Guild Wars 2

Please revert the main attack sound on a greatsword to before the 10/1 patch. Attacking anything sounds like a rattlesnake or shaking a maraca. It’s really annoying sounding.

Yea I just noticed the sound about an hour ago, I really don’t like it as much as the previous one ;-;

It’s not the GS casting sound itself, but the terrible sound it makes when it hits a target.

are u joking me? this new sound is WAAAAYYYY less annoying. thank you anet!!

Natebert.8432:

It’s not the GS casting sound itself, but the terrible sound it makes when it hits a target.

Yes, that is what I meant. It’s very distracting.

The sound is bad, and whoever is responsible for that noise should feel bad too.

The old sound was fine, maybe a bit too loud in general, but that new whatever it is is just really bad sound design.

omg … pls stop to ask for every BULLkitten!

Profano.9514:

omg … pls stop to ask for every BULLkitten!

When did you see someone ask for changing the sound? The problem is that they change things noone asks for – for the worse.

You sir, got it all the wrong way around…

Anet can do changes only if people ask for that?
Are you really serious Kai?

Profano.9514:

Anet can do changes only if people ask for that?
Are you really serious Kai?

Nope, you said we should stop asking for things.
We did not ask for anything. Something was changed.

People give feedback, and if things go south, people give feedback telling that it was better before (or if they are nostalgic…).

this reminds me of when they changed necromancer staff to sound like a toilet…
they give no warning to these things,don’t mention it,and just do it without anyone actually wanting the change…
if it was really that annoying to some people to hear the sound of something that you can interrupt then just turn down that volumes’ option >,>

Hey Cody, while your at it can we fix Chaos Storms(Staff 5) sound? It was awesome before but now it just sounds like I accidentally dropped a Greatsword on the floor.

Is the lack of laser also accidental (or was that just because I was attacking a dummy in LA)? That could be pretty useful in PvP and WvW, although I will miss the visual flair.

Levetty.1279:

Is the lack of laser also accidental (or was that just because I was attacking a dummy in LA)? That could be pretty useful in PvP and WvW, although I will miss the visual flair.

this always happens when attacking structures,there’s no beam,it happens on alot of other skills,too
hopefully there will be a fix for this eventually aswell…
been happening since launch
i’ve never not seen a beam on a player,though,so in pvp/wvw it won’t affect much aside from attacking Siege,then stand in between a player so you hit them aswell with an invisible beam,the odds of that happening,however,are too low to rely on being deceptive with

Cody Crichton.7516:

It’s a simple mistake of the wrong script getting attached to the hit for this weapon. Mistakes happen, and fortunately the mistake was not a dire one. There will be a fix for that coming in soon. However, it will not sound the same as it used to. There actually have been many requests to change the way the Mesmer greatsword #1 skill sounds, and it was much more than a bit too loud (also the sound was the exact same for each and every hit with no variety—that’s not interesting).

No promises on when the fix will come in since it’s not for me to decide, but there will be a fix for it.

mistakes DO happen
and it’s perfectly fine
but at least it’s nice to know it was an accident and not something else just thrown in
i’d rather have a response of “no promises” than no communication at all,and getting confused (pun unintended on mesmer thread) on when things like this happen…

Just make it sound like Quip.

I love the sound from the original presentation of Mesmer skills.

Indrea.7803:

I love the sound from the original presentation of Mesmer skills.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ylkt1UV_TU

LOLZ

Indrea.7803:

I love the sound from the original presentation of Mesmer skills.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ylkt1UV_TU

I also wish that we could summon two duelists simultaneously use chaos storm to one shot entire groups of mobs have veil be a full ring instead of a line and toss our scepters into the air after we run and hide from a single jotun….

Just sayin. Not too mention the one shot spatial surge and wasting portal on a minotaur because back then the CD was good enough to use it.

Beyond not liking the sound of the GS now, the general sound of the game has become worse. The effects channel has very odd clunky chatter to it while walking or doing anything. I don’t know WHAT the F the sound is supposed to be. It’s even worse on my Warrior. Also, it’s become buggy and the effects cuts out completely on me the past week or so.

Please revert whatever tinkering was done. It wasn’t close to ready to be released.

Awesome Looking forward to the new sounds for greatsword.

I’m all for a new sound on the GS #1 skill as it currently sounds identical to Confusing Images on the Scepter. Variety is always nice.

Edit from my last post (since for some reason the forum isn’t giving me the option to do so).

I can confirm that the sound effect for Confusing Images (Scepter #3) is also screwed up. Not suprising since, as I mentioned previously, they shared the same sound effect.

Indrea.7803:

I love the sound from the original presentation of Mesmer skills.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ylkt1UV_TU

Funny how the presentation of each class within the sample vids turned to complete trash once the game was released. If you never noticed it you either are missing part of your brain or you never payed attention to them. One could argue they were pressed for time and wanted to make people set in awe, but in the end it simply showcased stupidity.

Indrea.7803:

I love the sound from the original presentation of Mesmer skills.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ylkt1UV_TU

Funny how the presentation of each class within the sample vids turned to complete trash once the game was released. If you never noticed it you either are missing part of your brain or you never payed attention to them. One could argue they were pressed for time and wanted to make people set in awe, but in the end it simply showcased stupidity.

Indrea.7803:

I love the sound from the original presentation of Mesmer skills.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ylkt1UV_TU

Funny how the presentation of each class within the sample vids turned to complete trash once the game was released. If you never noticed it you either are missing part of your brain or you never payed attention to them. One could argue they were pressed for time and wanted to make people set in awe, but in the end it simply showcased stupidity.

Scepter 3 has the buggy GS sound aswell.