Impactful Attacks

[Naunet]

Its the sound design that fails in FFXIV imo, all attacks sound weak. no "oomph" to anything just "pat pat pat pif" (bootshine)

While im no sound technician im guessing its a lack of bass in the attack sounds. you cant feel it like you can in gw2. that game knows how to mae satisfying sounds

Have to agree 100%. There is way too much treble in game sounds overall. That's one of the big reasons the main combat music is so grating on the ears, too (aside from the fact that you here it constantly). A deeper sound playing when a large attack hits helps it "feel" heavier and stronger. Both GW2 and WoW I think are MMOs with very good sound and effect design as far as how satisfying abilities are to use.