windyweather.1238 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Sometimes I use speakers and sometimes I use a USB headset. Windows 10 of course. When I use the headset I am using Discord - no surprise. The problem is that no matter how I set the audio to be used, the GW2 client keeps changing which audio device it's using. Even after I set it, it bounced to something else randomly apparently.. And it isn't even consistent when a cinematic plays. Or story cutscene or whatever we call it. So for example, this morning I'm playing EoD and in the open world I finally coerce the game to use the headset. But when the Cutscene plays - not instance [ although that too ] just an ingame voice over when I talk to a story dude - Rama in Shing Jea - his voice comes out of the speakers while I hear the world in my headset. What I would like is what other games do. Use the DEFAULT OS AUDIO for ALL THE AUDIO IN THE GAME and whenever I change the Default OS Audio device the game notices and switches to that right away. No FREAKING ANNOYING OPTIONS DIALOG - do I seem upset? Well how about you play this game and continually find that you can't hear what's going on.? Darned annoying. I know this above wish is possible because other games do it. And I don't have to get annoyed with them. They just work. "Convince me I'm wrong" as they say. w 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcelbrechter.8947 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 I am experiencing the same issue. Now I am sharing audio with Discord which is a must for coordination within the World Vs World portion of the game. I find that the game itself swaps back and forth between my bluetooth Plantronics headset (PLT V8200) and the systems "Default" audio portion. I believe this is an in-game issue as when I am not running Guilds Wars 2 I am able to have a normal conversation within Discord without my sound options changing back and forth. With Guild Wars 2 running I notice a slight freeze (half a second) which is a clue the audio has swapped. At that point I need to switch my Discord to the opposite option in order to restore audio and microphone. I have already completely removed Guild Wars 2, Deleted the game folder including the one in my %appsdata% folder. Did a complete new install and changed the install directory to C:\Guild Wars 2 to assure it was not using any of the older installation files, and I still have the issue. Again I do not notice this problem when I am not running Guild Wars 2. Other apps do not seem to have the same issue. I can confirm what the above original poster noted is indeed a problem to some. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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