Jet Boots - too loud

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Please please please, with some sugar on top, can you do something about the jet boots sound? It's very loud and gets annoying very fast when you've always got them on. It would be better if the sound faded out and became quiet after like 5-10 seconds or something. The extra boost sounds when the higher speeds are activated are nice, but after that the sound should really fade out as I explained above. I'll soon start having headaches when I play my character with jet boots. :(

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Please please please, with some sugar on top, can you do something about the jet boots sound? It's very loud and gets annoying very fast when you've always got them on. It would be better if the sound faded out and became quiet after like 5-10 seconds or something. The extra boost sounds when the higher speeds are activated are nice, but after that the sound should really fade out as I explained above. I'll soon start having headaches when I play my character with jet boots. :(

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It does sound nice to begin with but then it becomes just a whiny continuous noise which gets really annoying, i've ended up just putting on music which i dont want to do as i miss out on all the over sounds and music.

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I have to agree with this... They are way to loud

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i agree

when you have 1 boot user its bearable...just

but 2,3,4 it gets very loud and overbearing.

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i agree

when you have 1 boot user its bearable...just

but 2,3,4 it gets very loud and overbearing.

Half a dozen jetboot users in the powerhouse's spec area...instant assault to the sense.

WHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEE!

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

WHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEE!


(falls over)

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Half a dozen jetboot users in the powerhouse's spec area...instant assault to the sense.


Agreed, powerhouse should be a no fly zone, and a no duel zone. Trying to go over powers while listening to jet boots (I turn mine off when inside) and people duel right next to you is very annoying and sensory overload.

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They shouldn't kill off duel as people duel to test out their powers. The should add a room more suited for dueling, though, that's easily accessible.

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/agree with OP. I love jet boots as a power, but i must say they are quite too loud. It is quite grating on the ears. perhaps a simple option to turn them down? an add on maybe even?

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I honestly don't see why you guys find them so loud, I think they sound fine.
Semi-realistic if anything. Of course I love being around Jets and NHRA vehicles when they are in the pits(and where I have to cover my ears), so perhaps my word isn't much on the subject. ;)

But honestly, I played Shooter games that have louder sounds then those jet boots do and if it really bothers you, you can always turn down the sfx sound bar, mute your computer for a bit, or turn down your speaks. You probably have to game to loud anyhow.

As for killing duels in the Powerhouse, I am against this, since it does help people test their new powers(as already pointed out), secondly, if anyone has explored the power house, there are several rooms and halls people can duel in.
So if it bothers you, you can also always ask nicely for them to take it to another location in the PH.

However, this is just my two cents worth... *shrugs*

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Completely agree here. Being inside the power house is annoying as heck with Jet boots on right next to me. I dont know why the people have to have them on, when they could just turn them off. Its not a pleasant sound over time, its an annoyance.

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Definately wears on you after a while...same goes for the siren tone outside Jail Break and Stronghold....that one burrows right down into my skull

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i'm totally fine with the volume level as is for rocket boots. just thought i'd give some positive feedback... anything less they just wouldn't be rocket boots ;)

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They shouldn't kill off duel as people duel to test out their powers. The should add a room more suited for dueling, though, that's easily accessible.

Agreed... I got no problem with people dueling in the PH, but they should make the main area where everyone is working on their builds a no dueling zone. Then maybe add a few special rooms specifically for dueling, they could even have environmental hazards and cool stuff like that.

As for jet boots, I agree... too loud. One option that would make thing less unbearable in the PH would be to simply make their idle sound quieter to combat all the dozens power armor people who simple MUST levitate while they pick their advantages and such.




On an mostly unrelated note... you gotta love those people who give their character wings but then take jet boots as their TP. : \

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They shouldn't kill off duel as people duel to test out their powers. The should add a room more suited for dueling, though, that's easily accessible.

There IS a room more suited to dueling that's easily accessible. People just don't use it. Because some people are just... not very bright, or considerate, I guess.

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There IS a room more suited to dueling that's easily accessible. People just don't use it. Because some people are just... not very bright, or considerate, I guess.
The obstacle course does work well for duels if you just go there. Few seem to know it exists though.

Also, I*rumble*hate*rumble*the*rumble*annoying*rumble*so und*rumble*of*rumble*Jet*rumble*Boots*rumble*.

