decision has been made to go with Team Speak as outlined in this post: http://rarebreed.guildlaunch.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11122940&gid=233773
This does not mean that we will not keep an eye on Voice Chat options for the future, we are always looking to improve. For the time being, we will be using Team Speak.
Sincerely,
Dadi