I’m not insane but this game often makes me wonder if I might be wrong.

Punches_Below_Belt · September 11

When queuing for a dungeon, I have no problem hearing when the timer runs out but I miss roughly fifty percent of the sound alerts letting me know my dungeon is ready. Are the two alerts at different volumes? Is the initial alert sound not functioning properly. I am literally sitting here, with no music, looking at my tablet and boom I hear the sound and see I am no longer queued.

SilverBride · September 11

There are sliders in the Audio settings for all the different types of sounds. Try adjusting those and see if it helps.

DenverRalphy · September 11

You're not insane. And I'm pretty sure it's less a volume issue but more a range issue. I've never actually looked into it, but I'm convinced many of the sounds need to be remixed to ensure they're all within the sound range of the average television/monitor/budget-quality speakers. I think at conception, the plan was to ensure some really awesome sounds, but neglected to pay attention to the range your average non-professional quality speakers can produce.

There are numerous alert sounds that I'm sure a not insignificant portion of the playerbase doesn't even know exists until the first time they play the game with a quality set of headphones. The first time I used the Arcanist Beam while wearing quality headsets, my mind nearly exploded! The difference was simply staggering.

For the longest time I wasn't aware that the pins in the lock-pick minigame are supposed to make a rumble sound when at the sweet spot.

Punches_Below_Belt · September 11

Thank you for the quality feedeback

Ruj · September 11

I have an addon called Auto Queue.

I was constantly not hearing the queue sound, and this addon automatically accepts the queue. Problem solved!

Punches_Below_Belt · September 11

I’ll check it out.

Elvenheart · September 11

Ruj wrote: »

I have an addon called Auto Queue.

I was constantly not hearing the queue sound, and this addon automatically accepts the queue. Problem solved!

How wonderful! I didn’t know there was such a thing!

Edited to add: Oh, OP, thank you for letting us know you’re not insane. 😊

MasterSpatula · September 11

I am also not insane, though I have nothing to back that up.

AzuraFan · September 12

The sound needs to be more than a whoosh. It's really easy to miss, especially if there's something noisy happening around you. They need an option to make it something louder and more obvious.

tmacedo · September 12

If i'm idle in game, waiting for queues, but periferic looking at the screen, reading a book, etc I usually miss too the visual queue alert, along with the sound. I found to be better to stay at another window l, then eso window flashs when queue is ready.

scrappy1342 · September 12

i am totally insane. but i'm also half deaf. i usually need to find addons that let me change the sounds, make them louder, and/or add something visual.

JustLovely · September 12

Ruj wrote: »

I have an addon called Auto Queue.

I was constantly not hearing the queue sound, and this addon automatically accepts the queue. Problem solved!

Do you know if this add on works for queuing into Cyrodiil?

redlink1979 · September 12

Punches_Below_Belt wrote: »

When queuing for a dungeon, I have no problem hearing when the timer runs out but I miss roughly fifty percent of the sound alerts letting me know my dungeon is ready. (...)

Happened to me several times, it's easy to miss the warning if you're not looking at the screen.

katanagirl1 · September 14

AzuraFan wrote: »

The sound needs to be more than a whoosh. It's really easy to miss, especially if there's something noisy happening around you. They need an option to make it something louder and more obvious.

Exactly. The sound for the Gray Host queue in Cyrodiil is a loud sword clanging noise, easy to hear. The sound for the group dungeon or BG queue is a whispery shhhhh. If you are not staring intently at the TV you will miss it.