The New/Added Combat Sounds...Thoughts?

[Gemina]

Well, I believe part of the reasoning here comes from emotional attachment to your own character, and the voice plays a part in that, so hearing something being forced onto your own character that doesn't sound right would be upsetting. Rather than continue dealing with this, some might find it easier to switch to a different voice because it would be one they're not already attached to or enjoyed. Maybe a good comparison would be something like, so I never played AST during stormblood, however i did play SCH and DRK, and when shadowbringers rolled around, I was very upset by the changes they had made to two of my favorite jobs. On the other hand, I never played AST, so I dont feel quite as much about the loss that others do about it, though I very much understand why it's a widely not well-received change. I kinda like AST how it is right now but I'd be willing to bet if I had played it previously I would probably be more bothered by it as I am with the jobs I did play.

Again, I will point out that I am strongly attached to my character emotionally. That's not where the disconnect is. I keep trying to connect by relating it to something like my character's height or eye color (two things that are extremely important), but those entail a change, not an addition. My character's battle voice(s) was never something I could choose at any point, and I had to get used to it. That might be part of my issue.

I remember when I read about the coming additions, I was really worried. Some characters are more expressive of pain than others when they are KO'd during combat, or after a fall, and I did not want this to change for my character as she just sounds more exhausted than actually in pain. So I guess I was a bit relieved that this didn't happen more than I was bothered by the additional grunts.

I am thinking that perhaps the best way for me to relate is if that change did happen. I'd get REALLY good at the game if that was the case xD

[Moomba33]

I'm unhappy with the new combat sounds. My character has always been fairly quiet in battle, even on physical jobs, and now there's a loud battle grunt that really stands out compared to the rest of her sounds. It's especially bad on bard.

I don't understand why this change was made and would like the option to toggle it off.

[Jybril]

I don't remember which voice I have for my Au Ra but
it doesn't sound too jarring, so I am thankful for that but it's
a weeee bit deeper than my original voice.

My problem is, why add something no one asked for?
Feels like they wasted their time adding something like this.
I can't say I have seen a SINGLE person ever ask for more "battle voices".
Time coulda been spent on the original GNB sounds (if that's not reverted already.)

[SamSmoot]

First time I heard my combat voices, I turned the volume all the way down. Haven't heard the new ones.

[SereneShiverthorn]

My voice got nerfed =( Im voice 5 female miqo (I think?) The amount of loud "woo"s i make is severely decreased =( and the new battle sounds are so quiet (still adorable)

[MomomiMomi]

My voice got nerfed =( Im voice 5 female miqo (I think?) The amount of loud "woo"s i make is severely decreased =( and the new battle sounds are so quiet (still adorable)

Then something good did come of this!

[Johaandr]

Wish BLM could shout "EXPLOSION!!!!!!!!!" when doing flares. EX-EX-EXPLOSION (triple flare)

[Rai_Takara]

Good news!

The Q&A with Soken happened earlier today and they acknowledged the new combat voices and how some of us do not like them. They are going to continue monitoring this feedback and if we still feel this way, then they will revert the changes. So if you want to let SE know that you'd like your old voices back, keep the feedback coming.

I for one hope SE will at least give us an option, as I understand some people like the new voices. However, as someone that's used to my character for about 5 years now, having new voices just makes my character not feel the same. Please fix our battle voices SE <3

[Kooper16]

Good news!

The Q&A with Soken happened earlier today and they acknowledged the new combat voices and how some of us do not like them. They are going to continue monitoring this feedback and if we still feel this way, then they will revert the changes. So if you want to let SE know that you'd like your old voices back, keep the feedback coming.

I for one hope SE will at least give us an option, as I understand some people like the new voices. However, as someone that's used to my character for about 5 years now, having new voices just makes my character not feel the same. Please fix our battle voices SE <3

I'm happy to hear that because I'm already thinking about bothering support with giving me a free fantasia to fix my characters voice. My character always switches between her "normal" voice and a voicecrack-version midfight and it's absolutely awfull. Everytime I hear it a part of me dies inside.

[Bonbori]

Good news!

The Q&A with Soken happened earlier today and they acknowledged the new combat voices and how some of us do not like them. They are going to continue monitoring this feedback and if we still feel this way, then they will revert the changes. So if you want to let SE know that you'd like your old voices back, keep the feedback coming.

I for one hope SE will at least give us an option, as I understand some people like the new voices. However, as someone that's used to my character for about 5 years now, having new voices just makes my character not feel the same. Please fix our battle voices SE <3

Also good news that should not be ignored: it was confirmed that the voices do come from the same actors and were created back in AAR; the only reason they hadn't been used until recently were technical limitations.

So all the arguments that they don't fit or sound like from a different person are unsubstantiated.