Audio popping issue

[GorthRedsteel]

The fact that we have to wait till patch when this is probably the most game ruining issue after server stuff is pretty ludicrous. Having to play through msq with these issues soured the experience a lot for me and i'm sure i'm not the only one.

Don't worry! Yoshi P is gonna show off his crocodile tears on the next stream and everyone will forgive them... People that play this game should have more self respect and DEMAND a fix to this issue - or at least statement that we are suppose to upgrade our PCs. Right now we are in a limbo. Not able to play yet game time is still running. Sad, but we are powerless.
<--- I really wish I could continue my journey with this bunny chad.

[OmniusOmnium]

Don't worry! Yoshi P is gonna show off his crocodile tears on the next stream and everyone will forgive them... People that play this game should have more self respect and DEMAND a fix to this issue - or at least statement that we are suppose to upgrade our PCs. Right now we are in a limbo. Not able to play yet game time is still running. Sad, but we are powerless.
<--- I really wish I could continue my journey with this bunny chad.

Well SE is aware of the issue and actively working on it, it's obviously a major set of issues that is going to take time and require a client side patch to fix so demanding a solution is kind of pointless at this stage. Game releases have bugs, fact of life, the fact this one only effects a small portion of people makes it even harder to troubleshoot and fix. No point getting too salty about it.

To those who are complaining that this has ruined the MSQ experience for them, I ask you why the hell did you continue to play the MSQ knowing full well you had the issue?? Why not just wait for a fix? It's sad not being able to play but I'm not going to ruin my favourite game for the sake of being impatient.

[Toanon]

Well SE is aware of the issue and actively working on it, it's obviously a major set of issues that is going to take time and require a client side patch to fix so demanding a solution is kind of pointless at this stage. Game releases have bugs, fact of life, the fact this one only effects a small portion of people makes it even harder to troubleshoot and fix. No point getting too salty about it.

To those who are complaining that this has ruined the MSQ experience for them, I ask you why the hell did you continue to play the MSQ knowing full well you had the issue?? Why not just wait for a fix? It's sad not being able to play but I'm not going to ruin my favourite game for the sake of being impatient.

I'd probably be more mad about this if everyone else wasn't also behind on Endwalker cause of the queue times.
Even when the patch and the raid drops there'll be people still getting through the MSQ. It'll be fine.

[TaleraRistain]

To those who are complaining that this has ruined the MSQ experience for them, I ask you why the hell did you continue to play the MSQ knowing full well you had the issue?? Why not just wait for a fix? It's sad not being able to play but I'm not going to ruin my favourite game for the sake of being impatient.

I've got a few reasons

- I'm trying to see if I can do non-combat stuff and just deal with it through the cutscenes and maybe a dungeon if the sound is behaving since mine is sporadic
- I'm only on vacation this week
- I've been looking forward to this story for months
- I've already had spoilers from friends who couldn't keep their mouths shut

So it's oversimplifying to try to sum up reasons as merely "impatient"

[FangsBrightclaw]

To those who are complaining that this has ruined the MSQ experience for them, I ask you why the hell did you continue to play the MSQ knowing full well you had the issue?? Why not just wait for a fix? It's sad not being able to play but I'm not going to ruin my favourite game for the sake of being impatient.

That's a bit of an unreasonable ask when waiting until the 21st would prevent us from gathering mats, getting gear ready for the raid tier, would make us pretty much have to go radio silent for a solid 3 weeks to avoid talkative friends, etc. Plus, not ever zone is as bad as the 3rd one in terms of how it handles cutscenes. There will be a few hours where I wonder why I complained so much about the minimal popping and stuttering. Though, usually right after I think that, something happens that makes me recall why this is a huge issue. A gracious friend of mine actually has been streaming dungeon music to me while I've been going through those muted (as it's worse in combat), which I appreciate.

I guess what I'm saying is we're stuck between a rock and a hard place on what will ruin the experience more. This whole expansion launch is already really tainted for me due to this. I'd rather accept my loss at this point and make do with what tools I have to prevent it from being worse.

[ToastyKeen]

Well To those who are complaining that this has ruined the MSQ experience for them, I ask you why the hell did you continue to play the MSQ knowing full well you had the issue?? Why not just wait for a fix? It's sad not being able to play but I'm not going to ruin my favourite game for the sake of being impatient.

Bit of a loaded question to be honest.

We've been waiting for the expansion for around 10 months, it's been hyped up to all hell, it's the final chapter in a long long story, and people want to be current with the stoyr so that they can talk about it with their friends. Honestly I'm not upset that sound issues exist, it's frustrating for sure, it sort of cheapens the experience when music is such a strong part of the games personality and having it marred by sound issues is deeply frustrating when you just want to hear it at it's best, like it's meant to be heard. But all that aside I'm not going to stop the story just because the audio is popping or choppy, I'm not going to sit on my hands and wait any longer to play new content in the game that I love. If the game audio is buggy at launch that is something I can accept.

That doesn't mean I can't complain about it though, make my issue with the bugs known. I feel like my experience is cheapened, but it's certainly not lost.