Guild Wars 2

Well it kind of sounds like one. Ever since day one, I’ve had a bug where while in a city, there will be a very loud sharp noise like an echoing gunshot, every once and a while. The sound even plays while GW2 is minimized, when no other sounds would normally play. What is this sound bug and does anyone else get it?

Are you sure there isn’t a problem with your speakers?

I have heard the same sound. It’s quite like a gunshot, but that’s the closest to it.
I’ve heard this three times this year, and it’s not a major issue, but it can be startling nonetheless.

Especially since it doesn’t seem to be affected by the master volume – two of the three times my master volume was down to about 10% so I could talk with friends, but the ‘gunshot’ sound comes up at full volume.

The game do have its fair share of positional sound bugs. Usually resulting in sounds that are supposed to be off in the distance, and therefore barely heard, are played as if your character is sitting right on top of it.

I got this too. Not a big issue, when so many other HUGE bugs are going on, so I never cared to report it. But I can testify, it happens.

probly just a programmer trolling but yeah so many things to fix.. im sure they have a back log of years worth of work already..

No it’s not my speakers. I think it’s a bug that has to do with the client itself, since turning down master volume and/or minimizing seems to have no effect on this noise.

Agreed it’s only a minor issue. If the fix is simple, we’d love it. But if it requires a whole team a week to fix, don’t bother with it. There are more important things.

I made a post here on this thread about it.

I’ve had this issue for as long as I’ve been playing this game.

I’ve never thought of it as a ‘gunshot’ sound. But I suppose it’s as friggen loud as one.

Whatever it is, the ingame volume slider does not affect it. It’s played seemingly at maximum volume. As a result, when I play GW2, I kick down my system volume.