Musique

[Wolfandre]

Hello, everyone. Felt the need to finally stop perusing the forums and actually post this, as it directly pertains to my interests and is something I'd like to see happen. Hope I'm not the only one...

Music. I love it. It's been my forte since I was four years old. As it turns out, Uematsu is one of my favorite composers, fanboy status aside. I met him last year in New York and I'll be doing the same come August in Columbus (thanks to a birthday present from my girlfriend). I like the cut of that guy's jib.

I could go on and on about his achievements, from working with 'chiptune' limitations of the 1980s (I've started working with these for a buddy of mine. Do you realize how hard that stuff is?), to striking up full orchestras for FFXIV and other games.

Uematsu aside, I love the work Mizuta and the other composers pump out to make our game sound great. I'm one of the guys that loves listening to the music that was intended for a specific part of a game. It pulls me into the world and it helps me feel like I'm there. I don't like to mess with .dats for the sake of changing the game around me.

The pomp and circumstance of Limsa Lominsa, the feel of adventure from the outer areas of La Noscea, the old school FF feel from dungeon raids....It's all great stuff to me.

And what do we hear 90% of the time?

This.

Personally, I feel like we're insulting the guy. Has anyone actually heard the full length of Coerthas or Mor Dhona? I know, I know. 'lolwolfdontlisten/swapurdats/turnonpandora.' No.

This game is huge. Have you been to some of the obscure parts of La Noscea or Thanalan? Those pointless areas with level 99 mobs and nothing to do around them? Fun to be in and explore. Is it practical to get there on foot where we can hear these melodies?

Also no. What do I get to listen to on the way there? The same thing I listen to going everywhere else in this game.

The Proposal
Menu => Configuration => Audio => Mount BGM Toggle

That's all there is to it, folks. Make it happen, SE.

/thread

[rina_inverse]

you're proposing so that we able to pick any in game bgm in any zone? or even load any kind of non-game audio in any zone?

No and no

what we need is more music

[Wolfandre]

Noooooo

A simple toggle to enable/disable music heard on the mounts. That way, we can hear the music that's in the game, not just chocobo music. Nothing more, nothing less.

[rina_inverse]

Yeah, no
If you don't want to hear the mount BGM, don't mount

[Sephrick]

you're proposing so that we able to pick any in game bgm in any zone? or even load any kind of non-game audio in any zone?

No and no

what we need is more music

The OP is asking for an "on/off" option to toggle whether or not we hear the mount music when astride our mount.

I wouldn't mind the feature.

[rina_inverse]

Chocobo BGM has been a tradition of FF game, and I surely hope that SE didn't change that, even if it's only on/off switch

And countering this
Personally, I feel like we're insulting the guy
So, if you're turning off the mount BGM, you're not insulting him?
Nice double standard

[Wolfandre]

Chocobo BGM has been a tradition of FF game, and I surely hope that SE didn't change that, even if it's only on/off switch

And countering this
Personally, I feel like we're insulting the guy
So, if you're turning off the mount BGM, you're not insulting him?
Nice double standard

It's no double standard. While some musicians work off of a single track being their defining moment in their career, most want people to hear everything they do. Music is an art, a means of expression. If you're only expressed via one mode, do you ever get your message out? Does Rina Inverse ever come out with just one utterance, one sentence to describe your entire being? You think Michelangelo finished the Sistine Chapel and only wanted people to see that one example of his work?

When I write music, I show it off. I'm proud of what I did.

However, I'll level with you. Instead of a toggle, give me and those that enjoy musical diversity a mount that has no music tied to it that just loops the zone's BGM.

Either one works for me. Just give me music.

[TatlTael]

I think it would be nice if it were like FFXI. The chocobo music plays for a few loops when you first get on the chocobo, then the zone music kicks in.

[Elexia]

I think it would be nice if it were like FFXI. The chocobo music plays for a few loops when you first get on the chocobo, then the zone music kicks in.

That was used in FFXI, exactly why we can't have in FFXIV, sorry

I do wish they'd bring this little feature back.

[rina_inverse]

However, I'll level with you. Instead of a toggle, give me and those that enjoy musical diversity a mount that has no music tied to it that just loops the zone's BGM.

I can accept that