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Sparks Dawnbringer

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

Los Angeles

none

E/Mo

I'd like to make of poll of this but can't find the option to do it.

1. I listen to the score while I play and would never want to give it up.

2. I sometimes listen but would like to keep it.

3. I sometimes listen but could live without it.

4. I always turn the music off and wish GW would spend it's time and money somewhere else.


I am wondering what people actually think about having a musical score or not and hope a moderator finds this and can change it into a poll. Thanks

Flightmare

Flightmare

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2006

NL

Infinite Omega Negatives

N/

Well, I don't get it...
This is about if the background music is worth the game?
Imo it definately is. The music is really good and fits the game, alltough I have the backgroundmusic muted and listen to WMP/VoIP while playing.
But with new chapters, the first few weeks, the sound is definately worth listening to. A fantasy game without background music isn't a fantasy game.

upier

upier

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Done.

[JUNK]

I always turn it off - but I'd like to keep it.
Not everyone can have such exquisite taste in music as I do ...
The poor bastards ...

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

I have ALL the bonus music upgrades, including the battle pak, SF pack and CE-exclusive ones.

I listen to them while playing, and sometimes outside of the game.

And you all should get all the upgrades too. Most of the game it's not the same without the bonus music.
EotN is epic with the bonus music.

Dallcingi

Dallcingi

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2006

USA

The Black Parades [死人死]

Mo/

I listened to it at first but later on it got boring (since I only did the same thing in GW.. pvp lol so the music was kinda stale) after awhile but the music is good none the less.

Jwnz

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Aug 2008

Belgium

Children Of Drascir

E/

I turn of the music because I prefer my own music.
Though, it fits the game really well, and I turn of my music in cutscenes.
The only thing I don't like is the noises the mobs make, over and over again.
But, guess that's a part of the game.

pamelf

pamelf

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Australia

Lost Templars [LoTe]

Me/Mo

for your info, poll creation is in thread tools on the right hand side of the nav bar....

I always turn off my music these days. Winamp gets me through hours of computer time (which is not always GW related).

Fallen SeraphiM

Fallen SeraphiM

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Dec 2006

Hell

None

Blah...cant play gw without music tbh,in all other games its turned off...
Best background music was in wow,when i enter in human city,i was paralised with it how great it was.

Kikuta

Kikuta

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2006

Western Australia

[ICE]

I mute GW completely when I play. After playing the game for 3 years I'm just about ready to harm myself whenever I hear Togo's voice, minipets crying in towns, or the same music track for the trillionth time.

More often than not I'll not even have any of my own music playing either, if I do it's usually something like Textures or Tesseract.

garethporlest18

garethporlest18

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

[HiDe]

W/

Well seeing as metal and rock music>GW music, I listen to the former.

sykoone

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mystical Chaos

E/

I end up muting GW in order to hear the guild over TS. But if no one is on, it gets cranked back up.

Aera Lure

Aera Lure

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

In Baltar's head

Bring Out Your Dead [BOYD], former officer [LBS]

Mo/

Having a musical score is a good thing. I loved it for the first, oh I dunno, several hundred hours or more. After that, sometimes I'd listen to my own thing, and sometimes to the in-game music, mood depending. So if this is about them keeping a high quality of musical production, or not, then my vote is a definite yes, as is my vote for the slider to allow us to key it down from time to time to play our own music.

As an aside, I preferred it when one tune would play in a specific place, before they went and mixed it up.

Nessar

Nessar

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2008

West Siiiiiiiiiiiiiide

Gwen Has A Thing For [Pyre]

I listened to it the first few weeks I was playing, then got bored with it. So, it's been off for a year now :P

JupiterStarWarrior

JupiterStarWarrior

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2008

Oklahoma City

Noble Order Of Valiant Angels

Me/

To me, the music is too soft, even when I've got the volume all the way up.

However, listening to the music, on a personal basis, depends if I got TeamSpeak up and running. If I do, I can't hear the music, so it doesn't matter if it's up or not (I can't hear the music because everyone is too loud).

