DEV REQUEST: please let us toggle FATE music

As the title says, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let us toggle FATE music on/off in system settings.

If I'm on lvl 60 sitting at a S rank waiting for people to gather I'm not interested in hearing the battle music from the lvl 3 FATE I'm standing in. If I'm out gathering Ramie on BTN I'm not really interested in hearing the FATE music my nodes happened to spawn in. If I'm just riding through a zone jamming out to the mount music from my Rose Lanner I'm not interested in that music being interrupted because my path takes me through a FATE. In short, anytime I'm not actively clicking "level sync" to join a FATE, I don't want to hear the music from it. FATE music is generally annoying and disruptive IF you aren't participating in the FATE. If you are, then it's completely appropriate.

This game has an amazing music track, but FATE's are responsible for me toggling off BGM 90% of the time. Show this thread some love. If we can get enough traffic or likes it might actually end up on the Dev Team's radar.

Yuuuuup...

The FATE music is an earsore. That and the blasted combat music. -_-;

This so much. It's something I've wanted for the longest time.

There's already an option in the GUI for turning off mount music. I wonder how hard it'd be to add toggles for FATE music and combat music. (If you turn off FATE music but have combat music turned on, the combat music will play if you get engaged in combat in said FATE)... This has my support.

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Originally Posted by Paladinleeds

There's already an option in the GUI for turning off mount music. I wonder how hard it'd be to add toggles for FATE music and combat music. (If you turn off FATE music but have combat music turned on, the combat music will play if you get engaged in combat in said FATE)... This has my support.

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I'd love a toggle for combat music. I don't know what it is about it, but the HW field combat music just sends me to sleep.

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Originally Posted by Paladinleeds

There's already an option in the GUI for turning off mount music. I wonder how hard it'd be to add toggles for FATE music and combat music. (If you turn off FATE music but have combat music turned on, the combat music will play if you get engaged in combat in said FATE)... This has my support.

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So much this as well as the OP suggestion! I love listening to the background music too, FATE and Battle music get on my nerves sometimes, would love the option to toggle those off as well.

YES! Please let us turn off combat and fate music, I want to hear the environment music.

Dungeon could have a change hearing the same boss song after 3 years is....... An extreme earsoar

Yes please. Sometimes, esp when fate or leve grinding, it gets very monotonous.

I agree. If I'm mining my own business and a fate spawns, I'll just go stealth mode and keep on. Sorely missing Twilight over Thanalan. It's especially bothersome on PS4 where I'm stuck with in game music and can't just have my own at any time.

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Originally Posted by Xerxus___

Dungeon could have a change hearing the same boss song after 3 years is....... An extreme earsoar

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This too. More unique music would be much welcomed.

While we're on the topic of music, I'd like more mounts to have unique music, particularly the beast tribe mounts. I'd love it if the dire wolf played Flightless Wings and the cavalry drake played Pitfire, for example.

I've been thinking about more mount music too. I've got 29/48 mounts that play one of those "default" music themes. That means when I hit the mount roulette, chances are good that I'm gonna get something with the "default" music. Even the chocobo song is becoming something of a rarity with the roulette.

Some songs just make sense for certain mounts. The beastman tribe quest mounts should play the music of their respective tribe. Event mounts should play the music from their respective event. Fenrir and Archon Throne should play the music from Snowcloak/Gubal respectively. PvP achievement mounts should play PvP music. Twintania mount should play the music from Coil T5 and the A4S and A12S mount rewards should play the music from their respective fights. I'm sure there are some other examples I'm just not thinking of, but yeah, more variety done sensibly is something I think a lot of us would be all for

I would like to toggle ALL contextual music. Even though I like the boss theme, hearing the dungeon music continuously would make it feel more of its own place rather then "well here's the latest expert."

I find the notification of a FATE far more disruptive than the music itself. It's a big reason why I don't even have my mount music on since I know I can't travel more than 30 malms without that atrocious notification sound ruining the mood. I also remember being disappointed that HW boss FATEs had the same music as the ARR ones. I think they literally updated all themes, except those ones.

