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Dark Armor drone

Aeonian

By Aeonian,
Posted on: 2005-12-07 21:00 in Brutes

 

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Dear Abby,

I really like my EM/DA brute but the constant droning is driving me absolutely insane.

I'm on the verge of SMASH!!!ing my monitor . . . help.

signed "Considering EQ2 in California"


The repeating audio loop drone on Dark Armor powers is a bug right? RIGHT?!?!!?

It IS supposed to fade out after a couple seconds, right? RIGHT?!?!?!?!

 

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Heh it use to be 10 times worse, I think I've burnt out some of my hearing register levelling a DA scrapper to 50.

They keep saying that the looping sounds will be changed, if you can't wait for Hell to Freeze Over then check the Player Guides forum for a thread on how to silence specific game sounds.

regards, Screwloose.
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supposedly... the key word here is SUPPOSEDLY they are going to fix the sound of the armors to fade after a short period of time.

I dont know when ... if ever... this will happen.

 

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Amen!

I've been waiting to roll a /DA forever, but I cant bring myself to do it with the constant metalic clanging. Not to mention the fact that I'd like to actually see my character at some point.

DA has great resistances, cool utility powers, and some great control. I'm convinced that the devs decided to balance the set vs. the unbearable sound FX and graphics.

 

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I've had issues with slight hearing loss since college. I guess /DA is one of the few times where that is a good thing, because I almost never even hear the armor. For those that are bothered by it, I hope it gets fixed for you.

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DA has great resistances, cool utility powers, and some great control. I'm convinced that the devs decided to balance the set vs. the unbearable sound FX and graphics.

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Actually, DA became a good set only very recently and mostly due to nerfs to other sets as oppose to buffs to it.

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I could have sworn I saw _Castle_ post about this not too long ago, but I can't find it now. Maybe I'm remembering something from CoV beta. Anyway, I'm pretty sure they're working on it, but if you want to be sure they know, send a /bug in-game.

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Yeah he did post about it, can't find the quote but here's the gist - supposedly the DA armors' sounds should've been fixed together with the changes made to Mud Pots (basically the sound fades several seconds after activation), but for some reason the changes to DA never made it into the patch. Castle wasn't clear if that was because a decision been made to scrap them or because they forgot/had problems/what have you. I'm hoping it's the latter of course since it means the fix will come soon (and the real "soon", not "soon(tm)" ).

 

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This was fixed with the latest patch. The droning fades away after 10 seconds.

 

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This was fixed with the latest patch. The droning fades away after 10 seconds.

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Yay!

Any chance they are gonna tone down some of the animations so characters dont look like swirling clouds of dirt? Id be fine with the Dark Embrace animation for amors and maybe the Shadow Fall animation for stealth (Murky Cloud and OS i'd be fine cutting all together).

 

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This was fixed with the latest patch. The droning fades away after 10 seconds.

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If by fixed you mean still goin strong, then yes its been fixed.

 

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Oh no, you can't do away with the graphics! I built two characters around nothing more than the black fuzzy look of DA!

 

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This was fixed with the latest patch. The droning fades away after 10 seconds.

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If by fixed you mean still goin strong, then yes its been fixed.

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In Dev speak "The Latest Patch" means the one that hasn't gotten on to the Testing Server yet, or maybe the one following that. But at least it is good to hear that it is in the pipeline rather than sitting on someones desk waiting to be fed into the pipeline.

regards, Screwloose.
"I am not young enough to know everything."

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This was fixed with the latest patch. The droning fades away after 10 seconds.

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yyyyyeeeeesssssss!!!!!!!

I can now run with my sound up

 

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NO!!!!!!!

I must have my Dark Armor noises!!!! I DEMAND they be left alone.

Oh, wait.... I've been asking for this for over a year. I guess my "anti-nerf" mode kicked in accidentally.

Too bad I waited more than a YEAR for it and rarely play my MAIN anymore.

 

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Thank goodness for that! I tried a /DA once and I started to get a migraine from the noise. No, i'm not kidding. It looks like such an interesting set too...

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Thank god that there are no DA/Sonic Resonance ATs

 

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This was fixed with the latest patch. The droning fades away after 10 seconds.

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Sorry chief, I'm in game right now with my DM/DA Brute.. and the armor drones are still there.

 

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I apologize. The change should take effect in the next full build. I thought the latest patch was a full build but I was wrong.

 

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I apologize. The change should take effect in the next full build. I thought the latest patch was a full build but I was wrong.

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Yeah no problem. Figure it will go up on test server in a day or four and then live a week or so after.. I think I can manage to NOT go tone deaf in that time..

 

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This was fixed with the latest patch. The droning fades away after 10 seconds.

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Yeah. I agree with the also gettin rid of the intensity of the Dark Armor toggles. Turning into a giant black dirt blob totally negates seeing my costume, face, etc. Never mind the purple halo on my head, red halo around my body, and then the other two clouds of black toggles on top of those as well. Gets intensely black for me. A little too much I'd say...

 

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I apologize. The change should take effect in the next full build. I thought the latest patch was a full build but I was wrong.

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yaaaaaaaa hoooooooooo

 

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I was wrong.

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Wrong?


You can't be wrong!

YOU'RE A RED NAME!

 

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That's good news, DA is my back up since INV looks so 'good'. Is it just me or is a rainbow around a villain seems pretty silly?

 

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Thanks J!
Pleeaaase don't take away the massive cloud of blackness, or make it an option... I think the only one that might use a little tweaking is cloak of darkenss, since that's the one that obscures a crapload... but I love the look of all of it, especially with cloak of fear!