Guild Wars 2

I noticed something weird.

I chose a commoner option for my human guardian. When I received the first mail after completing 1 heart, it was voiced-over! Can’t remember exactly what it said but it had sound.

On other characters I didn’t get the voice over…why? Is this a bug? It would be a great if all storyline mails we get are voiced. Much easier to immerse.

I’m so guilty of not reading my mail

I’ve never noticed any mail having voiceover.

@Irishbrewed – remember they often give you money, so at least open them to take it!

quickthorn.4918:

I’ve never noticed any mail having voiceover.

@Irishbrewed – remember they often give you money, so at least open them to take it!

A human commoner definitely has one – at least the first mail.

My brother told me that the street rat also has it.

Weird, I played human commoner and have no recollection of it. I could have just found it forgettable I suppose…

I don’t remember having it on my character, but I do remember it hearing in one of the old beta videos. I wonder what happened to it?

I just checked again, commoner and street rat in human has them, but not the others.

Can we hope for an official response just to check if this is bug or not?

BobbyStein.2315:

CharrGirl.7896:

I just checked again, commoner and street rat in human has them, but not the others.

Can we hope for an official response just to check if this is bug or not?

The original plan was to voice all the personal story mail, but due to time constraints in the production plan we decided to leave them silent. We probably have voice files for the first 10 or 20 levels for many of the storylines, but we unhooked them because we couldn’t guarantee that we’d have them all written and voiced in time. The fact that you’re hearing one or two means that we forgot to remove some files. (It’s a bug.)

Aww that is such a shame! I found the voice-over to be amazing it helps with immersion too. Sometimes reading those can be tiresome, but with voice it becomes easier.

Any hopes you will continue with the voiceover for and release those in future updates?