My preference would be the old sword sounds, and the current explosion sounds. Similar to the one in a mod a pc friend of mine showed me that I'm more than a little jealous of >>
Moreover, I think they should add a stabbing sound to the final continuation, and change the blasting zone's electronic windup sound to something more down to earth.
In general though I think yoshi-p and team should start listening to and consulting players properly before any major changes and actually make changes/improvements when possible, not in several years time.
Look at all the healer forums for example. A 45 page thread of healers who've downed their magic because the devs refused to listen and still refuse to when asked questions.
As an ex DRK main, we're still waiting for when we will go back to having our job rather than being a WAR knockoff.