[7.0] Lack of voice acting in some cutscenes

[CommissarMoose]

Hello,

While playing Dawntrail I noticed that in some cutscenes no voice acting is present, even though the animation, camera framing, and automatic dialogue progression suggest that it will be a voice acted cutscene. So far this has occurred in the quests "Wuk Lamat in the Saddle," "Knowing the Pelupelu," and "For All Turali." In "Wuk Lamat in the Saddle," voice acting was present in the second cutscene but not the first, and so far I've only viewed the first cutscene of "For All Turali."

So far I've tried restarting the game and tweaking audio settings, but nothing has changed when I've gone to rewatch those cutscenes at the inn room.

Date & Time: 6/29/2024, 11pm PDT
Frequency: So far only three times, but I'm concerned that this will become more frequent.

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[Vanthandra]

I've had similar issues too. Can confirm that the first cutscene in "For All Turali" had no voices despite being animated like a voiced cutscene, with the contents of the cutscene seemingly very important to the story. I haven't noticed any issues prior to this cutscene but I could have simply missed it.

[Lyserya]

I have the same problem with the same cutscenes, even when I rewatch them in the inn. And seeing as practically only the voiced cutscenes of the MSQ are viewable in the inn since Shadowbringer, it add more weight to the fact that there might be a bug with the voices.

[HikariWish]

Logged in here to confirm that I'm also having this problem too! Which sucks, because I had no idea the quests you mention had voice acting.

[Kettle]

I was coming to post just this. I was getting really disappointed with how little VA there was compared to SHB and EW. I've had very few voiced scenes so far. None of the zone mini-arc bookends and some of the more dramatic moments - with all the camera work you'd expect with voiced scenes - are just text only. I tested and set the text progress 'on press' for voiced scenes only, and am seeing that some scenes do pick up the setting, but there is no voice acting.

[tansykatarn]

Popping in to say I too thought something was wrong with these exact cutscenes that have been mentioned. They all felt too vital and important to not have voiced dialogue. I have asked around if anyone else has noticed and the answer I get mostly is that, "it probably just didn't have voice work." but if that is truly the answer, I'm quite disappointed in the sheer lack compared to previous expansions. I'm hoping that if enough of us speak up, we can get clarification at least, cuz it's driving me insane.

[VanityFoul]

I’m desperately hoping that someone official can confirm whether this is intentional or if there is a glitch happening! If it’s supposed to be that way, fine, I can live with it. But it makes me so frustrated thinking I might be having my expansion experience getting damaged because really important voice acting is being withheld from me!

[Turethir]

Would appreciate a response on this one too - the first cutscene in "For All Turali" feels voiced in every single way (and it was the introduction of my favourite character, so I was really disappointed when it wasn't - it felt like it should have been!) It even has the text boxes with no arrows which are usually placed in there to ensure the dialogue fits with the action.