Just thought I'd finally chime in, after lurking this forum for quite awhile.

I wouldn't say these new sounds have ruined GNB for me, I've even started to get used to them. But that doesn't excuse just how poor in quality a lot of the sounds are now. Everyone's already talked about it at length so I won't bother going into too much detail. But the new sounds stripped away a lot of the nuance of the sound of a gunblade.

What stands out mostly to me regarding the changes is Solid Barrel and Rough Divide, the latter I've seen no one talk about. Solid Barrel's final hit of the four slashes had a trigger pull and small explosion going off. The new sound is missing that entirely. What once sounded like a noise only a gunblade could produce, Solid Barrel now sounds like any other generic weapon.

And Rough Divide no longer has what sounds like a powerful shot going on. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Gunbreakers use the recoil from that shot to propel themselves forward. The new sound doesn't sell the power of the animation. It's much more muffled and doesn't sound at all like any sort of firearm being shot.

I was really hoping they would further refine the sounds in this patch, but I guess it's not going to happen. I would love the old sounds back personally, as it was clear a lot of love went into the GNB's sound design.