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Most Annoying Audio Sounds

wizairdewizairde Member Posts: 42 Arc User
edited August 2013 in PvE Discussion
I appreciate the audio changes with the reduced NPC spam (though some are still in dire need of toning down how much it repeats). But just wondering what other audio noise you who actually 'listen' to the game find to be similar to nails on a chalk board. Right now I think my big one is the great weapons fighter idiots running around Protector's Enclave (or anywhere) and hearing 'swipe, swipe, crash... swipe, swipe, crash... swipe, swipe, crash... swipe, swipe, crash... swipe, swipe, crash... swipe, swipe, crash... ' I want to just grab their toon and throw them against a wall. UGH.

Anyhow, gave up reporting bugs/feedback long ago when PW's condescending and unresponsive technical support would spend 10+ days trying to even reply to me to say 'no' - and explain to me how stupid I was to ask for support for an issue that was 'clearly a bug' - silly me, I track all of the bugs.
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  • norobladnoroblad Member Posts: 556 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    I have the sound turned off now but a short list of the worst offenders (in no particular order)

    1) mage shield. Every couple of seconds it makes a loud noise like an old timey cash register.
    2) prayer. Once is ok, but the in town, the circle or any handy dropped alters get about 50 people doing it at once. UGG!
    3) certain NPC's still talk too much, including the town prayer woman, the pirate's cook (we've been here so long..) ... idea: if they are near a campfire, mailbox, vendor, or prayer area, 1 talk in 15 min is about right.
    4) most attacks make an awful racket that is repetitive after about 2 pulls you do not want to hear it anymore.
    5) mounts and pets. The bone dog and warg mounts for example sound like someone throwing up a lung.
    6) char screen music loop is too short. Ever been stuck in a room where someone else logged out or timed out and let it sit?? Try it!

    There are others but those are the really bad ones.
  • baronvonboombaronvonboom Member Posts: 536 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    That damned Howler mount.. Grrr Grrr Grrrr.. that and it looks ridonkulous, what is it? Looks like an angry catfish to me..

    Also the bug that makes your toon emit orc/mob noises when you jump is quite annoying/funny at times..
  • kattefjaeskattefjaes Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users Posts: 2,270 Bounty Hunter
    edited July 2013
    Yep, the geriatric expectoration of that stupid Howler mount, really unpleasant..
  • baronvonboombaronvonboom Member Posts: 536 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    kattefjaes wrote: »
    Yep, the geriatric expectoration of that stupid Howler mount, really unpleasant..

    :)

    /10 char
  • wizairdewizairde Member Posts: 42 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    LOL I had the howler mount in beta /AGREE - it's the reason I didn't get it in live. His animations are funny but I can do without that phlemy sound of doom. lol I definitely think localized 'self only' sounds would be nice or a setting for 'others action audio' where you can set it to low. As in 'yes I can hear my invokes fine but let's set the other invokes/mounts/spell casting/sword crashing to about 20% of that...'
  • meiramimeirami Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 423 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Horses neighing constantly before a pvp match or when capping.
    Iron Golems in Dwarf King's Crypt.
    CW's Shield.
    Enchant fusion failures.
  • nicomadoxnicomadox Member Posts: 37 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    enjoy the new cat sounds , they are even more annoying than howler.
  • daranthereddaranthered Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 17 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Howlers are annoying, but I think they look like Zerg, so I'm used to it. I like the the tiger sounds, though I kind of wish they'd purr.

    The Redcaps in the new area are driving me insane with: "BLOOD MAGIC!" and "WATCH YOU BLEED!" in high piercing voices.
  • wizairdewizairde Member Posts: 42 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    nicomadox wrote: »
    enjoy the new cat sounds , they are even more annoying than howler.

    Why did they have to ruin the panther? Yes the new audio rivals the howler mount.
  • endocinendocin Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 204 Bounty Hunter
    edited August 2013
    #5. The furball upchuck noise..
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • jintortlejintortle Member Posts: 655 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    The REDCAPS "Shrivel ya Liver" - it is deriving me crazy and made me almost put character sounds down to zero.
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  • pers3phonepers3phone Banned Users, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    The redcaps are somehow... funny. It's bloodmagic, OK? You don't mess with that.

    The mounts, however... at the AH... at the fires... at the bank... oh my god. And yes, the CW shield makes an annoying noise each time it goes back to the initial state from diminished, but it's not that annoying compared to the mount spam. Also, the laws of Feywild are not those of Faerun, OK?
  • cribstaxxxcribstaxxx Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 1,300 Bounty Hunter
    edited August 2013
    A smart fighter quit's while he's ahead.

    Heard that umpteen million times in PE, otherwise I don't really get annoyed by the sounds. I am usually in vent and have game sounds lowered.
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  • idontwinitskkidontwinitskk Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 43 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Any and every piece of voice acting in this game gives me ear cancer.
  • wizairdewizairde Member Posts: 42 Arc User
    edited August 2013
    Heh don't get me wrong I love the music and the voice overs - they're pretty decent in NWN. But 'A smart fighter quit's while he's ahead.' Should be local only. Same for the pet and mount noises - or at least modify the sound others hear from someone's pet or mount to be something greatly reduced/simplified. And with the 'volume' moving pieces in the foundry - surely the 'volume' of repetitive npcs 'The Harpers Need Your Help' 'Exchange Your Diamonds for Wondrous Items' 'Invoke your...' anyhow - we all know the big offenders.
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