PSA: Macro Sound Effects Harm People with Sensory Issues

[Kisagami]

I really appreiciate the love and support here. I am eternally greatful this playerbase I have found here for the most part accepts me even with all my quirks and flaws. I’m not a perfect person; I just wanna be able to play a game where I have found actual friends I feel safe to interact with, which is crazy since I have PTSD. The idea of meeting them one day with the company of my boyfriend is exciting.

Thank you all for making me feel not so alone and here is me crossing my fingers a fix will be introduced in a patch.

[Vstarstruck]

There's a separate volume channel for voices already - muting it will silence all players during gameplay and also turn off voices in the cutscenes.

then it makes it too low to hear everything else, that one voice is simply too loud. (well least that one combat noise, i doono about the rest)

[Reinha]

Also, an in-chat report option for idiotic chat macros wouldn't hurt either. Not that hard to identify since it could be identified through things such as spotting sound effect cues in text, tracking timers of text inputs, or simply and proudly admitting that every chat macro is idiotic.

You would probably have better luck convincing SE to remove macro sounds altogether than to implement a report option for using game features the intended way.

[BillyKaplan]

You would probably have better luck convincing SE to remove macro sounds altogether than to implement a report option for using game features the intended way.

A 20-line macro where each line is nothing but spamming every single macro sound is doubtfully the 'intended way'. I am not making this up. That said I doubt they'll add that for anything other than RMT because most other things require context

[Kisagami]

A 20-line macro where each line is nothing but spamming every single macro sound is doubtfully the 'intended way'. I am not making this up. That said I doubt they'll add that for anything other than RMT because most other things require context

If I ever encountered someone who did this to me, I would immediately uninstall the game and cut my losses...

[Reinha]

A 20-line macro where each line is nothing but spamming every single macro sound is doubtfully the 'intended way'. I am not making this up. That said I doubt they'll add that for anything other than RMT because most other things require context

Yeah, most other things do require context. The macro you described would probably fall under spam, which I believe is already against the rules. The person I quoted considered every chat macro to be idiotic and wanted a report option for idiotic chat macros, which would mean reporting every chat macro. It's just not going to happen as long as SE supports the ability to make macros with sound.

I wonder if blacklisting prevents one from hearing macroed sound effects. Can't remember if it has been mentioned in the thread yet. That would be the easiest available way to prevent discomfort without having to turn off system sounds or requesting others to make changes in their game play.

But you can't blacklist while in duty, right?

Well... damn.

[Cakekizyy]

But you can't blacklist while in duty, right?

[Kazrah]

You would probably have better luck convincing SE to remove macro sounds altogether than to implement a report option for using game features the intended way.

I'll take it!

[Kisagami]

I'll take it!

Your response made me laugh. “Problem Solved!”

[Kazgrel]

Not at home to check, but I’m certain that some of the default chat channels (/sh comes to mind) filter/mute any sound effect entries.

I use them in my hunt callout and relay macros, but only in /p, and I’ve actually been thanked for that by people who had to afk and would’ve missed out had they not heard the sound effect. So such effects can be used positively.