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Half a dozen jetboot users in the powerhouse's spec area...instant assault to the sense.

WHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEE!

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

WHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEE!


(falls over)

This expresses how I feel about this perfectly.

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There IS a room more suited to dueling that's easily accessible. People just don't use it. Because some people are just... not very bright, or considerate, I guess.

Yes, people are stuck on stupid, it's like the ability to being annoying and moronic semi anonymously is a great thrill to them.

But I digress. The "volume" of the jet boots is not bad in general, i.e. flying around open zones, but when you are in the powerhouse and have 4,5, or 6 people all hovering at the trainers, it gets a little, overwhelming to say the least.

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/agree, please fade the sound out after a few seconds to at least a very low level

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Agreed, and while we're on the topic, I think its invul or something, but it emits a CONSTANT and VERY-HIGH PITCHED noise like 3 times a second, its unbearable, please adjust.

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I have no issues with Jet Boots. My character has them and I think the sound is okay. You can always just turn the volume settings to fit your ear.

Though, the constant jet sound, dueling "pew pew" next to you when you are in power house is damn annoying with the indoors echo etc. But when I fly myself, the Jet volume is okay.

Like is suggested in some other topic, please make the trainer room no fly - no duel zone, and move that to the big room with huge metal crates and various platforms.

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The only place this really bugs me is the powerhouse. I've made it a habit to mute my sound whenever I enter it because the 4 people all idling with jetboots just gets under my skin.

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Oh god yes

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Gotta agree. Can I have silent running jet boots?

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Totally agree, they are annoying as <insert opposite of heaven>

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I have to agree and most people leave them on so you're trying to train or get a quest and all you hear is Jet Boots blasting out everything else including anyone you have on skype or teamspeak.

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They are a little on the loud side, so a small volume drop would not go amiss. +1

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But I digress. The "volume" of the jet boots is not bad in general, i.e. flying around open zones, but when you are in the powerhouse and have 4,5, or 6 people all hovering at the trainers, it gets a little, overwhelming to say the least.
Or if you're crafting in one of the speciality stores.

Jet Boots + echo is -ing loud.

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Want silent flight? Get normal flight! I like the roar of my jet boots, although I do stop flying in the Powerhouse as a courtesy to others when I'm talking with the trainer.

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Want silent flight? Get normal flight! I like the roar of my jet boots, although I do stop flying in the Powerhouse as a courtesy to others when I'm talking with the trainer.

As you can see most of the complaints are IN THE POWERHOUSE. I have jet boots, outside free roaming, not a bid deal, but for the love of pete in the powerhouse jebus crepes. Even I appreciate the handful of people, myself included, that do turn off the boots. Still, the hundreds of other inconsiderate people that don't, and the ones that duel in there are a pain on the inner ear, be it headphones or stereo (which I think is worse).

I mean really, it's about a 3 second run from the entrance to the trainer, why do you need to fly, as a matter of convienance? Really? Just make it a no fly / zone until you are past the actual trainer room, purdy please.... :(

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Jet Boots are fine, they are JET BOOTS. they should be loud. i can't think of too many soft whispering jets out there ;)

but the main room in the Power House i believe is the issue, the indoor echo, the multiple people. once you get in the main PH room i feel it would be fine to have it be a no travel power/dueling area. if you want to try a power out you have to rooms to either side with dummies and a big room in the back for dueling and travel power testing.

just my imo :D

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I see some disagree. Well make it an option then perhaps? Something has to be done though. And not just in the power house. While that's where you notice it the most it's everywhere else too.

And no, I will not pick regular flight just because of this issue. Jet boots are part of the character, normal flight doesn't fit my power armored hero.

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way.too.loud

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I agree with most of the people here:

PH = LOUUUUDDDDDDDD NOOIIISSEEESS!!!!111
Outside of PH = It's all good.

I think a travel powers ban in the main room would be an acceptable solution, since rocket boots isn't the only power that adds to the noise. Teleport, when spammed also can get a bit irritating in the PH. Don't get me wrong though, I love Teleport and think it's just fine. I'm just trying to point out Rocket Boots aren't the only ones to add to noise pollution within the echo-y confines of the PH.

As for duels, my suggestion would be to put another trainer in one of the other rooms, or perhaps a special duel room. This will encourage people to hang out there to duel, test powers, respec, duel... etc etc.

