Hey there,
When lightning strikes, it makes actually a hell of a noise.
Now I get that this has to be toned down for GD lightning skills to be playable.
But this trend culminates to ridiculousness when it comes to:
Chain Lightning.
I´m playing that item given skill right now as my main attack and what can I say - It is my most SILENT KILLER! It even literally makes NO NOISE whatsoever when you brake e.g. barrels with it.
Crate - could we please fancy up the chain lightning sound?
Hmm… 2-3 Mealstroms per second, 2-3 Chain Lightnings from gear procs (not including the component), an Ultos every 2 seconds… that’s a lot of noise! And that’s not even a Primal Strike build.
Check out ABB with Amarasta’s Crusher and you’ll see (hear) what I mean. You don’t want loud noises on spammable skills.
so what you would like is some thunder sound in there I imagine ?
I would have to be something that procs every 4 seconds or so otherwise ti would be a bit overbearing
I hear you.
And while it remains debatable if we should introduce thunder sounds (I doubt that), I mainly wish for:
Chain lightning should AT LEAST make a noise at all when crushing interiors (barrels etc.)
Why must it be all or nothing? Take the average! Not the silent killer it is now, nor an overbearing blaster you fear it to be, but something in between. I haven’t used the skill myself, but I can imagine using a spam-able without sound must suck…imagine AAR or FoI like that…sounds boring to me!
Thunder sounds would be too annoying on Chain Lightning, so how about electrical discharge sounds like these for example:
Yes! Some nice sounds at least. So that the spell feels powerful when used.
AAR, for example: You do not want to be at the other end of that ray if you even hear it. That´s not a thing with Chain lightning right now.
I had not noticed how quiet my lightning characters were.
I agree, some sound would be nice.
lightning should also make killed enemy have seizures while being electrified and burned to crisp. but i think gd engine can’t do that feature.
There’re so many things going on the screen most of the time. Constant noise would be another distraction. Maybe adding an option bar on voice setting to control how often these special sound effect would occur (never, hardly ever, seldom, occasional, always). And this should only apply on iconic/main skill like Spear of Heaven, etc.
off topic:
Really wanna see Aether AAR sometimes accompany with lightening fx/sound effect as video shows between the two performers.
same goes to Chaos AAR with similar swirling fx/sound effect
Im with you bro, lightning should sound scary(er)