Battle Music Toggle

[Tyrissa]

I can't stand it anymore. This game has beautiful music that I can never hear because I'm too busy fighting something. PLEASE allow us to toggle battle music so I can keep my music on while out in the world. I'd like to hear the Upper La Noscea song in its entirety for once. :/

[Enkidoh]

Well, it's something that has been constantly asked for, and as I understand it, Masayoshi Soken (the sound director and main composer) has said it's actually not possible to change (I don't have a source for that any more but it was something he apparently mentioned a while ago) - the zone BGM is designed to be more ambient and only play for a short time before fading out, not to mention it will start playing at certain times of the day (around 6am and 6pm Eorzean time). Mostly there is just ambient silence in zones. In fact, Soken composed each theme in a zone as part of a larger 'whole' - the Upper La Noscea theme for instance is part of a larger 'La Noscea area' theme called On Westerly Winds - so I'm not sure such a function would even be theoretical.

And before you pass judgement, pretty much all FF games have had zone BGM be replaced by a repetitive battle theme (including FFXI), so having the battle music like this is traditional.