Battle music during Dungeons... or any fights....make it stop >.<!

It would be awesome if there was an option to turn off battle music while in a dungeon.. You never get to hear the OST of these dungeons once u hit something. I mean they let u turn off mount music to have a more realist feel while traveling around...so this shouldn't be hard to do.

I'd rather them just include the dynamic music from 1.0 (used in Copperbell/Haukke Hard) in all the older dungeons. There's really no reason not to. After Crystal Tower, i cannot fathom playing another dungeon without dynamic music. The whole dungeon will feel like a step backwards. Kind of like Pharos Sirus.

Or just include the option to mute battle music. I'd have done that ages ago if possible.

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Originally Posted by Chezara

It would be awesome if there was an option to turn off battle music while in a dungeon.. You never get to hear the OST of these dungeons once u hit something. I mean they let u turn off mount music to have a more realist feel while traveling around...so this shouldn't be hard to do.

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During a dungeon you do actually have the option to turn your music off, this would fix your issue.
Or is muting your sound between boss-fights too much of an inconvenience?

Personally, when I enter a dungeon now I simply mute the music and play whatever I want to hear instead, whether its FFXIV related music or not.

You have the tools to do everything you're asking for, please use them.



You get a 30-60 second intro at the start of a dungeon, as far as i'm aware the battle track does not cut over this. Pharos Sirius is a good example, if you engage in combat the intro will end and then the battle music will play.
Adding in an option for this is simply a waste of development time and memory when you have the ability to mute it yourself.

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Originally Posted by megaman

Wait you can turn off the mount music!? :O where can I find this option? (Please tell me you're not joking about it and just mean 'press mute lulz')

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System > System Settings > Sound > 2nd Option. [Turn off Music when mounted]

Yes please !

Wait you can turn off the mount music!? :O where can I find this option? (Please tell me you're not joking about it and just mean 'press mute lulz')

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Originally Posted by Shioban

During a dungeon you do actually have the option to turn your music off, this would fix your issue.
Or is muting your sound between boss-fights too much of an inconvenience?

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For many of the players though (me included) we like the enviromental music and think it adds atmosphere to the gameplay which enhances our enjoyment of the game overall. Unfortunately it all too frequently gets interupted by the same battle music over and over and over again. The option to disable mounted music is great, we'd like the same for the battle music, that's all.

A lot of the tracks are really short, some even less than half a minute long. They were designed to be intros to areas/dungeons and nothing more, hence why it wouldn't work to just make the music loop in most cases. I remember Soken saying that the reason they made it this way was so that we wouldn't get bored/annoyed with the music. I don't think this is a very good idea personally, but at least I can kinda understand the reasoning behind it. The irony is that what we're stuck with instead, is the same generic battle theme (with small variations) whatever we do, so their thought-process kinda backfired in that respect.

It's a shame really. Personally, music plays a huge part in my video game experience. It helps set the mood, and it gives each area a more distinct feel. Final Fantasy games are known for having stellar music, so I really wish they would reconsider their approach to it in this game.

Dungeons would feel that much better if they left the actual dungeon music playing rather than the same STALE ANNOYING BATTLE MUSIC.

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Originally Posted by Mug

It's a shame really. Personally, music plays a huge part in my video game experience. It helps set the mood, and it gives each area a more distinct feel. Final Fantasy games are known for having stellar music, so I really wish they would reconsider their approach to it in this game.

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I kinda got used to music looping in FFXI.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNTQnE1a63E

Even though it repeated I enjoyed it for the most part, at least in places like The Binding Coil and The Crystal Tower they went for a constantly looping dual layered music track.

Their quality hasn't changed, just the frequency/use like you said.
If I hear 'Promise of Plunder' in a low level of dungeon one more time however I might cut my ears off.

Yes they really need to had more dual music tracks for each dungeon instead of the same music and a the intro music that only last 30 secs.

Why is Coil the only dungeon with a good, unique battle theme? Granted it's another remix of "Answer" but it's refreshing and surprisingly well done.

Or make it that the battle music sound like the dungeon music, only a bit different.
Like "The Dark's Embrace" and "The Dark's Kiss"

Either bring back 1.0 style music or just get rid of it lol. How many FF games have you played without looping dungeon music for example? :l Sure everything gets repetitive after awhile..but the reason its grating here is for example Pharos Siruis was the perfect chance for them to do dynamic music.

And they wasted it.

