I wish I had somewhere other than here to send this feedback, but so it goes.
The sound of the /shakedrink emote is very loud, never ends, and significant for me and undoubtedly some other people, triggers my misophonia such that I have a negative physical reaction to the sound. Dozens of players have used it to irritate and grief in such places as Limsa Lominsa and around the Gold Saucer aetheryte. Players have even made alts and whole free companies dedicated to using /shakedrink at crowded aetherytes in order to grief other players.
I have nearly 30 players on my blacklist because of this emote, which has significantly cut down on the problem, and I've also changed my audio settings to reduce the sound from other players, but this does not work in instances and raids where people will use the emote while waiting for someone to watch a cutscene or for planning. The only way to escape that is to leave the instance entirely and take a 30 minute penalty, though fortunately some people have been kind and stopped when asked. Though by then, for me, the damage has already been done and my physical reaction to the sound won't die down for several minutes.
So I would like to ask that the sound either be altered--lowered in volume, changed somewhat--or better yet, that the sound for the emote no longer loops, so that using the emote will only make a sound of a few seconds length rather than one that lasts for hours.
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The sound of the /shakedrink emote is very loud, never ends, and significant for me and undoubtedly some other people, triggers my misophonia such that I have a negative physical reaction to the sound. Dozens of players have used it to irritate and grief in such places as Limsa Lominsa and around the Gold Saucer aetheryte. Players have even made alts and whole free companies dedicated to using /shakedrink at crowded aetherytes in order to grief other players.
I have nearly 30 players on my blacklist because of this emote, which has significantly cut down on the problem, and I've also changed my audio settings to reduce the sound from other players, but this does not work in instances and raids where people will use the emote while waiting for someone to watch a cutscene or for planning. The only way to escape that is to leave the instance entirely and take a 30 minute penalty, though fortunately some people have been kind and stopped when asked. Though by then, for me, the damage has already been done and my physical reaction to the sound won't die down for several minutes.
So I would like to ask that the sound either be altered--lowered in volume, changed somewhat--or better yet, that the sound for the emote no longer loops, so that using the emote will only make a sound of a few seconds length rather than one that lasts for hours.
Continue reading...