Female charr player voice

Female charr player voice

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Posted by: Narrrz.7532

Narrrz.7532

This has been a pet peeve of mine for really quite some time. a female charr warrior was one of the first characters i made, and immediately i was struck by how… wrong… the voice sounded.

Every voiced NPC in the game, especially charr and ESPECIALLY their females have sounded amazing. Exactly as i’d expect. General Altmoora Soulkeeper? amazing. Rox? brilliant. There have been no NPCs whose voices jolted me out of immersion.

My player character? Every time she speaks. Whether it’s yelling “Guns And Iron!” as though she recorded every word individually, Or bemoaning being set on fire as though passing the time of day with a casual acquaintance – the voice is just wrong. I don’t know if its the lines, the actors misconception of context or just the actors voice itself, but this simply is not the voice a female charr should have.

Female charr player voice

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Posted by: Narrrz.7532

Narrrz.7532

I think my main issue is this: where the appropriate response would be wariness or alarm, the charr females always sound either totally apathetic or beyond panicked.

That’s appropriate for the asura – i can easily accept that a race of diminutive geniuses would be dangerously highly strung – but from a race of war-hardened, childhood-indoctrinated military personnel, it’s extremely jarring.

Female charr player voice

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Posted by: Lyndis.4653

Lyndis.4653

I basically can’t play female charrs or norns because this voice acting issue is adding to the feeling of being slow (due to size).

One of the big reason I’m almost always playing asura is because of the opposite effect : IMO the best voice acting by far (not only performance but also the lines themselves) and the feeling of speed.

That being said I’m not sure re-recording the quotes of a PC is really interesting for ANet in terms of ROI so I wouldn’t get my hopes high.

Female charr player voice

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Posted by: Narrrz.7532

Narrrz.7532

The norn one isn’t brilliant but isn’t so immersion shattering. But i agree, without a massive outcry i can’t see them being redone.
/sigh