Murmel

Murmel

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2008

Land of Confusion

[swea]

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jwnz
I turn of the music because I prefer my own music.
Though, it fits the game really well, and I turn of my music in cutscenes.
The only thing I don't like is the noises the mobs make, over and over again.
But, guess that's a part of the game.
I couldn't have said it better myself.

Operative 14

Operative 14

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

Arizona, USA

[OOP] Order of the Phoenix I

I love the music in GW and listen to it most of the time when I'm playing. However, certain times I do listen to music of my own choosing from various movies for better battle music and epicnessity.

Probably about a 1.25 on your vote there.

Free Runner

Free Runner

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

GW2G

Knights Of The Sacred Light [KSL]

I keep the music on but i generally dont pay attention to it anyway. Especially when in combat (with the strange EotN battle music)

mazey vorstagg

mazey vorstagg

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2006

Nodnol

Meeting of Lost Minds

E/Mo

option 1 all the way!

I have all the music Jeremy Soule has written, some of his Prey stuff is great!

Kahlindra

Kahlindra

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

England

Anthems to the Welkin at [Dusk]. 2 man guilds are king.

N/Me

I usually have it on because I get too focused to play around with my music program; especially like the rather 'Wagnerian' track from GWEN... but I HAVE taken the time to set up my tunes more often since NF because I hate how the 'battle music' interrupts the score. Obviously it has to but....I'd prefer it wasn't there.

Lishy

Lishy

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2008

I usually have it off except when playing EoTN.
With the exception of EoTN, where they finally did things right, the music in GW is unmemorable, unfitting, repetitive, and just plain aren't good.

Rhamia Darigaz

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2008

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kikuta
I mute GW completely when I play.
but how do you know when diversion is cast on you if you cant hear the sound that's like "bfjdlwewlkjfew"?

Venom200

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

Science with a Twist

N/

I always have the sound on low, just to hear things being cast. Plus I like to hear female assasins die when I kill them PVP. But I also have winamp in the background with tunes as well, always have both

Bryant Again

Bryant Again

Hall Hero

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mark me down as #2. It's pretty good stuff, especially in Nightfall. Just wish the amazing ambient tracks weren't ruined by the frequent battle jams...

Apollo Smile

Apollo Smile

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2008

[LORE]

E/Mo

I love the music in Guild Wars. I hope Jeremy Soule is doing the music for Guild Wars 2 as well. You can tell that guy really put alot of work into the GW soundtracks.

fireflyry

fireflyry

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

New Zealand

A/D

I play just about every game with it's accompanied music the first time through.

I played through Prophecies and Factions with it but then got the idea, got bored of it and haven't listened to it since Factions release.

gg Winamp.

Kashrlyyk

Kashrlyyk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2005

The battle music kills the fun. I would like an option to deactivate it.

wilebill

wilebill

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mt Vernon, Ohio

Band of the Hawk

W/Mo

Yes, it is all epic with the bonus music. So, why didn't they include it in the game in the first place?

Paks ... more nickel and dime mouse squeak that makes the game feel like a patchwork beta.

Venom200

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2006

Science with a Twist

N/

it would be quite peachy if the stupid Junundu's didn't have so much bass! I think is the only time what I shut down all sounds of GW

Elder III

Elder III

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jan 2007

Ohio

I Will Never Join Your Guild (NTY)

R/

When in an Explorable area I listen to all the generic GW music/sounds etc...

If I'm chilling in an Outpost or Town I may listen to some of my own stuff if I'm planning on being there for long.

Hyper.nl

Hyper.nl

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Defending Fort Aspenwood

E/

1. I listen to the score while I play and would never want to give it up.

For me the music is an essential component to any good game. Fortunately GW has a great soundtrack.

Sword Hammer Axe

Sword Hammer Axe

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2008

Look up.

Kurzick Conflagration Unit [KCU].

W/

2. But sometimes I listen to my own music

AKB48

AKB48

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2008

みやき町

Mo/A

my music>the background music