Sound issues with skills in Update 11

pema · August 2016

Hey @ZOS_BillMueller
Last night we did a run of Maw on the EU server. And it still has a sound bug.
At the final boss when he does his big explosion the sound dissapears, then comes back slowly.
This was the same for all group members, and on both 1st and 2nd tries.

Seems something in that sound pushes other sound away, unless it's intended and just added (never was like that before).
It pushes the music away, an some other sounds. It quire resembles being close to an actual explosion and going deaf

ZOS_BillMueller · August 2016

Hi Pema!

That is intentional. The effect we wanted the players to have is exactly as described. A loud explosion goes off and the players lose hearing for a little. That being said, we can take a look at how hard the audio effect is happening and see if that needs to be toned down a bit. Thanks for the feedback!

code65536 · August 2016

ZOS_BillMueller wrote: »

Hi Pema!

That is intentional. The effect we wanted the players to have is exactly as described. A loud explosion goes off and the players lose hearing for a little. That being said, we can take a look at how hard the audio effect is happening and see if that needs to be toned down a bit. Thanks for the feedback!

I think @Woeler was looking for the answer to this exact question in his vMoL HM thread.

Woeler · August 2016

ZOS_BillMueller wrote: »

Hi Pema!

That is intentional. The effect we wanted the players to have is exactly as described. A loud explosion goes off and the players lose hearing for a little. That being said, we can take a look at how hard the audio effect is happening and see if that needs to be toned down a bit. Thanks for the feedback!

My ears ;-;

saf227_ESO · August 2016

Oh. I've been noticing this for a few weeks. I just thought it was my client running out of resources (it usually happens when I'm in trials) and deciding to not process sound. Glad to know it's actually intentional. Not 100% sure I like it - but it's good to know.

Synfaer · August 2016

ZOS_BillMueller wrote: »

Hey guys,

Thanks for reporting this, we are currently investigating. Any chance you can give us any other info? Can you describe what you were doing before the problems started to happen ( for example were you using the Blade of Woe before the problems started to happen, or did they happen right away? ) Are you all using the 64 bit client? Thanks a bunch.

Bill Mueller
Senior Sound Designer

I am having a weird glitch with bow skills. About 50% of the time after finishing a fight with bow skills I hear an arrow strike about 3-5 seconds after the fight ends. Its sounds like an arrow thudding into me but no damage is done (yes i checked each knee). It first occurred after the DB patch and has been happening ever since. Using 64 bit client.