New GNB sounds, why?

I disagree with your statement that it is objectively not true that the class feels different due to the sound changes. I believe that it does in fact feel different.

Sure, mechanically the class is very well put together and is also solid from a numbers point of view. Sound obviously doesn't change this. However, I don't just play jobs based on their numbers. I play based on how they 'feel' to play. Sound design is factored into the overall umbrella of how a class 'feels.'

Without getting too personal, there were some negative things going on in my life leading up to Shadowbringers release, but something I was looking forward to more than anything else was the gunbreaker, simply because of the animation and sounds. The sharp sound of the blade, the clinking of the mechanical bits, the clarity of the slice, and the click and pull of the trigger. Mix this with the aetherial blue spray that flies off during certain attacks and I was sold. This alone brought me joy. So when the game came out my plan was to level RDM first through the story, then focus on the GNB. I would even take breaks, switch to GNB, and hit target dummies just to remind myself what I was looking forward to. Then as soon as I was done with the story they changed the sounds. So the animations and all that are still great, but they took away part of what brought me joy. This is why I feel upset, personally.

Am I foaming at the mouth demanding justice? Nah, that's just silly. But I will chime in with others to try to get this change reversed if I can. I will even probably still play it even though earlier I said I was done lol.

Anyway, just remember that we all at least have in common our desire to make this game the best it can be even if our opinions differ

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Originally Posted by Senseition

Has anyone actually seen people say they like the new Baseballbreaker job sound?

Anyway does anyone know if the Japanese players have a similar complain about this issue yet? I don't think they care about what the English players say...

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So an update, more people in the JP thread have posted their displeasure and disappointment that there was no change. The most recent was the most critical of them so far, calling into question the professionalism of the SFX change and their inaction/slowness this patch as well as reiterating how unsuitable/incomplete the sound is for Gunbreaker.

Other criticisms also call out the Devs changing the sound with out majority consent.

Edit: Grammar.

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Originally Posted by Yin111

So an update, more people in the JP thread have posted their displeasure and disappointment that there was no change. The most recent was the most critical of them so far, calling into question the professionalism of the SFX change and their inaction/slowness this patch as well as reiterating how unsuitable/incomplete the sound is for Gunbreaker.

Other criticisms also call out the Devs changing the sound with out majority consent.

Edit: Grammar.

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This gives me some hope still, thank you <3

I have seen people who claim they like the sounds but majority of the time they're trolls, don't use sound anyways, or think the previous sounds were as thin as Ninja's daggers. Some even thought it changed today based on fake news and stockhome syndrome a bit. I got excited with my friend pm'ing me saying they're changed but then... Nothing. They just were so excited thinking they did that they assumed it did when they eagerly waited out the maintenance to hear a change.... That's pretty sad, not for the person but... just what they've done and what it's causing for people.