As it stands people don't want to walk to the other rooms, duel, walk back to respec and go to the other room again to duel. It takes too long and people like convenience.
I wouldn't be against a dueling ban in the main room of the PH as long as there's a trainer in one of the other rooms.

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I must concur with all of the other posts. Jet boots are just too loud. I would very much like to see noise stop after 5 - 10 seconds. I use XFire to talk to my friends while playing and if I have Jet Boots on I can't hear them talking regardless of m volume setting.

This probably isn't the right place for this comment but I would also like to see the charge mechanic like Super Flight has incorporated into Jet Boots. Why shouldn't i be able to go super sonic right away??

Thanks

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oh gods yes..

something should be done about the constant drone from them for other players.. whenever i'm in any area where people mass, like near the powerhouse, near contacts, crafting tables or tailors its just overwhelming to the point of wanting to scream!

i'm all for them being noisy when in flight, yes they're jet boots, they're gonna be loud! but supression of sound effects for surrounding players is needed, esp for those who just wont turn them off when idle!

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still.way.too.loud

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/agree

Like others, I'm finding myself muting whenever I go into the power house because, inevitably, someone with rocket boots will end up loitering directly over my head. However, I've no problem with them out in the world. It's actually nice to hear them when someone flies by overhead.

But I'm biased. My dad was a pilot, and whenever I hear a jet in RL I try to find it in the sky, a habit that has transferred into CO quite nicely.

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/signed
+1
Agreed...

The boots are ****ing annoying.


Wynnde

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Yes it is perfectly realistic for jet boots to be loud. However, you get the grade A tards who just love to use them for noise pollution.

If the ignore function wiped out all graphics and sounds as well as text, I'd have no problem with them.

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Inside or outside the powerhouse they are too loud.

I genuinely have a headache and am rerolling my character because of the jetboots.

J

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Yes, please. People will idle or AFK in the Powerhouse with their jet boots on, right next to the trainers. Half a dozen at a time. The endless whirring is maddening, and I actually like to listen to my games. That said, I don't think they should be really quiet...I mean, they're jet boots. Perhaps just dulling the sound to a quiet roar for nearby players while the actual owner can still hear them normally. Something. Anything.

As for dueling, restricting it to the large open room right behind the trainers is probably for the best. It is extremely useful for testing your powers in a combat scenario. The other test rooms can be useful, but none of them really simulate a combat situation.

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Personally, I'm taking a hypothetical look at how to get into the game files, to edit the sound, seeing as it's probably a low-priority QOL fix on Cryptic's agenda. Bugs that affect actual gameplay need to come first.

So with that said, in the hypothetical situation that I wanted to get into sound.hogg and have a look at the sound effect for Jet Boots, how might I go about that, and what software tools might I need?

This is all hypothetical, of course. :D

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I agree. I love the sound, it's just too loud compared to the rest of the sound effects in game.

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Personally, I'm taking a hypothetical look at how to get into the game files, to edit the sound, seeing as it's probably a low-priority QOL fix on Cryptic's agenda. Bugs that affect actual gameplay need to come first.

So with that said, in the hypothetical situation that I wanted to get into sound.hogg and have a look at the sound effect for Jet Boots, how might I go about that, and what software tools might I need?

This is all hypothetical, of course. :D

Hypothetical or not I would think editing one of the game's base files like you are describing would be a moot effort. Would not the patcher detect the modification and redownload sound.hogg the next time you tried to play?

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Hypothetical or not I would think editing one of the game's base files like you are describing would be a moot effort. Would not the patcher detect the modification and redownload sound.hogg the next time you tried to play?

Perhaps, perhaps not. In most MMO's, there is a way around the patcher.

Edit to add: If I'm not mistaken, the patcher would only catch the alteration if a verification of the game image were run. The majority of times that we run the game, the patcher is merely checking version numbers to be certain we have the latest patch.

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Yes please. FX slider for turning down/muting flying effects plx!

<3 jet boots
</3 jet boot sfx

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I wish people would stop saying "Just turn down the volume". Turning off the SFX is all good and well, but I still want to hear combat and world SFX without the constant sound of jet boots. The fact is that compared to any other sound, the jet boots are very loud and just annoying in general. I'm in favour of the sound fading after a few seconds, or adding an option to lower or disable travel SFX.

