My kingdom for a muzzle!
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Posted on: 2012-03-17 17:52 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Approximately what size is this kingdom? Because that could be a deal-breaker.
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I'd been on a team with a darkness troller for about 30 seconds when I decided, "Nope, never gonna make one."
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I noticed this during the prep for last weeks Ship Raid. With just one Umbra out next to me, the non stop looping bark got really old after 15 minutes. So old I had to move away from the guy.
I listened to that one single dog barking constantly.. as in 'It Never Stops' and the first thought I had was, good lord Beast Summoning is going to be annoying.
Not sure that's the response they're looking for. Perhaps the frequency can be turned down, or have a longer gap or something.
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I know this pain. When darkness control first came out, I ended up on a team with 3 Umbra Beasts. The howling... never... ended! I moved away from the ghetto so I wouldn't have to put up with a dozen german shepherds howling all night. This is not bringing back pleasant memories.
It should be toned down.
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And here I thought we were talking about actual animal muzzles as costume items, so that I can finally make my fox lady as she is supposed to be. Oh, well. One idea at a time 
The "constant, irritating sound" problem is something I'd thought the art team had learned to solve about four years ago when they killed nearly all persistent sounds for power toggles. Dark Armour used to make my ears bleed, Forcefields sounded like a constant whale song and I still have nightmares about the Targeting Drone.
Then came Demon Summoning, and the exact problem you describe happened... And is still happening to this day. Demons are constantly grunting and growling. I wonder if we need another blow-out flame war over it to get someone's attention and please just kill the repetitive background noise that's out of our control.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
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Could create a protest song using just a recorded session of all the constantly noisy powers gathered together in a group.
Call it "Group Run on a Neverending Symphony".
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I **hate** Demon Summoning because of this and wish I could muzzle those things. The Umber Beast isn't quite as bad, probably because it's only one wolf, and because barking doesn't hit my disgust-o-meter as hard as the grunting and snarling of the Demons. I still won't stand next to a Demons MM or Dark Controller because of their annoying pets.|
Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
And here I thought we were talking about actual animal muzzles as costume items, so that I can finally make my fox lady as she is supposed to be. Oh, well. One idea at a time
The "constant, irritating sound" problem is something I'd thought the art team had learned to solve about four years ago when they killed nearly all persistent sounds for power toggles. Dark Armour used to make my ears bleed, Forcefields sounded like a constant whale song and I still have nightmares about the Targeting Drone. Then came Demon Summoning, and the exact problem you describe happened... And is still happening to this day. Demons are constantly grunting and growling. I wonder if we need another blow-out flame war over it to get someone's attention and please just kill the repetitive background noise that's out of our control. |
I'm dreading the advent of Beast Summoning.
Probably not the intended visceral response because it can't be good for sales. I know I'm not buying. It's a shame because I was looking forward to real pets.
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At least with Demon Summoning you can order your pets to dance. Can't do that with Umbra.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Then came Demon Summoning, and the exact problem you describe happened... And is still happening to this day. Demons are constantly grunting and growling. I wonder if we need another blow-out flame war over it to get someone's attention and please just kill the repetitive background noise that's out of our control.
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I'm forced to agree. The dog needs to shut the <bleep> up.
After all the complaints about how obnoxious Demons are, it's mind boggling that they would add in MORE pets with constant, annoying sound loops.
I don't really have any issue with the howl, except that the power it's the activation for has a very short recharge (4s iirc). The recharge on that power really needs doubled, not just for the sound FX on it, but also because it has a ~2.5s activation, so the pet spends too much time (IMO) locked into using a power of fairly trivial use (It's a single target immobilize).
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Originally Posted by Oathbound
After all the complaints about how obnoxious Demons are, it's mind boggling that they would add in MORE pets with constant, annoying sound loops.
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Three teams, one filled with Demon summoners, the other team filled with Dark Control Dom's and the 3rd team filled with Dark Control Controllers.. |
Originally Posted by Forse
Could create a protest song using just a recorded session of all the constantly noisy powers gathered together in a group.
