It's time for the combat music to stop

DirigibleTomato

This combat music is actively ruining the game's soundtrack. There you are enjoying an amazing score when suddenly you run within ten meters of some skeever or something, and for the next thirty seconds to a minute, and well past the time you lose aggro, the soundtrack will be replaced by an incredibly annoying combat track.

I would honestly rather play without music than have it be constantly interrupted to play some rubbish 'action' tune. It needs a toggle.

Sheezabeast

You know you can turn down the in game music in the audio settings, right? This is literally a non-issue.

Araneae6537

Sheezabeast wrote: »

You know you can turn down the in game music in the audio settings, right? This is literally a non-issue.

That does not address OP’s issue of wanting to listen to the zone soundtrack without it being interrupted by combat music. Turning down the game music would take out the zone music as well.

FluffyDoom

I certainly understand the OP, the music in this game is so amazing..... !

When the game first launched, there was a really epic soundtrack that played while you were launching/loading in characters {you can hear it on youtube "The Elder Scrolls Online - Original Game Soundtrack" April 13 2014} Specifically the first track For Blood, for Glory, for Honor (Jeremy Soule) but it's all fabulous!

OMG soooooo good, brings back great memories of my first times in game with great friends who sadly have stopped playing.

In case the devs are looking at this or take this up as an action item, may I suggest toggle option (allow combat music or not).....it may seem silly, but over the years, I've grown attached to the combat music also. It has certainly saved me many times when I wasn't quite paying attention

Please don't take it away

Red_Feather

The combat music in my game sometimes just doesn't stop.

It is actively droning on the entire time I'm in town crafting.

Is my only option to turn of all music?

MrDenimChicken

Totally agree! It would be awesome to have a combat music toggle. I just think it would be more enjoyable to fight stuff in the zones while still hearing the zone music.

Fennwitty

For PC there are addons that prevent combat music. I agree it would be nice to disable the combat music specifically.

Cloudtrader

I wouldn't mind a toggle to turn it off, but I'd never use it myself. Please don't take away my combat music.

YandereGirlfriend

At least it's not the Witcher 3's combat music.

It was awesome at first but quickly became a meme.

Tharonil

After 4 years with combat drums, i turned off the music. I still love the zone music, but I couldn't stand the combat music anymore.

thorwyn

How about adding s new perk in the green CP tree that allows toggling off music in combat? 120 CP to activate it sounds about right.

xTAKISx

I also think ZoS should give us the option to turn off combat Music.

*The water gently caressing the shore. Magnus is beaming down on me as I cast my line into the Summerset Sea. The music taking me deeper and deeper into the world of Tamriel. I feel a tug on my line and....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yamizem-NiA

SickleCider

You don't love PLINKY PLINK DINKITY DONK every time a wolf looks at you?

I agree completely. Before anyone says add-ons: console.

DirigibleTomato

Sheezabeast wrote: »

You know you can turn down the in game music in the audio settings, right? This is literally a non-issue.

I think you either didn't read my entire post, or you didn't understand it.

YandereGirlfriend wrote: »

At least it's not the Witcher 3's combat music.

It was awesome at first but quickly became a meme.

Even then it's not quite on par. You can mod TW3's music heavily to customize when it plays or even to stop combat music entirely, there weren't as many trivial fights, and it ended almost straight away after combat finished, which would immediately transition back into the zone music. ESO's combat music lasts a hell of a lot longer, can't be modded out, and can take ages to fade out the combat music and restart the ambient soundtrack. Plus TW3's combat music is just better.

Versispellis wrote: »

You don't love PLINKY PLINK DINKITY DONK every time a wolf looks at you?

I agree completely. Before anyone says add-ons: console.

There isn't even an addon that can do it. The closest you can get is one that automatically drops music volume to zero when you enter combat, which doesn't fix the issue of the game's soundtrack being interrupted, but at least means you don't have to listen to those bloody drums again.

Lugaldu

I also find it annoying when the fighting music kicks in with every wolf or skeever (I already try to avoid them). On the other hand, it would also be less emotional when a fight would not stand out in some way. It reminds you that you are in a dangerous environment and that you don’t just carelessly stroll around and pick flowers.

amm7sb14_ESO

The combat music in this game actively pisses me off. Not only is it obnoxious in it's own right, but it also reminds me of the game's awful aggro mechanics.

But as with OP, I don't want to turn the music off, because there is a lot of great music throughout the rest of the soundtrack. Some zones have music that I just absolutely adore. I just can't stand the combat music.

LalMirchi

I really like the soundtrack but the combat music is too disrupting. Perhaps separate volume sliders for each?

PurplePlatypus

The whole soundtrack in the game is weak (sometimes awful) so you can just turn off the music in the game settings.

Lugaldu

PurplePlatypus wrote: »

The whole soundtrack in the game is weak (sometimes awful) so you can just turn off the music in the game settings.

A lot of people will likely disagree, including me.

fred4

You could play a perma-cloaking magblade and thus not aggro anything, although the need to cloak every 3 seconds and the associated sound may be equally aggravating, I guess.

There are a few Jeremy Soule Oblivion tracks in this game, which I hold dear. I don't know whether it's due to memories of Oblivion, the first Elder Scrolls game I played, or whether the music is just special. Probably a bit of both. I love the Oblivion non-combat tracks and recall reading a story that Jeremy Soule had a near fatal accident or some other near-death experience prior to composing this music, apparently leaving him in a serene and comtemplative mood.

Rebirthment

FluffyDoom wrote: »

I certainly understand the OP, the music in this game is so amazing..... !

When the game first launched, there was a really epic soundtrack that played while you were launching/loading in characters {you can hear it on youtube "The Elder Scrolls Online - Original Game Soundtrack" April 13 2014} Specifically the first track For Blood, for Glory, for Honor (Jeremy Soule) but it's all fabulous!

OMG soooooo good, brings back great memories of my first times in game with great friends who sadly have stopped playing.

In case the devs are looking at this or take this up as an action item, may I suggest toggle option (allow combat music or not).....it may seem silly, but over the years, I've grown attached to the combat music also. It has certainly saved me many times when I wasn't quite paying attention

Please don't take it away

Man i miss hearing that old login music from when i firs started playing. A long time ago i made a thread about how ZOS can add an option at the login screen on witch music we want to hear when booting up ESO