Audio popping issue

[Breezelyn]

I'd like to point out that even NEWER machines are having this audio popping/stutter shit going on. You know, 2020/2021 made hardware? I saw a conversation in novice network on a newer alt (I mean still going through arr, older alt I haven't touched for awhile) of mine about it. Like, for real?

It's not on the users' end; IT'S SE'S HARDWARE AND ON THEIR END. STOP. BLAMING. THE. USERS. WHEN. IT. IS. ON. YOUR. END. SE.

I can't imagine trying to raid with this shitty audio stutter when Savage drops. I'm betting there won't be any fixes until well into next month. I'm starting to get migraines from the radio static. I hate playing without sound--it's hard to do dungeons with certain boss mechanics having audio triggers (easy for me to get into position when I hear the cue). I'm not paying extra for some crappy "Immerse Gamepack", when the basic game sound is broken beyond belief.

I'm beyond insulted saying it's "our problem" when it clearly isn't.

[RenneTheCatte]

I've been having this issue since day one of Endwalker release, but had no issues from 1.0 until now. It was fixed during the emergency maintenance on all worlds, then after this recent patch, the audio must have gone back to the new system.

It's not us; it's Square-Enix. In most cases, "The customer is always right" is incorrect, but in this case, SE, it's your fault, not ours.

Please fix this. The game is unbearable without sound.