Could we get a better rifle/pistol sound?

[Valisha.8650]

Title. The current sound does not resemble an actual firearm, like, at all. Neither a modern gun, nor a black powder weapon. Believe me or not, but audio aesthetics are just as important as the visual ones, since the playtime on a character can go into hundreds, if not thousands of hours. There is a TON of all sorts of firearms gunshot sounds available online, either for free or costing a small purchase fee. I doubt the cost of making the change would go higher than ~100$ for anet, in return granting us a more pleasing experience.

(To be fair I would not mind paying gems for a different sound unlock)

Example;

 

[Dawdler.8521]

You can always Hope.

[Valisha.8650]

From cheap Aliexpress firecracker, to cheap Aliexpress starwars blaster 😛 

[Strider Pj.2193]

46 minutes ago, Dawdler.8521 said:

You can always Hope.

Nice Quip there.

Edited September 8, 2022 by Strider Pj.2193

[Freya.9075]

I like Aurene’s Persuasion sound. It surprised me first time I heard it. So now all I can do on my mechanist is run around in open world spamming my skills. Even if no mob is there. It’ll probably take a few days before I get tired of doing that 👀 Poor ambient creatures never knew what hit them. yes I should probably go outside and touch some grass now and listen to birds chirping 

[Ashen.2907]

13 minutes ago, Freya.9075 said:

I like Aurene’s Persuasion sound. It surprised me first time I heard it. So now all I can do on my mechanist is run around in open world spamming my skills. Even if no mob is there. It’ll probably take a few days before I get tired of doing that 👀 Poor ambient creatures never knew what hit them. yes I should probably go outside and touch some grass now and listen to birds chirping 

Never forget that if the grass could eat you it would.

[Ultramex.1506]

7 hours ago, Freya.9075 said:

I like Aurene’s Persuasion sound. It surprised me first time I heard it. So now all I can do on my mechanist is run around in open world spamming my skills. Even if no mob is there. It’ll probably take a few days before I get tired of doing that 👀 Poor ambient creatures never knew what hit them. yes I should probably go outside and touch some grass now and listen to birds chirping 

Since you are running around spreading Aurene’s Persuasion. When can we start Aurene's Cult that rival Human Gods?

[Donari.5237]

I found out that the crossbow pistol makes thwippp sounds when I finally freed my thief parked at the quaggan jp to get him the hp for Daredevil.  So that's another sound option.

[Shrike Arghast.3856]

Be careful what you wish for. Remember this?

Gun sounds aren't great. But they could be worse. Much... much worse.

[LSD.4673]

Awful animations and awful sounds are what defines pistol and rifle. 

It's like asking to change guard scepter sounds...

[Farohna.6247]

It's a fantasy world with bouncing rabbit mounts and walking salads. I'm personally glad they don't sound authentic to where I feel like I need to go put in a pair or ear plugs for the range.  

Pew pew.

[kharmin.7683]

I never really considered that they should sound differently than they do.  I guess that could be ok?  I do like the sound of the spent shells hitting the ground, though.  Never noticed those until I started playing with a headset.  🙂

[Valisha.8650]

2 hours ago, Farohna.6247 said:

It's a fantasy world with bouncing rabbit mounts and walking salads. I'm personally glad they don't sound authentic to where I feel like I need to go put in a pair or ear plugs for the range.  

Pew pew.

Just because something is not exactly realistic, doesn't mean it has to sound like a 10-for-2$ firecracker from Wish, you know.

I guess you play with ear plugs in all shooter games?

[Farohna.6247]

5 minutes ago, Valisha.8650 said:

Just because something is not exactly realistic, doesn't mean it has to sound like a 10-for-2$ firecracker from Wish, you know.

I guess you play with ear plugs in all shooter games?

Yes, it really adds to the real world feel 😉

Lol just hasn't really bothered me in GW2, as it's not intended to be realistic or frankly to even mimic reality.  If I am playing a game that is going for historical accuracy or realism, then I expect it to sound like an actual firearm.  GW2 I expect pew pew...pop pop.  

[Khisanth.2948]

There is a wide variety of ammunition and guns for many different combinations of resulting sounds. The most inaccurate part is the consistency. A coilgun should not sound the same as a flintlock. Then there are the "rifles" that look more like a shotgun

[Farohna.6247]

6 minutes ago, Khisanth.2948 said:

There is a wide variety of ammunition and guns for many different combinations of resulting sounds. The most inaccurate part is the consistency. A coilgun should not sound the same as a flintlock. Then there are the "rifles" that look more like a shotgun

I agree on the consistency.  They could definitely do better on that.

[Blue D Phoenix.7260]

I like predator's sound, it sounds like an actual sniper rifle in game.

[Gryphon.2875]

I'd love a mystic/techno sound for some of the magical or techno looking ones