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Originally Posted by Tupsi

How many FF games have you played without looping dungeon music for example? :l

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FFXI actually was the same - a lot of overworld areas and dungeons had no background music at all, but just a simple wind sound effect (like the Maze of Shakrami and the Valkurm Dunes). Granted most areas like that were actually areas available in the original game - areas and dungeons added in expansions tended to have proper BGM - but still, a significant potion of the game's areas had no BGM at all.

And I used to get irritated hearing the same BGM and battle music over and over again in FFXI too - hearing Battle in the Dungeon #2 and Yuhtunga Jungle for the umpteenth time now makes me want to hurt the first taru I see. >< So I'm actually glad Soken did things this way in ARR, even if it isn't a popular choice.

At least those tunes were catchier though.

I don't care for the default battle themes in ARR (open world and dungeons). They could at least bring back some of the 1.0 tracks like Nail of the Heavens.

Ironically enough, for all the hate it's been copping, The Promise of Plunder was a 1.0 track as well (it was originally the open dungeon battle theme). But yeah, I'd love to hear some more 1.0 battle themes (The Forest's Pulse especially.)

I don't mind the default overworld battle theme though - the Coerthas variation is my favourite. But then, I guess as usual I'm in the minority here.

I wouldn't mind Pharos Sirius looping that music is awesome plus it set the mood for that dungeon , plus looping isn't annoying.. we all played Zelda and super mario.. they loop and we still pop to the tune.. even after 20 something years lol... it they made it like Answers from when the servers were coming down with a a light fainting music every once and a while it would be cool too

turning of music is stupid all you hear is foot steps dmg dealt and what ever that's not in the background music

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Ironically enough, for all the hate it's been copping, The Promise of Plunder was a 1.0 track as well (it was originally the open dungeon battle theme). But yeah, I'd love to hear some more 1.0 battle themes (The Forest's Pulse especially.)

I don't mind the default overworld battle theme though - the Coerthas variation is my favourite. But then, I guess as usual I'm in the minority here.

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That's specifically why i'm sick of it.

I heard enough of that in Shposhae in 1.0 and the Alpha/Beta/Release for 2.0 and now my daily roullets.
(No thanks) ;--;

I know it would likely never happen, but I'd totally back a kickstarter project to get dual track music in every dungeon in Final Fantasy XIV, as well as get unique final boss themes for each dungeon. Siren totally deserves better than what she got given how good the intro music was.

Seriously, I was like "Oh man, this dungeon has the best sound track ever!" and then about a minute later, "this theme again?!"

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Originally Posted by lololink

Yes they really need to had more dual music tracks for each dungeon instead of the same music and a the intro music that only last 30 secs.

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Absolutely. I mean, the music is incredible in certain areas like Raincatcher Gully in La Noscea, and Rootslake in South Shroud. The thing is that it's too short, and I am literally wanting the tune to continue, to expand on the melody like a longer 4-5min loop as opposed to 60-90sec interludes everywhere. In effect the shorter tunes would probably wear out on you even quicker! Guess I'm just used to having more in the way of BGM and no, I don't think people should be inclined to use other sources of music due to a lack of variety. Unless you're doing many, many fates in the same area, then it could get quite monotonous. But that's just me....

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

FFXI actually was the same

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Indeed, however XI much like 1.x also had theme specific music, I mean, music like this would have sounded amazing on the PS3/PS4/PC setup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmzrFRs3pbg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epBRiq-BK5c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD2cQZmeaFc

Quite honestly, as said, all music gets repetitive after awhile, but compared to 1.x, ARR's music doesn't really feel like "much" went into it and the ones that did you hear for barely 30 seconds or so. That's why I feel they went into the right direction with P.S's music and it goes with how they said as you progress the music slowly gets more intense till you reach the final boss, but ...well, yeah.

This idea has been passed around the threads every now and again. You'll have your haters and supporters. I personally would love the option to turn off all battle music without having to go into my settings every time. Just like you can with mount music.

I would LOVE it if I could hear Upper La Noscea's music in every corner of Eorzea. Gosh its just so amazing. The beginning of dungeon music always plays to its fullest even if a battle has started. And I love every single theme. Would be neat if they expanded those themes and have them loop (like others have suggested). Outside of dungeons : Would be neat to turn off battle music and just have the area theme play! But until the official soundtrack is released, can't really do that :(

Wow, at LEAST we are getting music while the players of swtor don't get *nothing* just silence unless they hit something to turn on a clip that would play for 25 seconds and it turns back off.