The New/Added Combat Sounds...Thoughts?

[Skivvy]

I don't hear any noticeable difference on my main, Miqo'te #11. It could just be I'm oblivious to it but I've played her for several years so, I don't know, maybe she didn't get much new or it's very quiet.

I use 11 also, and I had to turn off all other sounds/BGM in order to hear what I think are probably the new sounds. With all the other stuff turned on, I typically just hear the main "hnyuh!" sound that she makes all the time. The new(?) sounds seem to fit the voice though.

[SturmChurro]

They really added random voices to the current combat voices? I haven't noticed anything on my au ra, and I don't remember what my alt sounded like, I never played it. Must be pretty jarring. Why not just add new voices to choose from, or not do this at all? Really pointless, in my opinion.

[MsQi]

I haven't noticed anything new with Female Miqo'te voice 7. Are there specific abilities that trigger new sounds?

[HyoMinPark]

I haven't noticed anything new with Female Miqo'te voice 7. Are there specific abilities that trigger new sounds?

I notice them the most on BRD and DNC compared to any other jobs that have combat sounds. DNC steps no longer trigger combat sounds so I just used the regular combo/proc actions. As mentioned in the OP, I use Miqo’te Voice 2. I haven’t tested on my Hyur alts or my Viera yet.

[Zwipp]

I actually like the new combat sounds better on my Miqo'te (voice 2), I just don't like them being mixed in with the old ones, since the new voice have a slightly different pitch.

[LalaLuna]

You were indeed right that this was mentioned in the patch notes:

Source: https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...811532980ef9cb


The idea appealed to me and I was looking forward to this change, knowing SE's eye for quality. But for this addition, I registered to these forums specifically to add my voice.


The added combat sounds do not seem to fit my character (voice 4), whom I've grown to love over the two years and thousands of hours I've spent playing with her. Like you, I get the feeling that the added combat sounds were done by a completely different voice actor, and I frankly find it off-putting.


My first reaction was to double check that I wasn't making up things, my second reaction was to find the option that lets me choose to return to the old situation... which regrettably I've been unable to find


Considering that our characters are our one single character with which we can become anything, a change like this is actually quite major. I'm not saying to remove the changes, it'd be great if they could update the existing changes for the voices where there really is a large discrepancy between original and new.


But above all, I urge the developers to provide an option to freely switch between the original combat sounds and the added new ones.


Their eye for quality is the real deal. Their ear for music is top-notch! Their ear for combat sounds... is a work in progress

[Soge01]

Just my opinion, but I'm wondering if the ff14 sfx team has been gutted to work on other projects or something because the sudden terribly handled voice changes, GNB sfx change in its 123 combo and something else I've read on the forums here but can't remember what it is has to do with that.

Because...these changes are all terribly handled. :/

[Canadane]

Mid-fell cleave burst I sound like three different people it seems.
Did some voices just get interchanged accidentally?

[Rokke]

Did every voice get new soundbits? I don't hear anything that sounds new on my male Au Ra (#5), even with the voice cranked up to 100 on DNC/BRD. My Viera (I think shes #9?) has a new grunt thats a little higher pitched than her usual combat voice, but its not terribly off to my ears.

If anything I think its more jarring that you no longer grunt/yell when you do dance steps. I liked my bun's angry dancing warcry, it'll be missed lol

[Bonbori]

I love the new combat noises Miqo voice 1 makes, mostly because I can finally say it's noises, plural! Multiple! More than one sound played over and over during my constant spam of Heat Blasts @.@ I appreciate the added variety a lot.

If there are issues with the other voice types and they decide to adjust the new sounds, I hope they leave miqo 1 untouched at least. I think they got this one right.