Bard Perform

I cannot stand the horrid noise created by this new bard ability, it literally makes me angry and I have to move away from the person trying to "perform" only to end up next to another bard "performing" ... is there a way to mute the noise created by this new ability w/o shutting down all sound effects?

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Originally Posted by Ralzyn

I cannot stand the horrid noise created by this new bard ability, it literally makes me angry and I have to move away from the person trying to "perform" only to end up next to another bard "performing" ... is there a way to mute the noise created by this new ability w/o shutting down all sound effects?

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Ctrl-K, Sound Settings, Player Effects Volume, Other PCs set to zero. It will turn off all sound effects created by other players, but not all sound effects.

No way to mute just specifically the noise, but you can turn off other player sounds in the menu. It's not a help if you want to hear other players but it's the only way atm.

Epic fail by SE again .. I like a lot of the sound effects, I despise the twang twang plang of the stupid perform ability ...

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Originally Posted by Ralzyn

Epic fail by SE again .. I like a lot of the sound effects, I despise the twang twang plang of the stupid perform ability ...

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As I replied to the other person tell them via in game suggestion box to have a toggle sound of performance via your perspective so that we don't have to hear it. Let it be known that you're not happy.

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Originally Posted by Ralzyn

Epic fail by SE again ..

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Is it an epic fail? I like it :)

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Originally Posted by Lambdafish

Is it an epic fail? I like it :)

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Yes, it is an epic fail... I suffer from misophonia, certain tones cause me literal physical irritation, some tones give me the chills ... it makes things like random notes played in a horrid array unbearable ... which is preventing me from enjoying what I pay for just like everyone else... I play with the game music off because some it bothers me as well ... so again i say it's an epic fail ...

I rather like it. It's interesting and adds flavor to the game. I'm hoping they add Perform of different varieties to other jobs.

I mean there's nothing wrong with people liking it, I just think having an option for that specifically should be there that's all. Also I did as the other person suggested and sent something in the suggestion box.

"The person who says that the only way to please them is to restrict options for others is, if you ask me, the one who deserves it least." - David Gaider

Seems to me to be a tad bit of a conflict here, I mean I don't want to restrict people from playing their bard instruments, I just want to restrict them from forcing me to hear it w/o being restricted from other sounds to which I don't have a reaction. I literally turn off game music because some of it causes me a problem. I have misophonia, certain tones can cause triggers for me, most often the reaction to the sound is anger... That being said I NEED them to fix this for my continued enjoyment of the product I paid for, just like everyone else. Does that not persist a need for me to an have option for my sanity without restricting my continued enjoyment? I mean no disrespect, I'm just trying to state my case w/o being offensive, kinda difficult considering I am still a bit triggered at the moment:mad:

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Originally Posted by Ralzyn

"The person who says that the only way to please them is to restrict options for others is, if you ask me, the one who deserves it least." - David Gaider

Seems to me to be a tad bit of a conflict here, I mean I don't want to restrict people from playing their bard instruments, I just want to restrict them from forcing me to hear it w/o being restricted from other sounds to which I don't have a reaction. I literally turn off game music because some of it causes me a problem. I have misophonia, certain tones can cause triggers for me, most often the reaction to the sound is anger... That being said I NEED them to fix this for my continued enjoyment of the product I paid for, just like everyone else. Does that not persist a need for me to an have option for my sanity without restricting my continued enjoyment? I mean no disrespect, I'm just trying to state my case w/o being offensive, kinda difficult considering I am still a bit triggered at the moment:mad:

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That quote came out of someone's signature, so I doubt it was directed at you. I think you were pretty clear about wanting the option to automatically filter out the Perform ability just for yourself, and I completely agree that such an option should be implemented.

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Originally Posted by Cynfael

That quote came out of someone's signature, so I doubt it was directed at you. I think you were pretty clear about wanting the option to automatically filter out the Perform ability just for yourself, and I completely agree that such an option should be implemented.

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I'm aware of the quote not being directed at me, yet it seemed to contradict his response ... not enough characters to post it all ... so I clipped it and just left the quote ; ;

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Originally Posted by Ralzyn

I'm aware of the quote not being directed at me, yet it seemed to contradict his response ... not enough characters to post it all ... so I clipped it and just left the quote ; ;

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Uh, what?

I posted the only solution we currently have available to prevent hearing these sounds without turning off all of the sounds, since you asked if there was a way to do it. I made no judgement whatsoever about either the solution or the request for it. I.e. I gave you a simple and direct answer to your question. The quote in my signature is taken from an employee's reply on a different company's forum to a poster who claimed that because straight people are the majority all games should only be catered to them.

How the heck is there a contradiction in what I posted with that? I think you're reading a ton of stuff into my post that simply isn't there.

I too do not want to hear this perform stuff and dont understand why the option to mute specifically that alone was not added at the same time.

I also turn off the music in game cus its annoying but I do want to hear the background sound effects as well as the other peoples sound effects like footsteps, shouts, jeers, crafting, gathering and what not.

when i shouted in limsa about such an option it caused a 40+ minute discussion with people chiming in on both sides of the fence with people literally saying if you dont like it just go elsewhere in the game. of which my response was i shouldnt have too SE should of added a separate option.

Seems like everyone like to play the "health' card nowadays to excuse or complaint about everything....

You don't like the noise or can't deal with it? Easy just move to another area or move further away.

Stop creating problems where they don't exist

I have no health problem. But the bards practicing perform everywhere annoys me too and I don't like that sound.

Let everyone have their own opinion, and I do think that muting certain players/bards should be a valid option. ;)

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Originally Posted by Mature

Seems like everyone like to play the "health' card nowadays to excuse or complaint about everything....

You don't like the noise or can't deal with it? Easy just move to another area or move further away.

Stop creating problems where they don't exist

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If you don't like what they have to say then simply ignore the post and move onto another thread..talk about hypocritical..

Why didn't they do something useful for Bard like up dps a bit and make Foe a 1 shot buff that doesn't constantly fall off??? Musical thingy is a total waste. *bah*

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Originally Posted by Ralzyn

Yes, it is an epic fail... I suffer from misophonia

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I don't mean to sound like an ass about it, but I always facepalm when someone says "This feature is a failure because I suffer from <illness> and SE hasn't catered to me". I'm all for splitting up the sound effects, but saying that feature is an "epic failure" because SE hasn't catered to you specifically is entitled.

Let people enjoy things and turn down the other player character sounds until SE resolves this issue (something which likely involves changing a lot of things on both backend and frontend, including UI, sound processing and data management)

i think its less of a health issue type of thing and more a preference thing.

i personally dont like bgm tracks playing all the time and so turn them off which there is an option for.

perform is like a bgm track in that players are always playing something and if you have more than a couple it just becomes noise as they overlap each other.

if it was added to any sound profile it should of bgm but really it needs to be its own option.

I play bard and personally hate the action. Others like it and want to play that is perfectly cool, let them, they have enery right to play and enjoy it. I would like to turn off having to listen to it though, yet I don't want to lose all background noises as they add to the ambience. Hopefully SE will add a mute for the perform action only.

Honestly it no different than spamming abilities.

It's so so for me.
I don't mind people playing music, it's somewhat nice to hear different tunes here and there, but at the same time it feels like it was generally an unnecessary waste of developer's time.

I've been using it for audio shitposting, thanks for confirming it's effectiveness

HAHA, this post actually cracks me up. I haven't come across anyone doing perform yet and honestly nothing can be worse than MCH spreadshot.