It's...uh...not...
I don't even know how to respond to this. It's pretty clearly meant to be an electronic chirp, not the bizarrely specific noise (?!?!) you think it is. However, the fact that other non-mechanical mobs produce the same noise (BP masks and the aforementioned lanterns) is a bug.
"You don't lose levels. You don't have equipment to wear out, repair, or lose, or that anyone can steal from you. About the only thing lighter than debt they could do is have an NPC walk by, point and laugh before you can go to the hospital or base." -Memphis_Bill
We will honor the past, and fight to the last, it will be a good way to die...
"Meant to be" perhaps...
Have the devs acknowledged any aspect of this to be a bug?
It's not a bug. It was introduced quite a while ago and I believe (unless I'm mistaken) that it was even acknowledged in the patch notes.
"You don't lose levels. You don't have equipment to wear out, repair, or lose, or that anyone can steal from you. About the only thing lighter than debt they could do is have an NPC walk by, point and laugh before you can go to the hospital or base." -Memphis_Bill
We will honor the past, and fight to the last, it will be a good way to die...
But you just said this aspect was:
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My follow-up question was meant to ascertain whether it's just you and I who think this, or do we have citation to show that devs recognise it.
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Originally Posted by DarkGob
However, the fact that other non-mechanical mobs produce the same noise (BP masks and the aforementioned lanterns) is a bug.
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To the best of my knowledge no dev has acknowledged it, but there's no reason for a mystically-empowered mask to make the same electronic chirp as a robotic drone. Hence, it is a bug.|
Originally Posted by CinnderScot
But you just said this aspect was:
My follow-up question was meant to ascertain whether it's just you and I who think this, or do we have citation to show that devs recognise it. |
Shall we go a few more rounds?
"You don't lose levels. You don't have equipment to wear out, repair, or lose, or that anyone can steal from you. About the only thing lighter than debt they could do is have an NPC walk by, point and laugh before you can go to the hospital or base." -Memphis_Bill
We will honor the past, and fight to the last, it will be a good way to die...
Don't know why reference to going a few more rounds is appropriate here. I don't feel we're fighting or competing.
You may note that in my original post I asked for cite-able dev recognition. We both stated our opinions about the noise, and we at least agree it's not appropriate for non-drones, but the whole point of my question (as stated) was to determine what the devs think. Or, more important, what they will admit.
I'm getting dizzy.
"You don't lose levels. You don't have equipment to wear out, repair, or lose, or that anyone can steal from you. About the only thing lighter than debt they could do is have an NPC walk by, point and laugh before you can go to the hospital or base." -Memphis_Bill
We will honor the past, and fight to the last, it will be a good way to die...
Oh, is THAT what a squashed seal sounds like? I... uh.. didn't know.
BP masks and Totems both make mechanical sounds. I have bugged this several times over the years and mentioned it in the forums a few times, I've even asked about it in chat on the beta server when a dev was on answering questions. I have never seen a dev response about this issue.
Thanks for a response that's to the point, Zaloopa. Yeah, the situation is pretty much as I feared.
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Right, I forgot about the Totems as they deviate from the pattern of the bug. Everything else that uses those sound effects is some sort of flying thing (Rikti Drones, Police Drones, BP Masks, Council/5th Hoverbots) except the BP Totem, which also for some weird reason makes the same robotic falling-over noise that certain other humanoid robots make (Clockwork bosses, for one).
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Originally Posted by Zaloopa
BP masks and Totems both make mechanical sounds. I have bugged this several times over the years and mentioned it in the forums a few times, I've even asked about it in chat on the beta server when a dev was on answering questions. I have never seen a dev response about this issue.
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"You don't lose levels. You don't have equipment to wear out, repair, or lose, or that anyone can steal from you. About the only thing lighter than debt they could do is have an NPC walk by, point and laugh before you can go to the hospital or base." -Memphis_Bill
We will honor the past, and fight to the last, it will be a good way to die...
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Maybe they're robots and the BP are really a bunch of high tech guys that only pretend to be using magic!
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Originally Posted by Zaloopa
BP masks and Totems both make mechanical sounds. I have bugged this several times over the years and mentioned it in the forums a few times, I've even asked about it in chat on the beta server when a dev was on answering questions. I have never seen a dev response about this issue.
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You mean they're *gasp* Nemesis Automatons?! well, that wraps things up nicely! The Banished Pantheon are a Nemesis plot.
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Originally Posted by Mr_Morbid
Maybe they're robots and the BP are really a bunch of high tech guys that only pretend to be using magic!
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"My inner mind has become a reality-cracking overgod. He torments me! Help!"
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Wonder how much brass it took to make that automaton of Mot.
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Originally Posted by The Grim Heaper
You mean they're *gasp* Nemesis Automatons?! well, that wraps things up nicely! The Banished Pantheon are a Nemesis plot.
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TO THE END!Villains are those who dedicate their lives to causing mayhem. Villians are people from the planet Villia!
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So to recap, if you live in paragon city you should invest in construction companies and brass, got it.
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Originally Posted by cursedsorcerer
Wonder how much brass it took to make that automaton of Mot.
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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke.
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Originally Posted by Mr_Morbid
Maybe they're robots and the BP are really a bunch of high tech guys that only pretend to be using magic!
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If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
Has anyone heard anything official (i.e. cite-able) from the devs regarding whether the silly "I just stepped on a baby seal" noise produced by hitting mechanical mobs such as Rikti drones or floating lanterns is a bug or WAI?