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.