Haha, well... it's true, we did record that onsite at the circus

Going through each of these sounds in the list:

• Vehicle active scanner: Totally agree, that sound is terrible. A lot of the vehicle modules I'm supremely unhappy with
• Sniper Rifle Charge: Agree, needs some work
• Headshot sound: Totally Agree, it was a bad idea (you can find other threads like this). I don't think we'll go back to the cello hits, since it doesn't match the music, but we'll change this
• LAR: Sorry, don't agree :) Fits the lore of the weapon. It's a love it or hate it sound, we went through more than 15 different "finalized" sounds before this one. If you were in the open beta you may remember it changing every release. I like this one, it's the bread and butter of the weapons
• Jameson Irish Whiskey: I'm more of single malt guy myself, but I never turn down a drink
• Regenerating Shields: Halfway agree, it's not perfect but its close. I wish I could actually use the tardis sound....
• Shotguns: Also disagree, I mean - it does sound a bit like a basketball, but that's the air compressing inside the weapon. The only reason I hate this sound is too often someone comes up behind me and kills me with one shot...

The bad news: We're taking the sound a little slower right now, since I'm helping out with control issues, voice chat issues and some UI stuff. Basically I'm sacrificing big advances on the sound to help some areas in the game that directly impact gameplay. The other sound guys are working on environments and other stuff that won't be available until the future.
Some of these poor sounds will not see an improvement right away. Headshot and vehicle modules are the first on the list, and that won't be in until 1.5.

We are watching the forums a lot for what sounds just annoy people, even if we don't respond to everything. The thing is that what sounds cool the first time may not sound great after 100 times so the input here helps a lot.

Since you're answering questions, Earworm, why do female characters sound the same as male characters when sprinting? Surely you of all people can find some nice amenable Icelandic lady to go pant into a microphone for you, no?

Why does the charged sniper rifle sound like a cheap hotel hair dryer?

why does the AR sound like a paintball gun?

-Any chance of adding footsteps? It'd change gameplay a lot if we heard people around us. That may be more advantage than intended so I wouldn't be surprised if they're intentionally left out.

LAV needs to be loud because it's so OP than infantry need a warning when one is close.

Whats with the head shot sound. Don't get me wrong I like it, but whats the lore or reality of it. How does it function? Now that I think about. CCP you could sell Head shot "ring tones" for aurum. 400 AUR for an old fashioned ARUUUGAAAA car horn head shot sound. LOL

Haha, well... it's true, we did record that onsite at the circus

Going through each of these sounds in the list:

• Vehicle active scanner: Totally agree, that sound is terrible. A lot of the vehicle modules I'm supremely unhappy with
• Sniper Rifle Charge: Agree, needs some work
• Headshot sound: Totally Agree, it was a bad idea (you can find other threads like this). I don't think we'll go back to the cello hits, since it doesn't match the music, but we'll change this
• LAR: Sorry, don't agree :) Fits the lore of the weapon. It's a love it or hate it sound, we went through more than 15 different "finalized" sounds before this one. If you were in the open beta you may remember it changing every release. I like this one, it's the bread and butter of the weapons
• Jameson Irish Whiskey: I'm more of single malt guy myself, but I never turn down a drink
• Regenerating Shields: Halfway agree, it's not perfect but its close. I wish I could actually use the tardis sound....
• Shotguns: Also disagree, I mean - it does sound a bit like a basketball, but that's the air compressing inside the weapon. The only reason I hate this sound is too often someone comes up behind me and kills me with one shot...

The bad news: We're taking the sound a little slower right now, since I'm helping out with control issues, voice chat issues and some UI stuff. Basically I'm sacrificing big advances on the sound to help some areas in the game that directly impact gameplay. The other sound guys are working on environments and other stuff that won't be available until the future.
Some of these poor sounds will not see an improvement right away. Headshot and vehicle modules are the first on the list, and that won't be in until 1.5.

We are watching the forums a lot for what sounds just annoy people, even if we don't respond to everything. The thing is that what sounds cool the first time may not sound great after 100 times so the input here helps a lot.

Never EVER change the Dropship engine sound.

Dropship sounds are probably the best in the game.

Because it's electric.

Why does the vehicle active scanner sound like the malfunctioning horn of a Japanese clown car?

Such a strange choice...