Audio popping issue

[Jizu]

Hello fellow Audio-issues havers.
I mainly post as a bump to this thread, but also as a small vent. So if you're looking for a solution, I'm sorry I don't have one.

As you most likely have as well, I have tried every option I've found on the internet, and nothing has changed.
I've been silent and patient, because I know what a big undertaking this Expansion has been and I do not want to play that fact down, but I have to remain unbiased and remind myself: This is a product I have paid for, with a service fee I pay every month in order to use this service.

I am aware that we are being compensated for the huge queue times and disconnections happening, which is highly admirable, very nessecary even for many people, with the lenght it takes them to log in during the few hours they have available to play each night.
But I too have high queuetimes. I too have disconnection issues, and even had them about 2 weeks before EW EA, for no apparent reason. But now, even after braving the login and having a luckily stable connection for the evening, the game is basically still unplayable.

I can't level my classes, I can't progress the MSQ, I can at most put everything silent, watch youtube videos and craft, because the sound is unbearable if I even think about fighting something.
It's frustrating to know, that I've tried everything and have waited a full week since I was supposed to be able to enjoy the product I purchased and am currently paying for, and nothing has changed.
I've never had sound related issues before. Any other game, even more demanding ones, run perfectly fine on my computer.
It's sad to know there will not be additional compensation for this, since it doesn't affect everybody.

Again, many people had issues logging in and staying logged in recently, but at least when they were they had a great time. I am not, as you all aren't either I assume.
I just stopped playing again after a couple hours in which I thought I could try the MSQ again. But only 1 encounter with a single beast later I am tired. I am tired and sad that all I can do is play it silently or not at all.

We all agree that the music this game has is fantastic, even the small battle themes are recognizable and amazing. I want that to be my experience with this game, and this expansion. My first expansion I've been part of the live release.
Currently every encounter, every step forward in any direction of the game, I worry my sound will crack and pierce my ears. Once that happens my immersion is intensly broken, but to be honest, it is as soon as I hear it happen in the loading screens when I think about doing anything. Any moment I do anything in the game, I expect it to happen. I worry it'll start any second (which it usually does..) and it already pulls me out so far.

ShB SPOILERS:
Imagine you're about to face Hades, you stare him down, the Theme starts playing and all you hear is a crackling mess of screeching.
ShB SPOILERS END

I worry that that might be my experience with EW if I keep going. I'm not far into the MSQ but I don't know whats gonna happen next. I hate to think that might happen.

I know others have it worse when they have queues of 5k+ just to be dropped from the queue and having to requeue, I've been lucky that my times were high but I have gotten in within reasonable times so far. It doesn't make me less sad though.
But I guess I am just human, and I'm selfish in saying this, but I feel like I was entirely unable to play since EA release, whilst no one I know personally had any issues besides logging in and maybe 1 DC a night. Why do I have to deal with this? Why do I get treated the same, when I am pretty much completely unable to enjoy what I paid for just the same?

Best of luck, I envy all of you for whom any of the possible fixes have worked! Enjoy the game and turn that sound up! For all of us sitting on the bench, ready to follow you, fellow Warriors Of Light. ♥

TLDR: It's a bump. It's a vent. Wish i had a solution for yall, cus I know what it feels like. But I did see, we finally made it onto the "known issues" list, so one can only hope.

EDIT: I saw a new 'fix' by setting your power usage to balanced, it didn't work. But it made me notice something about the issue when I tested it. It seems like there is a 'build up' and a 'threshhold' to it. When I start the game fresh, I go to bigger fates to make sure that if the issue could happen, it would.
It works fine for a minute maybe, but theres a certain point at which it just breaks and any effect that worked before is now broken and the bgm is forever broken aswell.