Glaring issues that were NOT addressed in 2.1

[omniwaink]

I'd just like to say that the battle music is different on every region actually, if you listen carefully Gridania battle music has more flute while in Coerthas it's more gothic style lol

It's true, there are small variations. But you can only remix one song so many times before it gets stale, and unfortunately the theme isn't exactly as catchy or epic as say, FFXIII's battle theme. This game overall has incredible music that is underused because it continually defaults back to the same battle/dungeon/boss music. I mean, there's an awesome song with the Amal'jaa beast tribe that is only played when you are standing right next to them. Why not play that song while you are doing their daily quests? Why does the game just go silent as soon as you leave their area?

The new hard mode dungeons (and Coil 1 trash) are the way to do it - new themes that increase in intensity during combat.

[Magis]

It's true, there are small variations. But you can only remix one song so many times before it gets stale, and unfortunately the theme isn't exactly as catchy or epic as say, FFXIII's battle theme.

Could be worse... it could be FFXI which had 1 battle theme for each expansion and 2 dungeon themes. The first 30s of this song is ingrained in my head.

If you look at Before Meteor, all three cities had different battle themes, though were more Final Fantasyish. Here is La Noscea's

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[Dhex]

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Magis uses unintentional Nostalgia attack.

Super effective! Dhex takes 9999 nostalgia damage.