Request - changes to the announcer NPC tone

(AssortedStuff) #1

EDIT: as Mustang has mentioned (further down the thread) what I was trying to request were “announcer sound packs”, in different ‘flavours’.

Original message:
The background NPC voice should just be informative not judgemental.
At the moment I find it really irritating when it goes “…blah blah blah, are you blind? What are you doing?? Why aren’t you doing this or that??..”
I’m not a good player and I don’t need an NPC putting me down even further when the match isn’t going well. It really ‘helps’ draw the fun out of the game.

I would like to be informed of important events during the match, but if you guys insist in having a tone to those announcements (I guess for ‘realism’ sake) then a better option would be an encouraging one and not down putting.

(Protekt1) #2

Are you serious?

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Some pre-recorded voice over bothers you? lol:stroggtapir:

(Rex) #3

I lol’d hard! :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

(Protekt1) #4

I disagree. I think the tone is too light. You need to hire the drill sergeant from full metal jacket.

You maggots, go plant the bomb!

//youtu.be/71Lft6EQh-Y

(Rex) #5

If that is not a troll, than holy sh!t…

(Mustang) #6

No thanks, would be boring with the humour.

(Nail) #7

sounds like someone has a roomfull of “Participation Awards”

(AssortedStuff) #8

No, not trolling, sometimes I really want to turn it off. To each their own.

(Ashog) #9

I get irritated with people like you not doing objective :slight_smile:

(Tandem) #10

I never heard these wtf

(Mustang) #11

I think it wouldn’t be ideal for people to disable this, as it would put them at a disadvantage.

But having different announcer sound packs would be pretty awesome, then you could pick one that spoke in an acceptable manner.

(AssortedStuff) #12

Eureka, that’s what I was trying to convey! Thank you.

Oi, you! :slight_smile: I too get a bit upset when my team mates are playing deathmatch and forget about objectives.
Unfortunately, in my case, I seem to be a bullet magnet. That’s the only thing keeping me away from the objectives.

(Ashog) #13

On another note - I think I heard (just a few seconds before the final Canary objective got hacked) some character say “Don’t worry, it’s sterile!”
Was it my imagination or there’s a trigger or vsay? I was like totally WTF!

(Protekt1) #14

I do think a volume for announcer would be ideal. Still the reasoning on this particular thread is quite funny :stuck_out_tongue:

But I am not against muting the announcer voice, or turning it up if desired as well.

(Pinflux) #15

[QUOTE=Ashog;500400]On another note - I think I heard (just a few seconds before the final Canary objective got hacked) some character say “Don’t worry, it’s sterile!”
Was it my imagination or there’s a trigger or vsay? I was like totally WTF![/QUOTE]

I do believe this is a line from resident ninja Phantom, offering a small amount of consolation after plunging his sword through some poor victim’s chest ;D

(k1ruaa) #16

Qué ?

10chars

(Ashog) #17

Haha! I thought it was a timely sarcastic comment by a merc about Canary Wharf urine being sterile :smiley:

Just last week read an article about scientists finally disproving that urine is sterile - they found some sort of bacteria in it in 30% of people or something. So urinotherepy is wrong! :slight_smile:

That has added to the comic situation on CW at that time 8)

If only maps had random merc voice triggers before and after inevitable completion of certain objectives - they’d complain or berate or celebrate the outcome of the fight or philosophically comment the failure to defend or smth. Would add to the uniqueness of characters and to atmosphere of the game. But probably too much to ask, would require completion of maps and special acting from all voice actors :frowning:

(Mustang) #18

Of course urine that exits the body wouldn’t be sterile, but I’d have still thought it sterile at the point it leaves the kidneys.

(.FROST.) #19

The only thing that I find quite irritating atm, regarding the announcer(virtual commander), is the fact, that many times you would hear the commander of both sides(attackers/defenders) simultaneously.

And I’d also like additional sound packs, but NOT in order to soften up the game, but to bring in more variety.

Aside from that I totally disagree with the OP. I love all merc and announcer comments so far, especially the variety of accents there. And what the funk does he even expect from a merc commander guy anyways? That he’d be a overly polite dude? Common, that would be just ridiculous and totally out of character. I want a highly stylized game with almost caricaturesque characters; visually, as well as acoustically. There’s enough political correct garbage for the faint soul out there and I don’t want that gay(non homophobic version(!)) crap on my HDD. If you are into such kinda stuff, I’d bet there’s a nice little flower picking simulator somewhere out there, where the only goal would be to collect as many flowers as possible, to make your ol’ granny happy, -the more flowers you’d pick, the happier she would get; and that in return would result in a high score, you could then compare on a leaderboard with those of other flower picking junkies-.

(shaftz0r) #20

if there isnt, i feel like you just came up with a million dollar smart phone game idea. copywrite it immediately