No Sound Effects

[Krondle]

Same issues as with others--logged in this morning around 0630 PST and the only audio was BGM and some system effects. Turned off the wireless controller options hoping that would help to no avail.

Changed to DirectX9.0c and that got the sound working but presented another problem of screen freezes, non-responsiveness, and game collapse. Screenshots also fail in full screen but work in Windowed mode.

I use a Creative SB X-Fi (older card) for my 5.1 system. I had to disable motherboard sound because it seems Windows 10 doesn't play nice with surround sound (only center and front left and right worked with motherboard; all speakers work now after switching to SoundBlaster).

The game's crashed multiple times, typically in higher congestion areas (twice in Eulmore, still trying to move off the boat in Sharlayan).

So, at least in my case, it seems I have two choices: better video and drastically reduced or non-existent sound effects, or sound with graphic hiccups. Can't stay logged in the game long enough to send a message through the game. Getting booted has resulted in 1~2k queue times.

[FunkyBunch]

I'm also getting this issue. And nothing suggested so far is working. It worked on my first login yesterday, but on subsequent logins it did not.
No battle effects, just menu and notifications