Graha Voice Actor Change?

[Batbrat]

Finally had time to do the story. He just sounded sick. I'm confused why it became such a big deal.
It was clearly still him, just a little lower in pitch. It lacked the usual upbeat cadence and airy tone, but overall still sounded like whatever his real name is.

[JRonnie]

Finally had time to do the story. He just sounded sick. I'm confused why it became such a big deal.
It was clearly still him, just a little lower in pitch. It lacked the usual upbeat cadence and airy tone, but overall still sounded like whatever his real name is.

Funny. To me it was clearly not him. Guess we'll find out which one of us is correct sooner or later.

[AnnaUK]

It's 100% not him at all.

[RedLolly]

A couple FC mates hit 7.4 last night, and we had the exact same experience as everyone here.

This is the first thing we're all going to check for in 7.5, isn't it? Is it Bailey? Is it the same voice and tone as 7.4? We might not even know til 7.55's credits roll and that's rough.

My vote is still "new guy doing a sound-alike attempt so on the nose with Bailey's delivery we're left confused."

[CosmosNovaRose]

On bluesky, the EN FF14 account had been namedropping Arcadion voice actors so at least we get credit for their performance. Probably only because the raid series is over now! Just wish they'd announce G'raha's new actor too, or at least have Bailey rerecord his 7.4 lines and hotfix if it was indeed him.

[SuperZay]

My understanding is that he's become a big name and is very busy.

Big name?
*checking his filmography on wikipedia*
What has he done in these years apart of being a judge in 1 episode of RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World, and some minor roles in Wicked and Jurassic Park 7?

[JRonnie]

Big name?
*checking his filmography on wikipedia*
What has he done in these years apart of being a judge in 1 episode of RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World, and some minor roles in Wicked and Jurassic Park 7?

I haven't actually watched the things he's been in, but even I know he had a significant part in Wicked (main male role) and apparently was a fairly major character in Bridgerton which I believe was a fairly big show.

Regardless, I've just done 7.2 for the second time on the character I level with my wife, and at that point it was still clearly Bailey voicing the character. He sounded a bit hoarse, but it was obviously him and the difference in voices to 7.4 was night and day.

[ZephyrMenodora]

Funny. To me it was clearly not him. Guess we'll find out which one of us is correct sooner or later.

Still feel this way.

But I am both patient and petty. I am waiting for the credits in 7.5 and expect apologies.

[KiraRavens]

I'm still hoping for this to be a temporary stand-in, and that they'll re-record 7.4. But yeah, nothing else to say or do until 7.5 drops or they release a statement (which is highly unlikely at this point).

[peachsyder]

Regardless, I've just done 7.2 for the second time on the character I level with my wife, and at that point it was still clearly Bailey voicing the character. He sounded a bit hoarse, but it was obviously him and the difference in voices to 7.4 was night and day.

I had been away from the game for a while, and did 7.3 nearly back to back with 7.4, which just made the change all that more striking to me. Baffles me that at this point we still have "it's clearly him" opinions, but if there's one thing this whole fiasco has taught me is that people have wildly differing ability to detect difference in voices. It's not even a matter of being G'raha superfans or whatever, I have friends who don't give a damn about him or his actor but who just have a good ear whose immediate reactions were "oh this is absolutely not the same guy" as soon as they played the patch. My hope remains that this was a last minute, temporary stand-in, because it certainly wasn't Bailey.

I hadn't looked at this thread in a while (stuff certainly gets exhausting here, getting insane comments like that one person in the previous page at this point still is so...) so I unfortunately missed that survey link. Lots of stuff I'd have wanted to talk about regarding the current state of the game, communication with the EN fanbase (which does include this VA issue) being just one among those topics. Glad to hear some folks here were able to send their thoughts, though.

Hope y'all have been doing well. NA Fanfest approaches, as does 7.5, which still won't have credits, by the way. That's a 7.55 thing. If G'raha has any voiced lines at all, though, I suppose we'll see how he sounds.