Dear Yoshida, please reconsider your stance on looping field music.

[Akira_Tenshi]

I really enjoy the music in this game but it makes me very sad that the field tracks only play for 1-2 minutes and then it is dead silent for ages.

I know the developers feel that ambient sound is more important than music but a lot of players disagree. Take FF XI for example, I feel the music really added a sense of personality to each zone, every time I hear the Gusterberg music now I get all nostalgic. I want to feel like that with XIV too.

FF is well known for its beautiful music and I'd like to enjoy it as much as possible. Looping music in dungeons was a huge improvement but the silence out in the field is so depressing.

Please allow the players to decide for themselves which is more important, ambient sound or music. Please give us the option to loop music.

[GabrielK]

What was his stance? I can not see a reason to not allow at least looping, programatically it is trivial.

[Sholah]

What was his stance? I can not see a reason to not allow at least looping, programatically it is trivial.

Yoshi has been saying since beta that they don't want it to loop and it was not made to loop, because they put so much effort into the ambient sounds.

[Yukiba]

They should make it an option atleast.. some people like looping music (I dont personaly but I understand some people do) and it definitly should be in the game as an option

[Magis]

Yoshi has been saying since beta that they don't want it to loop and it was not made to loop, because they put so much effort into the ambient sounds.

TBH, I haven't heard any ambient sounds while running around. It's mostly silent. I've been playing XI in the down time, and in that game you can damn well hear it. Large open areas would have howling winds, and the sea side you could hear the waters hit the shore. Either XIV's ambient noises don't have the same... "power" or the default noise is set way too low.

[Leadleaf]

Pity many have the ambient sounds muted due to the creepy voice tracks in crowded cities. I'm looking at you "haha, hahaha, HEEEEEY!" lala.

[DefendPopPunk]

Pity many have the ambient sounds muted due to the creepy voice tracks in crowded cities. I'm looking at you "haha, hahaha, HEEEEEY!" lala.

LOL. This a thousand times. And yeah, on the rare occasion I actually listen to the game's sound I did find the music dying out kind of disappointing. Looping it would be a nice option to have.

[KingOfAbyss]

I would so much love to propose a Jukebox Option!

You can then select the song from all of their super albums they created, and that it doesn't feel like it at all in the game so far.

If they need to get some money out of it since no one would purchase the CDs, then make it like Fantasia, a one-time shot to buy and then you are free to use the jukebox to suit your needs.

It would be nice as per now I'm sure I'm not the only one that put the sound to 0 and then I play Opera Metal [insert your favorite]

So then we could really enjoy all that comes with the game.

Thank you SE.

[Maza]

I 100% agree with you OP I love the music and the music from FFXI can make me tear up sometimes I love it so much, le sigh.

[Aegis]

If the problem is that the tracks aren't designed to loop... can we please have the V1 tracks back? Twilight over Thanalan, On Windy Meadows.... awesome tracks.

Even if that's not the problem, can we have them back anyway?