One of this games larger unmentioned flaws: Sound Design

[ADVSS]

Strange, of all the MMOs I've played FFXIV actually has bar far the best sound design. The world always feels alive and combat sound effects have a lot of impact behind them. I still marvel at how authentic the explosion sound effects are for fireballs and such.

youd be sick of them if 2.1 black mage flare rotation was still allowed, i think my friend got sick of me saying "you guys seeing this?! 6 FLARES!" god i miss counting 6 seconds to flare forever, btw he was a tank LMAO

[Eorzean_username]

I strongly agree. FFXIV is a great world, and the music is really good and sets a great atmosphere most of the time.

But the rest of the sound design, especially the lack of effective ambient sound and enemy vocalizations, makes the world feel somewhat detached, muffled, and dull compared to the richer ambience and speech of other similar worlds.

I don't think this is a make/break sort of thing, but it is one of my few significant complaints about time spent in Eorzea.

[FoxyAreku]

Sounds seem fine to me. Sorry you are disappointed with them.