Call it "Group Run on a Neverending Symphony". |
Record while idle for 5 minutes..
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Funny how the only sound in this game that bugs me is the chime for League chat.
I like the sound of the Umbra Beat's howl. It seems spooky enough. I do agree that it does it a bit too much at times. But that bark has got to go. It doesn't fit the flavor description of the thing at all. In fact, the bark has caused me to dub mine "Death Lassie." What's that, Death Lassie? Little Timmy got eaten by Mot? Well go rescue him girl!
QR: Given that he's broken too, I'm amazed at the lack of the "bark worse than bite" meme already.
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This needs to be changed before Beast Mastery is released because you know the wolves and lions will be doing it as well.
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This is why I've given up and shut the sound off completely. Just 1 minute in WW's with a demon summoner (provided I can GET into WW's with a demon summoner) is enough to make me want to choke the snot out of someone. This is not a heroic mindset to continue my adventures in saving the world!
Can I add to the list the Toughness yodel as well as the leadership trumpet blasts? Makes me horribly embarrassed any time one of my soft-capped characters turns on their toggles. How much do I really need to announce that I have toggles? >CRINGE<
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This, combined with the legions of players that just HAVE to read my fortune while I'm posting auctions, is why I don't ever actually go to WW's/BM any more. I just use the /auctionhouse command.
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Originally Posted by _eeek_
This is why I've given up and shut the sound off completely. Just 1 minute in WW's with a demon summoner (provided I can GET into WW's with a demon summoner) is enough to make me want to choke the snot out of someone. This is not a heroic mindset to continue my adventures in saving the world!
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Originally Posted by _eeek_
This is why I've given up and shut the sound off completely. Just 1 minute in WW's with a demon summoner (provided I can GET into WW's with a demon summoner) is enough to make me want to choke the snot out of someone. This is not a heroic mindset to continue my adventures in saving the world!
Can I add to the list the Toughness yodel as well as the leadership trumpet blasts? Makes me horribly embarrassed any time one of my soft-capped characters turns on their toggles. How much do I really need to announce that I have toggles? >CRINGE< |
I despise teaming with Demon Summoning (even if I have a character level pacted with one). I noticed the Umbral Beast yesterday. These two powersets on the same team might be enough for me to use my "Gah, kid aggro, gotta go" excuse to leave (usually the excuse is legitimate).
Please... some sort of silence command for /all/ pets, including that... whirring noise from Jack Frost. Having him out with my ice sword and arctic air running drives me and my teammates nuts.
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Seems most people are in agreement that the constant barking is just far too annoying. But also. woof woof. Wow I tremble in fear at the peppy little bark it lets out (insert sarcasm), so I'm sure my enemies do as well. I'm waiting for an NPC to throw a stick and watch Skippy the umbral pooch play fetch with it. Also had to kill my mid 40's demon MM. I built it twice and the sounds just gave me migraines. I fear the incessant noise that surely will follow the introduction of beast mastery.
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Seems most people are in agreement that the constant barking is just far too annoying. But also. woof woof. Wow I tremble in fear at the peppy little bark it lets out (insert sarcasm), so I'm sure my enemies do as well. I'm waiting for an NPC to throw a stick and watch Skippy the umbral pooch play fetch with it. Also had to kill my mid 40's demon MM. I built it twice and the sounds just gave me migraines. I fear the incessant noise that surely will follow the introduction of beast mastery.
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It serves no purpose except to reinforce the idea that it's just a *Dog* and not some hellish beast from the netherworld like it's supposed to be.
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Now that DXP is over I just won't be inviting those people to any teams I form. *shrug* Or I'll just mute everything.
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Originally Posted by Grae Knight
This needs to be changed before Beast Mastery is released because you know the wolves and lions will be doing it as well.
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Good ol'Umbra Beast.
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But by whatever darkness fuels him, the thing just won't shut up! If I'm idle it's "ruff, ruffruff!" every couple of seconds. If I'm fighting, it's "woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo". This just redefines "infernal racket".
Okay, vent complete.