Graha Voice Actor Change?

[PaulH]

Whilst I will continue to wait until we have some formal information is announced, when I heard it I really thought it sounded like an AI voice lacking any warmth or depth like a terrible Siri voice.

[c4prisun]

have to agree with the guy saying people are being parasocial. spending the time to compile all of that information, regardless of whether it's public or not, is weird. you're not entitled to any info from JB or SE about whatever is going on. if a single character's voice acting is impacting your gameplay experience that much, you have some serious issues. it's funny how people are only just now whining about VO issues because it's graha, yet there wasn't any outcry to this degree when aymeric sounded bizarre last time he spoke or yshtola sounded different

[ZephyrMenodora]

have to agree with the guy saying people are being parasocial. spending the time to compile all of that information, regardless of whether it's public or not, is weird. you're not entitled to any info from JB or SE about whatever is going on. if a single character's voice acting is impacting your gameplay experience that much, you have some serious issues. it's funny how people are only just now whining about VO issues because it's graha, yet there wasn't any outcry to this degree when aymeric sounded bizarre last time he spoke or yshtola sounded different

I have no idea what the issue with Aymeric was, but Y'stola's actress wasn't replaced without notice.

But thanks for stopping by to patronize others here for an issue you clearly don't care about. It's nice of you to use your one and only comment on these forums to look down on others.

[Regis_Paran]

spending the time to compile all of that information, regardless of whether it's public or not, is weird

That compilaton was needed solely because people were throwing around misleading and inaccurate information, trying to excuse 7.4 VO disaster. If you think presenting facts is now being parasocial, then we truly live in a vastly different worlds...

[ZephyrMenodora]

That compilaton was needed solely because people were throwing around misleading and inaccurate information, trying to excuse 7.4 VO disaster. If you think presenting facts is now being parasocial, then we truly live in a vastly different worlds...

Just another person who has no idea what the word means, but spews it out thinking it's a winning argument.

[claustromania]

have to agree with the guy saying people are being parasocial. spending the time to compile all of that information, regardless of whether it's public or not, is weird. you're not entitled to any info from JB or SE about whatever is going on. if a single character's voice acting is impacting your gameplay experience that much, you have some serious issues. it's funny how people are only just now whining about VO issues because it's graha, yet there wasn't any outcry to this degree when aymeric sounded bizarre last time he spoke or yshtola sounded different

The irony of using “parasocial” to describe the people posting about their concerns here, then immediately speaking as though you personally know any one of us well enough to know how we reacted to past voice direction and quality issues lol.

If you bothered to read the comments here, you’d know that Y’shtola’s 6.0 quality issues, Aymeric’s weird overly jovial delivery during that one post-ShB patch (which was one of if not the first patch with the new remote COVID setup, so issues were understandable), and others have all been mentioned here as points of concern highlighting Square’s history of not ensuring quality and consistency with EN VA work in general. But in the previous cases, the majority of the playerbase still believed their favorite characters were voiced by the same VA, which is the point of differentiation here. Further, the more this happens, the harder it is for people to give grace. A miss here and there is expected and fine, but when it becomes a pattern, and to more and more of an egregious degree, the less people are willing to offer continued patience and good faith.

[Bantochan]

have to agree with the guy saying people are being parasocial. spending the time to compile all of that information, regardless of whether it's public or not, is weird. you're not entitled to any info from JB or SE about whatever is going on. if a single character's voice acting is impacting your gameplay experience that much, you have some serious issues. it's funny how people are only just now whining about VO issues because it's graha, yet there wasn't any outcry to this degree when aymeric sounded bizarre last time he spoke or yshtola sounded different

Yet it’s totally fine to worry and complain about strangers on the internet and assume you know *anything* about them? These comments are so unnecessary and immature. It’s okay to not care about this aspect of the game, but others do and want to discuss it. It’s the same as those who care about literally any other aspect of the game and discuss it amongst themselves. If you don’t have anything productive to say, don’t say it.

[Doopliss]

Well you see if you can no longer "lose" the argument with misinformation, you now instead have to "lose" the argument with stupid, surface-level judgement on your characters. It's really creepy that you did basic organized research for a famous person's publicly available listing of work, guys. It's bad even when the publicity listings are public because I said so. Think about how this affects the famous person who will never know you exist, or the company that regularly takes your money and treats you like a little idiot. Think about how stressed you're making them.

My genuine condolences to everyone here trying to get answers and having to deal with this stupid judgemental shit even less filtered through socmed. Posting on forums is already nightmare mode for me (been playing since 2014 and the vast majority of my posts are because of this expansion...ugh...ugh...) so I can't even imagine the added stress of having people who only know how to speak in misused buzzwords going through the extra effort to insult you publicly.

Again, even as a guy who does not give a shit about G'raha or Bailey, I really thank you guys for the well-organized and easily digestible collection of information. It was respectfully written and helped put a light on the situation for me, and I'm assuming many others as well.

[mildlymoonstruck]

have to agree with the guy saying people are being parasocial. spending the time to compile all of that information, regardless of whether it's public or not, is weird. you're not entitled to any info from JB or SE about whatever is going on. if a single character's voice acting is impacting your gameplay experience that much, you have some serious issues. it's funny how people are only just now whining about VO issues because it's graha, yet there wasn't any outcry to this degree when aymeric sounded bizarre last time he spoke or yshtola sounded different

1. Correcting the sheer flood of misinformation that people kept throwing around matters when it comes to keeping this thread on topic and away from baseless speculation, which doesn't help the situation.

2. If the vocal performance/quality issues regarding Aymeric and Y'shtola mattered so much to you, then maybe you should have bothered to raise your concerns when it might've made an impact instead of coming here to point fingers at the people who are here doing just that when it comes to an issue that we care about. If I'm paying 15 dollars for a sandwich I like and I suddenly end up with a different sandwich, I'm going to focus on what's up with my meal instead of whatever's wrong with a meal two tables over. If you wanted a tantrum, you should've thrown it yourself; clearly you're capable.

And on that note, nobody here is hassling Bailey for information on the situation despite whatever rumormongering you heard on whatever social media platform you picked up every mud slinger's favorite buzzword from to hurl it at the people participating on this thread. That's why we're here in the one place that actually stands a chance at bringing our requests for transparency/clarification to the eye of the corporate entity that literally runs in part on our dime. We're paying customers; we have every right to ask questions. Whether they're willing to answer is beyond our control, but at the very least, we're entitled to the opportunity to try and make our voices heard to them no matter how much you want to rant about it.

[Korrcen]

have to agree with the guy saying people are being parasocial. spending the time to compile all of that information, regardless of whether it's public or not, is weird. you're not entitled to any info from JB or SE about whatever is going on. if a single character's voice acting is impacting your gameplay experience that much, you have some serious issues. it's funny how people are only just now whining about VO issues because it's graha, yet there wasn't any outcry to this degree when aymeric sounded bizarre last time he spoke or yshtola sounded different

This wasn't it, babygirl.