Mysterious sound bug
It’s a long-known bug, with a couple of Dev responses in the other threads. But, they either can’t reproduce it, or can’t find what causes it, or it’s just way too low on the priority list.
It affects many of us. =(
I’ve heard it often. I find it interesting.
I asked about that in Map tonight. Bang, Bang! Bang, Bang! Loudest sound effect in the game!
I’m told it’s FIREWORKS indicating success of some Guild activity or other. I have yet to actually see any activity OR any fireworks. Just a WAY loud bang that knocks me out of my seat every time. I had heard it only rarely before, and now it is almost constant. Another “benefit” of the MegaServer, I’m sure.
If this is actually what is going on, then it needs to be QUIETER, and/or limited to only the Guild Members involved hearing the noise. Either that, or make it MUCH more localized, so that it is heard only at the end-point of an event, and not map-wide.
Set a man on fire, and he’ll be warm the rest of his life.
– Unknown Fire Elementalist
It isn’t fireworks. Lol. I’ve been in the same map, standing next to my Guildies, and they didn’t hear it. They don’t have the bug.
For some, it even migrates out of the game.
This bug has been absolutely tormenting me since launch. It wouldn’t be so bad if I didn’t have tinnitus, which causes it to set my ears ringing for a few hours after it does it, and which in turn makes it hard to hear my friends on voice and affects how I play. I wish it only startled me, and boy does it startle me.
On top of this, it still does it if I have the game minimized, which is pretty awful since I have the game set to not play sound when it’s minimized/in the background.
I’m told it’s FIREWORKS indicating success of some Guild activity or other. I have yet to actually see any activity OR any fireworks.
I don’t think it has anything to do with Guild activity as I have heard it while in PvP and within instances. Yes, it’s a very old bug that became more annoying around June last year. For some reason I had stopped hearing it on past months but now it seems to be back (as a lot of other old bugs).
We probably have two different things going on here. I asked in Map chat again this evening, and was told my loud banging is “Guild Missions”. It’s LOUD and seems to go on forever. I can turn down my sound F/X, but then the ones I WANT to hear are almost completely silent.
Please LOWER the volume of the Guild Mission banging noises, or better yet let it only be heard by the Guild members.
Set a man on fire, and he’ll be warm the rest of his life.
– Unknown Fire Elementalist