My level 31 Charr mesmer uses Signet of Inspiration and Signet of the Ether. Both have passive effects that trigger every ten seconds. Which is great, except that ANet in its wisdom has decided that such effects should sometimes be accompanied by vocal effects. OK, I understand why – add a little colour.
Except that, right now, “sometimes” is “about every second time”. So, every session I play is punctuated every 20 seconds or so by my socially-incompetent mesmer shouting something random (“Swiftly!”; “Might makes Right!”; “Retaliation Incoming!”; “Healthy and Hale!”; “Armoured Up!”; “Anger Rising!”; and God knows how many others – most from Signet of Inspiration, it has to be said) – and it got old VERY fast. She’s like some elderly drunk sitting in a corner of the bar, having a very loud argument with an invisible drinking companion. It’s not only not remotely adding value, it’s seriously spoiling my enjoyment.
I don’t remember previous mesmers being like this, and I’ve levelled several – so I’m assuming that something has changed for the worse recently. Or maybe it’s just the Charr. Either way, it’s a bug; I shouldn’t need to change my skills or my sound settings just to get around something unpleasantly annoying that has been built (I have no doubt unintentionally) into the game.
Please take a look at it. PLEASE. Not least, I think my ears are beginning to bleed.
