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I haven't used sound in eve consistently since my second month. I'll occasionally turn it on, and will usually miss some vent communication and turn it off again for another few months or so. Maybe with soundcloud I'll be able to have sound mute when people are speaking on vent, will have to play around. I actually like the tracks, it helps pass the time while camping, and are so distinctly EvE. Except "Below the asteroids", that song will always be "Clear Skies" to me.

Team Klang is one of the most awesome things that has happened in this game for years! First major focus on sound since Apocrypha (that's winter 2009, folks), and is long over due in my opinion.

It's all good in my ears, but I wouldn't like it if the skill training/mission completed events would get music. I would prefer Aura saying her stuff. "Good job, pilot." fits the game a lot better than some tune that might want to make me kill myself if I hear it for the millionth time, + I think the jingle could be an immersion breaker.

Torfi - I'm a huge fan and this sound upgrade is the best new thing since trails returned. Sound is sooo important to how I play EVE.

1. Planet sounds - love the idea of near planet hearing. I often listen to them while I work - great background noise.
2. Cap alarm - great idea, adjustable please.
3. "Mission done" sound - Brilliant, good for new people. Also put something in the mission pallet (that sits under waypoints.) Color it green when objectives complete or something.
4. I miss the old coming out of cloak sound.

FIX
1. PLEASE cool the cyno jump sound. It's WAY WAY to loud. I can't hear critical orders if I have the sound on.
2. Dance Techno Mission songs are bad vibe. Happy to see those go.

SUGGEST
Occasional voice signal sound (like gate or station communication noises). Map it to someone entering your system or entering wormhole space... if anything pilots would pick up distorted space comms occasionally.

Maybe an occasional distress call pulling you into a random mission or complex. Something like an audio beacon that you can lock and investigate - this can call solo pvpers into impromptu matches if they choose to investigate. just an idea.


Love the incredible work CCP does for us. Thanks very much for improving stuff even before we start asking for it. Those are usually the Best parts of the expansions.

Can I ask for an option / slider which you can use to adjust the abundance of music being played within EVE , please?

I personally find it quite tedious if music is constantly playing ... nonstop ... for hours when you are online that long. I think most games and many movies make this mistake to clog the whole enterntainment experience with constant music play. Turning music off is the only option I have in EVE now, if I don't like this constant bombardment. But a little slider (or any other option) which defines how often music is played, would work wonders. After doing so, you can combine it with event based music play, which is available for some missions already. Imagine you fly through space, no music playing for the last 15min but with all the working sounds around you (ship humming, effects from modules, gate sounds) , then you get to an acceleration gate for a mission site and suddenly dramatic music starts to play! Or you participate in one of those endless and boring gate camps, with nothing to do than chatting with your friends or sending around drones, and after some time your jukebox comes alive and plays a song for your to cheer you up.

it should play really intense music

(thinking sweat-inducing ambient effects)

when first entering camped systems

thinking a 30 second interlude that fades back to standard music when done

Has all of this been pushed back, as I see no mention of any of these changes in the patch notes?


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Is it my understanding, that in EVE you are a pilot of spaceship, which fly into space. And since there are no sounds in space - how can I hear a sound that is not from my ship, but from explosions outside, turents and stuff like that? Isn't it required for the sound to travel in some kind of mediun (hence media), beside the vacum of space?

I'd really love to be able to hear the sounds of my own ships' turrets, launchers, other types of devices, engines, but I'd really love to not hear any sound that do not have a direct connection to my ship (if I'm useing the ingame voice service with other pilots it will be ok to hear some of the sounds they hear, but not the engines of a nearby spaceship or rocket, or fireing turret on another ship. And is'n the music supposed o be played from the computer, and not the place I'm near?

What is the sound of a planet heared from low orbit - I have no clue, but I'll bet it's a really quiet one.

Regards

Nikki Tomov

I know that the jukebox has gone away.

Having the ability to turn in-station music on or off or to adjust the volume of it would be appreciated. This is especially true when running more than one client.

Thank you.

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Edit...
OK, so I found the volume control in the Esc menu (which is different than the Eve menu). Still, I'd like to know where this noise is coming from so that I can block it in my hosts file or firewall.

Hey guys,

Just logged into the new expansion and a lot of the new features are great. I thought I had been pretty up on the new content but had been unaware of the removal of the Jukebox and new ambient music.

I think this is a big mistake. Don't get me wrong the people producing the music are talented but it is not my thing at all. I've been playing for almost three years now and I've had my own playlists going the entire time since the in-game music drives me.

Why on earth would you remove a feature like the Jukebox? It was not hurting the games overall cohesion. If anything for some of us it was increasing graphic/audio cohesion. Nothing like listening to some Led Zepplin or Explosions in the Sky while out ratting/pvping/mining.

It should definitely be brought back with the option to use either or. Anyway that's my opinion.

Fly safe!

Oh and yes I know I can mute and just play music from iTunes or YouTube, but it was a nice little feature that didn't seem to be hurting any other system in the game and kept control within the game. Plus I could have separate playlists right in the game! :P