Valiant Rogue Style - Please remove sound effects

DenverRalphy · July 15

The Valiant Rogue weapon outfit styles from the Premium Tome rewards track have a persistent ambient sound (not dissimilar to white noise) that is most annoying. Constant background hisses like this often result in fatigue, headaches, and irritability. It becomes exponentially worse if a player is wearing headsets.

I wouldn't care so much if I could simply not equip them myself. But you still hear it when other players around you are wearing them as well.

Please consider removing the sound, or changing it to something other than a constant hum.

Horny_Poney · July 15

I don’t know who thought this could be a good idea, this is awful. I thought we were finally released from the previous arms pack with sound effects and a here is a new one. I just logged off because of this, everywhere I go there is someone with this thing.

Aliyavana · July 16

Does the armor make the sound, or only the glowing weapons? I only hear noise with the glowy weapons

DenverRalphy · July 16

Aliyavana wrote: »

Does the armor make the sound, or only the glowing weapons? I only hear noise with the glowy weapons

Yeah, only the weapons. I was on my way out the door when I first posted and misspoke. I let it ride after the fact because I was just too lazy at the time to go hunting for the Edit icon again. LOL!

[Edit] OP edited for clarity.

BretonMage · July 16

And for the rest of us, we can hear the weapons' extremely loud sound effects (the one that sounds like roaring thunder) from halfway across the city. Every time a player ports into town, I can hear this loud roar from the other side of town. It puts Leane Luseph's and Zalig's efforts to shame. But really, it's not pleasant and will get annoying fast as more and more players claim these weapon styles.

NoticeMeArkay · July 16

I noticed that the sound effect plays as soon as a player with such weapon equipped enters my render distance. And it plays at the same volume as if he'd be standing right next to me. It's a bit unpleasant. More so when multiple people with these weapons have reason to travel the same area as I do.

Nemesis7884 · July 16

the visual effects are also WAY too much...

the fire torment effects are much more subtle and much nicer (from the veterancy)

Soarora · July 16

Someone decided to troll by spam barswapping, blasting peoples ears so intensely that people begged them to stop because they couldn’t think. They didn’t stop.

FieryPhoenix · July 16

For the love of the Divines can we have the option to turn these obtrusive sounds and light effects off already?

Personofsecrets · July 16

I paid $30 for that sound! I love the sound - it keeps the blood flowing!

Horny_Poney · July 17

In this case, the sound should be audible only to the person using it.

Lerozain · July 17

Full agreement here. Ran a dungeon and someone kept swapping back and forth triggering that sound effect almost constantly throughout the run.

Please make it client-side to the player wearing it, or remove the sounds.

Aliyavana · July 17

Soarora wrote: »

Someone decided to troll by spam barswapping, blasting peoples ears so intensely that people begged them to stop because they couldn’t think. They didn’t stop.

I just experienced this. I dislike it

AScarlato · July 17

Soarora wrote: »

Someone decided to troll by spam barswapping, blasting peoples ears so intensely that people begged them to stop because they couldn’t think. They didn’t stop.

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katanagirl1 · July 17

BretonMage wrote: »

And for the rest of us, we can hear the weapons' extremely loud sound effects (the one that sounds like roaring thunder) from halfway across the city. Every time a player ports into town, I can hear this loud roar from the other side of town. It puts Leane Luseph's and Zalig's efforts to shame. But really, it's not pleasant and will get annoying fast as more and more players claim these weapon styles.

Is that the roaring sound I hear while spending eons waiting at the DEs? I couldn’t figure out where it was coming from.

No player should ever be subjected to another players sound effects, ever.

BretonMage · July 17

katanagirl1 wrote: »

BretonMage wrote: »

And for the rest of us, we can hear the weapons' extremely loud sound effects (the one that sounds like roaring thunder) from halfway across the city. Every time a player ports into town, I can hear this loud roar from the other side of town. It puts Leane Luseph's and Zalig's efforts to shame. But really, it's not pleasant and will get annoying fast as more and more players claim these weapon styles.

Is that the roaring sound I hear while spending eons waiting at the DEs? I couldn’t figure out where it was coming from.

No player should ever be subjected to another players sound effects, ever.

Probably? You can preview the sounds in the premium tome to confirm if that's what you've been hearing.

Talaysa · July 17

This sound is incredibly loud and out of line with other player sound effects, please fix this ZOS!

Kiash · July 18

Dang I could imagine this being really annoying. I don't play games with sound on, I'm always listening to music if I'm at the computer, but this would drive me nuts too if I was using in game sound.

Lekjih · July 18

When I preview it only has a sound on first being drawn.

Luneca · July 18

Lekjih wrote: »

When I preview it only has a sound on first being drawn.

The duality of player experience this patch...

Ragged_Claw · July 18

Oh I wondered what that was! I thought it was some annoying new mount lol. But yeah it's very loud and not sure how valiant or roguish it is, seems an odd choice.

CatalinaWineMixer2 · 4:29AM

It's fine just the way it is. It's not any different from Infallible Aether or Mending Gear we have had for many years. Or the WW howling or any other thing. A lot of people in our Guilds really like it.