Molag Ball Illusion polymorph had it's voice completely changed. Please revert, this is very sad!

Fischblut · August 9

Greetings!

I haven't had PTS installed for a few years now, but when I read patch notes from v10.1.2, I was very excited:

When equipped with the Illusive Molag Bal polymorph, some small adjustments were made so that you will now sound even more like the Daedric Prince himself!

So since that day I slowly started making enough storage space and finally installed PTS today, imagining the awesome additions based on my feedback few weeks ago...

I only wanted my Molag Bal to have light attack cries, "giddy up" voice, and addition of this awesome laugh to his arsenal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjRMo0Bx3Nw

I was horribly disappointed, because there were no mere additions... The original Molag bal voice which I loved and which made my spend 400 gems on this polymorph was replaced by generic demon voice!

I can't upload to good old Youtube, so it's the only way I can share the video of changed polymorph at the moment:

https://vk.com/video872636186_456239017

Designers did good job with this voice, but it must be saved for some other NEW polymorph. It's not acceptable to replace perfect voice of well-known villain with anything else.

How the polymorph currently sounds on live:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z0KcF52iKk

Please tell me that you've mistakenly assigned wrong voice, because I'm totally devastated if it's intended change

After I heard iconic Molag Bal laugh from the other player, I bought this polymorph too and have lot of fun roleplaying. It actually brought me back to actively playing. I started doing more than just daily Endeavors, I dived into PvP again, started using new different armor set combos, discovered Infinite Archive as Lord of Domination... If this roleplay is ruined, not only I won't need this polymorph anymore - I would lose my little ESO-way of escaping horrible real world

@ZOS_Kevin

Morvan · August 10

I did some testing comparing the old and new polymorph voices with the actual Molag Bal lines in the game and you're right, the voice on live sounds much better, it actually sounds perfectly like him, the new one is close enough but it doesn't sound like the same VA, hopefully I'm not being paranoid.

Dragonredux · August 10

I couldn't check personally because by the time they changed it, they moved to the EU servers

Anyways, I don't think the new voice is bad or anything but it's jarring if you heard the old voice and/or been using the polymorph. They probably struggled to get the old va back.

Fischblut · August 11

I'm very nervous that there is still no response from a developer here

This is very demotivating... With frequent changes in how skills/armor sets work (which drain me emotionally), at least I could still enjoy my beloved cosmetic item - knowing the Zenimax official policy of not changing such items after they were sold.

Adding just a few missing voice lines to some actions would be acceptable, as well as adding that one special laugh. But not replacing the whole audio few months after someone already has and loves the polymorph. On forums, it might seem like only few people use this item - but in the game, I've never seen so many players use the same polymorph before - looks like Dark Father is very popular figure in Tamriel!

Current voice of this polymorph would only need few minor additions for perfection (light attacks, "giddy up" etc), but it's not bugged and it mostly sounds epic. Removing this voice feels shockingly unwarranted, and it's setting a very disturbing precedent

Someone created an evil voice for PTS - it was well-done as a job, this voice is quality material per se. The only problem is assigning it to already existing cosmetic item. It doesn't match how Molag Bal sounds in ESO. If you take away the current voice, my character won't be able to roleplay as Molag Bal - and there would also be no way to hear this voice anymore. It's so much fun when I perform "cheer" or "laugh" emote after defeating world boss or completing a dungeon. Recognizable voice of approval from the most famous ESO villain is priceless

I own almost all polymorphs, and most of them do not please me visually. Their unique voices is the main reason I buy them

Only Lich polymorph and live version of Molag Bal Illusion make awesome visual and audio combination, for my taste.

TX12001rwb17_ESO · August 17

Whats it now sound like?

Fischblut · August 18

TX12001rwb17_ESO wrote: »

Whats it now sound like?

Just now I've managed to upload it on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/CRtaV6OqT3c

There is still no notice from someone official on such unwanted change to this awesome polymorph

On live, it's one of the best cosmetic items in the game so far, and I hope the PTS change never goes live

And it's not even the matter of taste. Recognizable Molag Bal (ESO version) voice is major part of the functionality here, so changing it is like replacing this cosmetic item with completely different one. It's totally not good to make such drastic changes to any cosmetic item which was already sold in the store and not bugged.

Please, don't take away this enjoyment

Leave the original Molag Bal voice, and save the new voice for some other unreleased polymorph.

@ZOS_JessicaFolsom

Pelanora · August 28

Yea that's so not Malcom McDowell....