Overload of Sounds in todays Raids

[reflection]

My sound is always off except DBM Can't stand this noise. But I'd love to hear the boss emotes. "No no no no no no no..." would miss that...

[crunk]

It's called BossFilter. Problem is that some addons don't play sound as well when you CTRL+S (BigWigs doens't output sound for me for example. WeakAuras as well).

both these things work for me just fine. make sure your weak auras and boss mod are outputting sound to "master" sound channel and you can turn off the game sounds and still have the other alerts. I'll have to check out boss filter though, because i do like the boss emotes.... but the sound of me casting wraths grates on my ears.

[Bryntrollian]

I used to play with sounds but something changed and now my fps goes to shit when i have the audio on

[ruga]

both these things work for me just fine. make sure your weak auras and boss mod are outputting sound to "master" sound channel and you can turn off the game sounds and still have the other alerts. I'll have to check out boss filter though, because i do like the boss emotes.... but the sound of me casting wraths grates on my ears.

Yeah, thanks for that.
I actually figured that out over the weekend as well when looking into the whole issue.

The only problem with BossFilter is that unfortunately it is never up to date instantly (which is understandable) on new raids like the coming T15.

This, however, is when I need it the most as I am frapsing my guilds first kills on normal/Heroic. So at that point I have to revert back to muting single abilities. Though I still have not been able to pinpoint the sound file used for the rogue ability Shadow Blades. Most. Annoying. Shit. EVER.

[Seezer]

If you Control+S, will DBM sound warnings still work?

Yes. It has no effect on DBM.

[Tenjen]

I sleep at night after a raid and still hear holy healing and pally strike chimes going off with explosions, whizzes and flame whooshes.

though nothing like playing 1-2 hours+ of Left4dead2, now THAt has some major after-taste when you use headphones and try to sleep later.

[Taffer]

Though I still have not been able to pinpoint the sound file used for the rogue ability Shadow Blades. Most. Annoying. Shit. EVER.

I think that's Sound\Spells\ShadowStrike_Impact_Chest.ogg

[checking facts]

that's good. war should overload you with sounds.

how noisy do you think this little toy was? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-7_Vietnam.jpg

[Zhenye]

I very much agree. Instead of a boss emote sound option I would prefer a voice sound option though, where you can adjust the emote sound levels for NPC's and bosses. I notice, playing a feral druid, that I can hardly hear anything besides spells and swords smashing during an encounter of any kind. I have to turn the volume down to prevent my speakers from blowing up, but at the cost of hearing any kind of emote sounds.

[feangren]

As a HC raider for 2 years i never had sounds for WoW turned on. Never needed it. Nothing but a distraction.

Boss emotes are very useful you know ?

[ruga]

that's good. war should overload you with sounds.

how noisy do you think this little toy was? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-7_Vietnam.jpg

Yes, real war should and does. But this is a game, and while raiding with 24 retards sometimes doesn't feel fun at all, it should be fun in the end.
And being overloaded with sounds = bad.

[Neodymie]

Yeah this is something that absolutely needs to happen. I have never played the game with sound because I can't stand all the casting and clank clank crap over and over and over again but I feel like I miss out on boss dialogue and the ability to set up audio cues.

I'd really like to see cinematics have their own sound setup as well.