Guild Wars 2

Sound effects that sound like a car door is ajar.
Or maybe an alarm clock going off in the morning.
Few noises in this world are able to evoke as much anger.

I understand adding new features but come on..
These new sound effects are something you now hear constantly, while in a match.
This is very distracting and very annoying in general.
Especially while in a voicechat.

Please add an option to turn them off.

Seconded—these are immensely annoying

Anet found new way to make thieves more annoying xD

On more serious note, sound options for pvp generally would be nice. I found that a lot of people disable game sound all together which makes pinging on map pretty pointless and it would help if there was separate option for it as well.

So… I read this thread paying no mind to what it meant. All the while I was closing my Discord, pausing my music player app, just looking for the trace of this weird pinging sound… imagine my surprise!

It’s like, some one telling you the ATM is giving you money when the machine is literally feeding money into your hand… yea.. we know it’s happening.

PLEASE add an off/on button for this incredibly annoying sound.

Trevor Boyer.6524:

Sound effects that sound like a car door is ajar.
Or maybe an alarm clock going off in the morning.
Few noises in this world are able to evoke as much anger.

I understand adding new features but come on..
These new sound effects are something you now hear constantly, while in a match.
This is very distracting and very annoying in general.
Especially while in a voicechat.

Please add an option to turn them off.

Alarm clock will never be beaten, whatever you set it as will always strike fear and sadness into your heart as you are violently removed from your dream only to face another day of work.

I agree, the new sound effects are annoying, at least give us the option to turn them off,

….i cant play like this

turn off PLAYER ALERTS

Oh god please this

I’m at work, but I’m just dying to hear this latest Arenanet fail. Can anyone record it and put it on youtube?

You can turn it off with UI sounds, but that turns off other things too, this should be an option of it’s own. Why after 5 years add this in? That’s like putting back “The Keep is yours, KEEP IT” from beta.

I’m playing with the game muted lately, so it makes no difference…

Can we have another announcer instead? I mean the hammy one right now is fine but some variety would be nice.

I agree…I find it pointlessly annoying

I find the sound a bit too loud and annoying and its pattern does no reflect well the capture progress.

I think improving the visuals for capture points or adding a circle or bar above the point would be better.

When you’re already listening for ability/utility sounds (toss elixir S, black powder, etc) this becomes far too noisy to be able to play around. There wasn’t a single instance I can think of where this helps game play.

Pyriall.1683:

When you’re already listening for ability/utility sounds (toss elixir S, black powder, etc) this becomes far too noisy to be able to play around. There wasn’t a single instance I can think of where this helps game play.

Players who alt-tab during cap probably love this feature……

please, let me turn it off without turning off UI sounds completely! And while you’re at it, let me turn off the announcer as well…

LadyRhonwyn.2501:

please, let me turn it off without turning off UI sounds completely! And while you’re at it, let me turn off the announcer as well…

100% agree " the keep is yours KEEP IT" shut the kitten up.(beta joke) be nice please.

Can someone tell me what those new annoying notes that play throughout a whole match are supposed to indicate?

I just played my first match in weeks, and it was driving me crazy…

Turn the UI sounds down to about half, it helps. Can’t turn UI down completely though or you won’t be able to hear important things like the warhorn que pop noise.

Trevor Boyer.6524:

Turn the UI sounds down to about half, it helps. Can’t turn UI down completely though or you won’t be able to hear important things like the warhorn que pop noise.

That doesn’t answer my question.

Ashantara.8731:

Can someone tell me what those new annoying notes that play throughout a whole match are supposed to indicate?

I just played my first match in weeks, and it was driving me crazy…

I think they added it to the visually impaired…

(sorry, it’s the only reason I can think of!)

Just got that those notes being played are the cap/decap sounds mentioned here (only that I do not perceive them as “sounds” of “car doors” etc.).

It would truly be nice to be able to permanently deactivate them without deactivating any of the the other in-game sounds.

They are giving me migraines.

Ashantara.8731:

Can someone tell me what those new annoying notes that play throughout a whole match are supposed to indicate?

I just played my first match in weeks, and it was driving me crazy…

It indicates you’re capping the point because some people don’t realize they’re capping or decapping a point. So they added sounds to tell you whether or not you’re capping or decapping a point rather than physically looking at the screen to see if you’re capping or decapping a point.

I need a drink.

I appreciate the effort to give more cues about what is happening during the match, in this case the audio cues about your cap status. But…it is too much for most people and I think overall it’s annoying and makes it harder to hear the more important combat sounds. At least give an option to turn on/off, or go back to the drawing board on this one and come up with some other way of emphasizing the changing of the cap.

Did not know what those beeps were for until now. Yes I agree they are annoying and unnecessary. Please remove or give option to turn off.

Yes please. Really hate the sound effects.