Graha Voice Actor Change?

[KiraRavens]

727 character feedback written XD idek if they will read any of that or if they will use AI to read it

Yeah, not sure either, but if the right keywords come up often enough, even the AI will pick up on it, so it's def worth it.

[Lunaxia]

I left them a 900-char response... I hope they actually do read these.

No, I'm sorry, but this is absolutely unhinged.

This whole thread is completely ridiculous. It's been one (1) patch wherein G'raha's VA sounds, at points, slightly off - we've had no other indication anything is the matter, let alone that he's been recast, or that it's anything other than a case of his being ill, busy or having extra lines he was unavailable for. Both his VA and SE have remained silent on this, and that will more than likely be for a reason; it is not an excuse to clog up customer surveys designed for feedback on the franchise because you're breathing into a paper bag over your favourite character's VA. It's childish, disrespectful and invasive, and if you had any thought or regard for JB at all, you'd leave matters well enough alone and wait for him to comment on it. By all accounts, he's voiced the character for six years despite his career trajectory and given a performance that's clearly moved you all - even if he has moved on, try being grateful and patient instead of demanding information like petulant children.

[lievaordiea]

No, I'm sorry, but this is absolutely unhinged.

This whole thread is completely ridiculous. It's been one (1) patch wherein G'raha's VA sounds, at points, slightly off - we've had no other indication anything is the matter, let alone that he's been recast, or that it's anything other than a case of his being ill, busy or having extra lines he was unavailable for. Both his VA and SE have remained silent on this, and that will more than likely be for a reason; it is not an excuse to clog up customer surveys designed for feedback on the franchise because you're breathing into a paper bag over your favourite character's VA. It's childish, disrespectful and invasive, and if you had any thought or regard for JB at all, you'd leave matters well enough alone and wait for him to comment on it. By all accounts, he's voiced the character for six years despite his career trajectory and given a performance that's clearly moved you all - even if he has moved on, try being grateful and patient instead of demanding information like petulant children.

my 726 char was about the non responses to the forum in general plus the way the general direction of the game has gone.
I very much doubt anyone took time out to actually state ref graha VA least i didnt. do you not care about anything in the game? other than to say folks are being silly?

I used my response to advise them i have ZERO confidence in the next expac. they could give the best patches in 7.5 but the utter change from 6.5 to DT made me feel I can no longer trust the continuation we get.
Part of that lost trust IS the non-response to ANY issues addressed on these forums. from the EMote requests, difference faces, that feet thread (tho i hope they never see that) EVERYTHING

At this point.. the issue is the constant NON RESPONSE by SE ref any issue the playerbase has.
Regardless of how deranged you think we are in this thread - surely as a consumer you can see this is bad business practice to ignore multiple voiced concerns repeatedly

[Brynne]

No, I'm sorry, but this is absolutely unhinged.

This whole thread is completely ridiculous. It's been one (1) patch wherein G'raha's VA sounds, at points, slightly off - we've had no other indication anything is the matter, let alone that he's been recast, or that it's anything other than a case of his being ill, busy or having extra lines he was unavailable for. Both his VA and SE have remained silent on this, and that will more than likely be for a reason; it is not an excuse to clog up customer surveys designed for feedback on the franchise because you're breathing into a paper bag over your favourite character's VA. It's childish, disrespectful and invasive, and if you had any thought or regard for JB at all, you'd leave matters well enough alone and wait for him to comment on it. By all accounts, he's voiced the character for six years despite his career trajectory and given a performance that's clearly moved you all - even if he has moved on, try being grateful and patient instead of demanding information like petulant children.

This is mean-spirited. Just because it doesn't matter to you doesn't mean that it shouldn't matter to anyone. To some people, the VA makes the character and all they're asking for is transparency from SE about whether or not he's been replaced. It's a perfectly valid thing to leave feedback about, regardless of whether you think so or not.

[Regis_Paran]

G'raha's VA sounds, at points, slightly off

Slightly off was Yshtola at the end of 7.0.
Graha in 7.4 had people asking questions about VA change the moment patch dropped.

Both his VA and SE have remained silent on this

Which is the issue.

try being grateful and patient instead of demanding information like petulant children.

When / if it's actually announced that JB is being recast (for whatever reason), you can be sure that he receives loads of well wishes and thank yous.

I get it, you don't care about it. You don't have to No need to resosort to insults. For many this would be a major, major change. And whatever happened (actual recast, health or tech issues) - SE is not scoring any points by trying to ignore the issue.

[Mouthbone]

Is it possible to have a parasocial attachment to a fictional character?
Anyway, Graha sounded off for a few cutscenes, which to me seemed like vocal strain
Later in the MSQ, he sounded like his usual self

[RedLolly]

The survey was for FF as a franchise, which I've been a fan of since like 2000 and have played most main entries and many spin-offs, and my custom response actually never touched upon the VA drama here. I was actually more interested in FFXIV pushing more solo verses multiplayer content (I love solo stuff, keep increasing the quality, but lock that to MSQ.) and that I wish we got more mainline entries kore frequently.

[KiraRavens]

No, I'm sorry, but this is absolutely unhinged.

This whole thread is completely ridiculous. It's been one (1) patch wherein G'raha's VA sounds, at points, slightly off - we've had no other indication anything is the matter, let alone that he's been recast, or that it's anything other than a case of his being ill, busy or having extra lines he was unavailable for. Both his VA and SE have remained silent on this, and that will more than likely be for a reason; it is not an excuse to clog up customer surveys designed for feedback on the franchise because you're breathing into a paper bag over your favourite character's VA. It's childish, disrespectful and invasive, and if you had any thought or regard for JB at all, you'd leave matters well enough alone and wait for him to comment on it. By all accounts, he's voiced the character for six years despite his career trajectory and given a performance that's clearly moved you all - even if he has moved on, try being grateful and patient instead of demanding information like petulant children.

Maybe don't assume so much and then start insulting people over the things you imagine we said in that survey - makes you look like a petulant child, you know.

I've been playing FF for almost 30 years and I assure you whatever you think I wrote, it's not that.
But I absolutely did mention that open, if possible in-advance communication and a timely response to large-scale concerns (this forum post is one of the most viewed in the entire EN forum so take from this what you will) is a great way to build rapport with the playerbase - and since the survey has a strong focus on social media and community management, this was exactly the kind of feedback they asked for, too.

[xMichiyo]

I filled out the survey to talk about several things, and this JB situation is only among those things and it was only a couple of sentences out of a lot of stuff mentioned. I'm sure many treated the survey the same way.

[CosmosNovaRose]

Giving a nudge to the thread since its been buried. Still no confirmation on either way as far as I can see.