Why did they change all the voice actors?

[Laraul]

The voices in the game I've heard so far sound the same as they did before. Alphinaud sounds just like he did before. Until someone can show me WHO the current voice actors are now and that they have definitely changed, there's no reason to believe that any of the talk about different voice actors is factual.

[Jonnycbad]

Only good voice actor was Raubahn anyway.

[h0tNstilettos]

I haven't noticed any difference in the voices, though I haven't heard all of the characters speak yet.

[Akuryu]

The voices in the game I've heard so far sound the same as they did before. Alphinaud sounds just like he did before. Until someone can show me WHO the current voice actors are now and that they have definitely changed, there's no reason to believe that any of the talk about different voice actors is factual.

You don't have a good ear for these type of things, do you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAjRPvuMFXM

[Magis]

Only good voice actor was Raubahn anyway.

You mean Urianger.

[Wulfbeard]

You mean Urianger.

And now his has been changed to something horribly different

[KisaiTenshi]

You don't have a good ear for these type of things, do you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAjRPvuMFXM

To be honest, it's not different enough to gripe over. The voice that surprised me was Tataru, because I honestly couldn't remember her speaking in any cutscenes in 2.x

[Seig345]

I haven't gotten terribly far, so I've only noticed Alphinaud's voice so far. It sounds different, but only a little. It could be a different actor, or it could be different recording equipment was used, or the voice actor simply changed how he performed Alphinaud's voice a little. It sounds a little less soft either way. I don't have a "favorite" voice actor in any of this. Personally the only voice I detested was Papalymo's from the original 1.0 game. Not sure if they replaced him for 2.0, but if they didn't, he definitely improved on his performance since ARR launched.

[Lewtskie]

I'll miss Alphi's old voice, Sam played with an air of refinement and class that worked. New voice makes him sound younger and honestly a bit generic, but it ain't terrible, just gotta get used to it.

[WHS]

So I just saw the new launch trailer for Heavensward and noticed they changed the voice actors for all the main characters.

Why could they not keep the same voice actors I hate when they change voice actors like they do a lot in Anime..

Why did they change so many of the key players to british sounding actors? I was kinda used to what they sounded like already and thought the accent is quite ok it's still odd to hear it now after so much time has passed on.