Guild Wars 2

Anyone else enjoy all the obnoxious sound/light spamming of these near the bank?
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I’m bringing this up because those of us that have to take a few minutes at the bank shouldn’t have to move somewhere else or endure it when someone’s trying to get to 80 or whatever level asap.

Nor should we have to lower or sound settings just because some people choose to be inconsiderate of others. The sound should/could be toned down a bit (IMO) since that’s the most annoying part of it. But by the time you finally mute or lower your sound they’re done.. so yea, it’d be nice if the sound was reduced some.

Slow news day?

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Ummm….can’t tell if the OP is trolling or has a genuine gripe about such a small and insignificant sound/animation. I’m leaning more towards the former.

It does bother me as well when it strobes, same way ceiling fans or swishing drake tails do. When I’m clicking the scrolls I make a point of moving away from the immediate bank area.

But it’s far more tolerable than the spammed high bell note we used to get. Perhaps that’s because people using the scrolls are doing it to use them, not to deliberately annoy. Also it’s such a cheerful and triumphant glow and isn’t a painful sound (to me).

Invictus.1503:

a small and insignificant sound/animation

Auto click macro + a stack of them = 250 animations in a second to all nearby clients. You could probably crash a world boss if it wasn’t culled.

Donari.5237:

It does bother me as well when it strobes, same way ceiling fans or swishing drake tails do. When I’m clicking the scrolls I make a point of moving away from the immediate bank area.

But it’s far more tolerable than the spammed high bell note we used to get. Perhaps that’s because people using the scrolls are doing it to use them, not to deliberately annoy. Also it’s such a cheerful and triumphant glow and isn’t a painful sound (to me).

Same, I atleast go to a less populated or secluded area before using those in mass numbers. The light doesn’t bother me as much as the sound though since I have the bank/tp window blocking it out.

Dare I ask…just how loud are you playing this game? 8-0 I’m kinda going deaf just thinking about it!

Personally, I kinda like the pyrotechnics of a character learning something new. Sometimes, my character even does a little dance for them.

OTOH…as one of those likely guilty of same…I shall out of deference to all the above and those they represent…move someplace else. Definitely not necessary to do it in public!

Pookii.4583:

Dare I ask…just how loud are you playing this game? 8-0 I’m kinda going deaf just thinking about it!

Personally, I kinda like the pyrotechnics of a character learning something new. Sometimes, my character even does a little dance for them.

OTOH…as one of those likely guilty of same…I shall out of deference to all the above and those they represent…move someplace else. Definitely not necessary to do it in public!

On a day off, I’ll have it set fairly low. But after working all day hearing beepers/alarms/shouting, it takes time to hear anything at lower volumes. I do have a bomb happy engi, but I also have 7 other toons to swap with.

I just move out if I’m about to use those, simply out of courtesy as I’m sure I’m not the only one who wouldn’t wanna be randomly blasted by a stack of tomes or scrolls.

mXz.4512:

Nor should we have to lower or sound settings just because some people choose to be inconsiderate of others.

I don’t think this is inconsiderate though. The sound/particles aren’t that bad, and even you said it only lasts a minute.

Elegy.2159:

mXz.4512:

Nor should we have to lower or sound settings just because some people choose to be inconsiderate of others.

I don’t think this is inconsiderate though. The sound/particles aren’t that bad, and even you said it only lasts a minute.

Actually it can last a lot longer than a minute depending on number of stacks. Some people have way more than one.

A consume-all option without the lighting/animation would be nice.

I don’t think it is inconsiderate for somebody to use their skill scrolls next to the bank or in a crowded area- but it is more considerate of them to move away. Sure, the animation and noise can be distracting, especially with effect volume turned up. If it bothers me, I just run a couple of seconds away from the player and I’m fine. I usually have my effect volume down pretty low anyway because the noise gets tiring if you’re running around in a zerg (mesmer GS1 skill in particular).

I agree that the effect of the Scroll of Knowledge etc could be reduced a little, perhaps more of a shimmering/sparkling than a flash of light and without any sound effect. The amount of these kind of items in-game now mean that they are fairly common place, so it seems kind of strange to “celebrate” using one with dazzling effects.

I find that awful bell music thing that some people play whilst waiting at a boss spawn to be far more annoying than someone clicking through a few books.

Victory.2879:

I find that awful bell music thing that some people play whilst waiting at a boss spawn to be far more annoying than someone clicking through a few books.

FYI – you can turn this completely off in sound settings (player instrument volume.) If you’re annoyed by it, just turn it off.

Crash a world boss you say… Hmmm. Minions of Mordremoth, assemble

I hadn’t felt the smallest concern upon this. I depart, feeling not the smallest concern about this. /shrug

Rashy.4165:

Elegy.2159:

mXz.4512:

Nor should we have to lower or sound settings just because some people choose to be inconsiderate of others.

I don’t think this is inconsiderate though. The sound/particles aren’t that bad, and even you said it only lasts a minute.

Actually it can last a lot longer than a minute depending on number of stacks. Some people have way more than one.

A consume-all option without the lighting/animation would be nice.

i don’t really like having to wake up to an alarm clock every morning, but life goes on doesn’kitten

It is annoying, but often does it happen, really? Most of the time it’s just players using a couple of scrolls. Only once in a long, long while does someone decide to use, like, a whole stack of them.

I know I had to spam close to 200 for bloodstone from miyani a few times. Can’t recall anyone saying “stahp!!!”. Maybe a fix is Right click Use: slider for how many.