Guild Wars 2

I don’t know if this bothers anyone else, but while playing in Caledon Forest there is a Group Event, “Defeat Xolotl,” that is active almost every time I’m in the zone. The event itself is fine; however, the issue I have is with the range at which players can hear Xolotl’s taunt – you can be in a completely different part of the map and hear this over and over and over…

“Prove the sun shines through you! Face me as another form!”

Now, I understand that this is probably intended as a way to draw players’ attention towards the event (which arguably works, since hearing her say this 30 times in a row REALLY makes me want to kill her!!). However, I believe that the event’s information panel on the right of the screen more than suffices as a way to let players know that something is going on. Honestly, when I’m working on map completion or other events in the area on multiple characters, hearing that quote a million times over is absolutely annoying and detracts from the experience.

Does anyone else agree that the range at which players hear this quote should be significantly reduced to include only those players who are engaged in the event? What about similar events in other zones?

I totally agree, this is one of my biggest annoyances while exploring Caledon Forest.