I am also in favor of a toggle option.

You would think with the entire franchise worth of music, particularly battle music, they would use that randomized to liven up the fate music or combat music. They do a very good job pushing nostalgia of the franchise, but nothing pushes those memory triggers like music.

i still think "hard to miss" is one of the best songs of FFXIV :/ , but yeah make it optional and evey1 is happy :D

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Originally Posted by Warlyx

i still think "hard to miss" is one of the best songs of FFXIV :/ , but yeah make it optional and evey1 is happy :D

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Don't get me wrong, I love it too and I know if I were to hear it years after no longer being a part of FFXIV, the nostalgic tears will flood my face. But right now it is nails on chalkboard.

If I walked into a FATE I would normally pass up and it started playing From fear to fortitude, I would participate without even thinking about it.

That FATE notification sound is also background music though. Toggle off ALL BGM and that gets turned off too. I'd think it goes without saying that the request to toggle off FATE music includes the notification sound.

It's not that I consider it bad music, it's just something I don't want to hear if I'm not looking to kill FATEs. Some people don't want it at all, me, I'd toggle it off for normal adventuring and back on if I'm in a FATE grind for whatever reason.

One Of the Reasons I'm hoping for new Main Battle & Fate Music right here.. 4 years of the same melody is just too long lol

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Originally Posted by Warlyx

i still think "hard to miss" is one of the best songs of FFXIV :/ , but yeah make it optional and evey1 is happy :D

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Good doesn't mean everyone can endure a 10 hour loop.

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Originally Posted by RhaegarFFXIFenrir

As the title says, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let us toggle FATE music on/off in system settings.

If I'm on lvl 60 sitting at a S rank waiting for people to gather I'm not interested in hearing the battle music from the lvl 3 FATE I'm standing in. If I'm out gathering Ramie on BTN I'm not really interested in hearing the FATE music my nodes happened to spawn in. If I'm just riding through a zone jamming out to the mount music from my Rose Lanner I'm not interested in that music being interrupted because my path takes me through a FATE. In short, anytime I'm not actively clicking "level sync" to join a FATE, I don't want to hear the music from it. FATE music is generally annoying and disruptive IF you aren't participating in the FATE. If you are, then it's completely appropriate.

This game has an amazing music track, but FATE's are responsible for me toggling off BGM 90% of the time. Show this thread some love. If we can get enough traffic or likes it might actually end up on the Dev Team's radar.

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Perhaps go one further and allow toggling the music off for each specific dynamic music mechanic.

eg,
Turn off general combat music.
Turn off general overworld music.
Turn off levequest music.
Turn off FATE's music and the chime tone when you enter/exit/fail/pass a FATE. Maybe even just "turn off combat music while not as a combat class"
Turn off the duty's combat music, while leaving the duty's normal music up, or turn off the duty's normal music as well
Turn off the boss combat music
Turn off storyline music (not sure why you'd want to except to dub over it for a video)
Turn off mount's music/reconfigure mount's music.

While I enjoy the music in the game, it's the repetitive nature of some of the music gets a bit much. In other games I've played, I eventually turn the music off because you can only deal with the same music track so many times being reused, before you just get sick of hearing it. Fortunately most of FFXIV's music isn't shrill, but just like in the console games, the same combat music OVER and OVER and OVER gets tiring.

Supporting OP. While I'm sitting trying to fish, FATE music is the most obnoxious thing.

While I love the FATE music i think the whole FATE JOINED jingle should play after you level sync down otherwise flying around I hear it up to 6 times while helping a friend get from one place to another

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Originally Posted by DracotheDragon

While I love the FATE music i think the whole FATE JOINED jingle should play after you level sync down otherwise flying around I hear it up to 6 times while helping a friend get from one place to another

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Super this. If I see someone alone doing a fate, I'll watch their HP for a short second and decide to help or not. But if I'm not doing anything, the FATE isn't exactly joined. Unless DoL suddenly got tool related weapon skills and an HP boost.

I'll add "toggle off Levequest annoying music" to the table. Specially DoL leves.