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QOL - Please let us mute our character's grunts and screams

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I know this is brought up from time to time, and even by myself previously, but please add an option to let us mute our character's grunts and screams.

I am very excited about the Arcanist as I have not made a new character in some time. But I have spent around two hours on the PTS trying to find an imperial voice that doesn't drive me bonkers. They are all terrible. After all these years I still can't play ESO with the sound effects on because of the constant "ARGGHHH" and "AHHHHH" during combat.

I thought I finally found a voice that I could somewhat tolerate, but the constant "YAAAHHH" when mounted was quite irritating.

I really want to enjoy the sound effects of this game, but I absolutely cannot listen to them with the never ending character grunts and moans. @ZOS_Kevin please throw this one on the pile of QOL suggestions.
  • ArchMikem
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    There's a Skyrim Mod for that called Silent Player I think, so I support the idea. It can easily be an audio setting.
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  • Soarora
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    Agreed. I hate particularly when they giggle while dancing. It takes away from just trying to enjoy the moment, listening to some music probably. Plus, someone's character could be mute but that's not an option...
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  • TaSheen
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    I'm in favor too!
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  • Thormar
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    Only a cruel soul would deprive me of this:
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  • DarcyMardin
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    I endorse this, too! At least make it optional.
  • vsrs_au
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    Yes, please make it optional. I find my character's non-verbal noises to add to the realism, so I actually prefer it.
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  • ADarklore
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    Especially when during character creation, you don't know exactly all the annoying ways they grunt, groan and wail until AFTER you've already made a voice selection and started playing. After all the years I've played, I now have a list of all voices for each gender and race that are the least annoying for me.
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  • N00BxV1
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    My main is a female Dunmer (not sure which voice). And when she heavy attacks she always yells "Craaaig!". Who exactly is this Craig fellow and why is she always yelling his name. I sure wish I would've known during character creation that she was already involved...
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    I wouldn't mind it so much if they didn't all sound like wounded animals.
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    I wouldn't mind it so much if they didn't all sound like wounded animals.
    LOL, I started playing Morrowind for the first time only a few months ago, and my first reaction upon hearing the sounds my character made when taking enemy hits was [snip]. It was simply awful! :)

    [edited for profanity bypass]
    Edited by ZOS_Icy on May 16, 2023 1:44PM
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  • Rishikesa108
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    I agree.
    There should also be a possibility to turn off the voices of the companions, who always repeat the same things, often even inappropriately.
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    I also have a special disdain for some personalities that make you scream, huff, or sob uncontrollably when I just want a quiet mood from them.
  • Gnesnig
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    There should also be a possibility to turn off the voices of the companions, who always repeat the same things, often even inappropriately.

    But you can already? There's 3 settings iirc - 'always', 'sometimes' (default) and never. Somewhere in settings.
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    Gnesnig wrote: »
    There should also be a possibility to turn off the voices of the companions, who always repeat the same things, often even inappropriately.

    But you can already? There's 3 settings iirc - 'always', 'sometimes' (default) and never. Somewhere in settings.

    i could be wrong but last i checked it's infrequent instead of never
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  • karthrag_inak
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    Khajiit is in the opposite boat. He would like to hear much more from his characters, and not just grunts and chuckles. This one is intrigued to hear his 17 khajiit characters' opinions on various topics of the day (along with his 1 argonian with fluffy delusions - his insights would no doubt be very entertaining).
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  • Snamyap
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    I just love when my characters scream out in agonizing pain when they drop 3 feet down whilst sneaking, really adds to the immersion factor. 👍
  • amig186
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    N00BxV1 wrote: »
    My main is a female Dunmer (not sure which voice). And when she heavy attacks she always yells "Craaaig!". Who exactly is this Craig fellow and why is she always yelling his name. I sure wish I would've known during character creation that she was already involved...

    Craig Charles, obviously.

    But yeah, an option to mute select parts of the voices would be nice. Sometimes an otherwise good voice pack is ruined by one annoying scream. What @karthrag_inak said seems somewhat doable too, using all the NPC voicelines recorded with the playable voices. Of course there would need to be an option to mute that too.
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    There's also the "woooooooo!" you get while fishing... Many eyerolls.
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  • XoXJulietteXoX
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    Thormar wrote: »
    Only a cruel soul would deprive me of this:

    Here you go, thought I'd share my funny that happened last night.
    https://youtu.be/C9o63utkces
  • XoXJulietteXoX
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    Thormar wrote: »
    Only a cruel soul would deprive me of this:

    Also, how did you add the video to your post? It's been years since I have done it and forgot...

    Did I figure it out?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9o63utkces
    Edited by XoXJulietteXoX on May 16, 2023 1:53PM
  • Thormar
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    Did I figure it out?
    Yeah, you did get it right.

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    ADarklore wrote: »
    Especially when during character creation, you don't know exactly all the annoying ways they grunt, groan and wail until AFTER you've already made a voice selection and started playing. After all the years I've played, I now have a list of all voices for each gender and race that are the least annoying for me.

    Actually, you can hear all the sounds. Just keep pressing the choice* and it cycles through the different sounds it makes.


    *I forget exactly what button it is, but there is a way to cycle through them.
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    i use polymoprhs on most of my toons, which have few or minimal sound effects

    ones like the factotum, shade, etc are much quieter, or at least better than normal character voices lol
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    I love when you fall off a cliff with your char and the scream comes 10 seconds after you fell lol
  • Necrotech_Master
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    XSTRONG wrote: »
    I love when you fall off a cliff with your char and the scream comes 10 seconds after you fell lol

    or when you fall from like 2 ft and your character is screaming like they were dropping 100 ft lol
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    AScarlato wrote: »
    I also have a special disdain for some personalities that make you scream, huff, or sob uncontrollably when I just want a quiet mood from them.

    Yes! I love the Heroic personality, but I hate the random “YAAAAAA” outburst. It doesn’t feel at all aligned the with overall vibe of the personality, in my opinion. I’m heroic, not a performance artist.

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    I love my high elf and his voice, but sometimes it really does get old when he's constantly screaming in battle. I also wish I could mute all pet sounds. I truly loathe how Clannfears sound.
  • Marcus684
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    I know this is brought up from time to time, and even by myself previously, but please add an option to let us mute our character's grunts and screams.

    I am very excited about the Arcanist as I have not made a new character in some time. But I have spent around two hours on the PTS trying to find an imperial voice that doesn't drive me bonkers. They are all terrible. After all these years I still can't play ESO with the sound effects on because of the constant "ARGGHHH" and "AHHHHH" during combat.

    I thought I finally found a voice that I could somewhat tolerate, but the constant "YAAAHHH" when mounted was quite irritating.

    I really want to enjoy the sound effects of this game, but I absolutely cannot listen to them with the never ending character grunts and moans. @ZOS_Kevin please throw this one on the pile of QOL suggestions.

    100% agree about the Imperial grunts. The pathetic "Yeuuhh!" sound my burly Imperial tank makes when he drops down a small rise is ridiculous.
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    agree!
  • Gnesnig
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    LunaFlora wrote: »
    Gnesnig wrote: »
    There should also be a possibility to turn off the voices of the companions, who always repeat the same things, often even inappropriately.

    But you can already? There's 3 settings iirc - 'always', 'sometimes' (default) and never. Somewhere in settings.

    i could be wrong but last i checked it's infrequent instead of never

    Yeah, just checked. The best you can get is "minimal" unfortunately.
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