The New/Added Combat Sounds...Thoughts?

[dinnertime]

The problem isn't about the voice actors being different. Frankly, that is ridiculous because one, we can't really prove they were different without any proof. Second, voice actors are typically skilled at changing their tone and delivery of voice (to a certain level depending on their vocal range) to play different characters. Even if the voice actors did end up being different, it's the sound director's job (or voice director if they have one, etc.) to make sure the voices are accurate and good. Which comes the next part...

The problem is how these lines were delivered by the actors, moreso because of the directing. Although I've heard a dozen of the new ones and a good number did sound alright to me. While it's an opinion, I think people should also understand that voices do shift in tone and pitch, so not everything on the same voice will sound the same because of the delivery. Like...literally all of us can do it.

[Averax]

They're quieter and i appreciate that.

It's probably all the same voice actors. WoW did something like this a few years ago and most of the races' original voice actors returned to record these additional sounds.

[MomomiMomi]

It's probably all the same voice actors. WoW did something like this a few years ago and most of the races' original voice actors returned to record these additional sounds.

I seriously doubt that, considering they replaced the entire voice cast between ARR and HW.

[dinnertime]

...If English voices come to mind, yes. If it's Japanese (which assumingly is the source material) then no, that's wrong.

[Bellsong]

100% hate for my voice choice, I picked this voice specifically FOR the battle grunts, I liked how fierce and angry they sounded. now I get random wimpy NYAHS and HIYAS in my combat and I hate it.

I don't know what on earth made SE think the game needed more battle grunts, what we had was fine. I'd rather just have a single grunt than 3 or 4 that sound like totally different people.

I really wish they would revert it and pretend they did it by accident.

[Sated]

It would be nice if we had a more comprehensive list/poll of which voices people were generally happy or upset with so that they could be targeted specifically.

I'm very happy with the voices for my male elezen and miqo, who I think are #2 and #11? But I've heard some other races' #s and agree they don't match - I'd just hate to see mine changed because feedback was so vague.

[MomomiMomi]

It would be nice if we had a more comprehensive list/poll of which voices people were generally happy or upset with so that they could be targeted specifically.

From what I've seen, quite a few lala female #1 (which I use) are upset that we now sound like squeaky chihuahuas.

[3c-33]

Is this just going to be one of those things that fades into obscurity and we all forget about it and say whatever as SE completely ignores it? Because it still irritates me that my character no longer sounds like the one I chose in combat, the voice was otherwise perfect on its own and now it's being set back by the awful additions. I don't want to just sit back and let this happen but is there really anything to be done about this now? Are they ever gonna listen or acknowledge this? Again, I can at least tolerate gunbreaker sounding awful because I'm not forced to play it, but I have to mute my own character because they ruined a voice that was fine? The additions they made to plenty of the voices really breach on the line of changing your pre existing character to something they saw fit instead without your own consent. It should really go without saying that practically replacing a character's voice actor should be a huge no-go.

[Kaku_Jin]

I use voice 1 for Miqo'te since ARR and it really grew on me. Then comes 5.1 and I started hearing this one noise that I suddenly started hearing over and over again (I play melee for the most part so it was especially noticeable for me). At first, I thought it was by another character but when I was practicing my rotation on a striking dummy I kept hearing that one really noticeable sound and it really got to me. What's worse is it sometimes repeats itself frequently (I often hear it 4 to 5 times in my melee opener sometimes). For me it was higher pitch than the rest of it and louder too; when I had my voice turned lower that specific sound was still audible and the only one in fact.

I have a video recording of the voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yciy...ature=youtu.be

The one I'm talking about specifically is the "ya" sound on the timestamp. It sounds really high pitch and too fast to me and for some reason is a lot more frequent than most of the other voices I hear.

Some people may like it but I personally don't. I like the original voice and I wish I at least have the choice to stick with those.

[LalaLuna]

About a month since this change was implemented, I've noticed several unsettling developments.
- I've shifted to healing entirely, not touching my "main" job Bard anymore.
- I don't feel inclined anymore to level my Warrior beyond doing the Pixie Beast Tribe quests and the weekly chocobo leveling challenge log by doing FATEs. I also find myself muting my character's voice every time I play a melee/physical ranged character, even though I love her voice.
- I'm enjoying the game less than I usually do.


To some degree, part of these elements can be attributed to risking burnout from playing the game for two years non-stop. But this change to battle voice has more and more felt like a travesty towards my character because I regrettably cannot appreciate the changes made and I'm shifting away from any activity where this change is apparent.


I love my character, I love the game, I don't like these added battle voices to my chosen voice. I haven't found any acknowledgement of the concerns mentioned in this thread and haven't yet found an option to opt-out of it.


Please, just make it an option from the menu so people can simply revert to their old sounds or keep the new sounds at their own discretion.