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Please please please, with some sugar on top, can you do something about the jet boots sound? It's very loud and gets annoying very fast when you've always got them on. It would be better if the sound faded out and became quiet after like 5-10 seconds or something. The extra boost sounds when the higher speeds are activated are nice, but after that the sound should really fade out as I explained above. I'll soon start having headaches when I play my character with jet boots. :(

I can't stand when I am at the trainers or another NPC and someone it just sitting there with jet boots a going and it overwhelms you with a constant noise.

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Yesterday I was playing for a bit (okay, 4 or 5 hours), and three separate times I noticed someone move next to me with the fu@#%ing annoying jet boots; but after a few seconds (between 5 and 10) the noise shut off. Looking around, I saw them floating next to me still.

Thinking to myself, OMG, they FINALLY fixed one of the most annoying things in the entire game!, I danced with happiness.

Then I noticed today that the volume never changed.

Did I imagine the fix? Well, no - I know the sound shut off, it was so huge of a difference between blasting in my ears annoyance and peaceful environmental sounds.

Was it actually a glitch or bug that is now fixed? I surely hope not!

Can this be a permanent feature?!?! Pretty Please!?!?!

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yes please tone the sound down, it seems every mission giver, every power house, has some guy sitting next to them with his jet boots on ROOOOAAAARRRRRRR ARRRRRRRRHHHH ROOOOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRR

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I wouldn't want the sound totally removed, but I do get somewhat annoyed when people idle around on them.. it's a very distinct sound that kinda creeps under my skin after hearing it for a (semi-) long time. If people would just stop flying once they arrive someplace, I wouldn't get bothered by them :p

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And please wipe the mud off your jetboots before coming into the Powerhouse...you're messing up the floors!:D

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I agree that sound of jet boots needs... change. But i don't think just tuning down the volume is sufficient. They create a sound that my ears/brain is just unable to ignore, even if i have other overlapping sounds with higher volume. Whenever i am at my ordnance trainer or arms table and someone drops by with jet boots, i feel a headache starting to develop, and i feel a profound relief once they are gone/turn the boots off.

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Agreed. Please add a volume control for travel powers.

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Yeah /sign
So friggin loud.

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I can barely hear the other game effects over the loud roar of the jet boots. While I love them as a travel power some silencing technology needs to be invented for them.

Even if the super villains don't see you, they'll certainly hear you coming! ... Might as well paint a big bullseye on my behind and bend over so every supermutant in the desert can take a potshot since they'll know I'm arriving anyway.

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Agreed, powerhouse should be a no fly zone, and a no duel zone. Trying to go over powers while listening to jet boots (I turn mine off when inside) and people duel right next to you is very annoying and sensory overload.

Totaly agree with this, just make the first room a no-power room, and let people duel/test powers in the side rooms,

please.. some people actuly read and break down numbers when picking powers. :mad:

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yes please tone the sound down, it seems every mission giver, every power house, has some guy sitting next to them with his jet boots on ROOOOAAAARRRRRRR ARRRRRRRRHHHH ROOOOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRR

Just as an aside, I think a contributing factor to this is that jet boots can't be charged to take off at maximum speed. When you're 'not stopping long' it's that much more of a pain to turn off your boots, click half a dozen buttons, then turn them on again and crawl into the sky.

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Please please please, with some sugar on top, can you do something about the jet boots sound? It's very loud and gets annoying very fast when you've always got them on. It would be better if the sound faded out and became quiet after like 5-10 seconds or something. The extra boost sounds when the higher speeds are activated are nice, but after that the sound should really fade out as I explained above. I'll soon start having headaches when I play my character with jet boots. :(


It's madness with these boots, the sound is grating, and in the Powerhouse the inconsiderate users refuse to turn them off; this is the CO equivalent of overly loud bass from cars designed to make people check out the idiot.

I move that people who stand for 20 minutes in the Powerhouse with them active should be banned :mad:

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Just as an aside, I think a contributing factor to this is that jet boots can't be charged to take off at maximum speed. When you're 'not stopping long' it's that much more of a pain to turn off your boots, click half a dozen buttons, then turn them on again and crawl into the sky.

I have two jet boot alts, and besides making a point to TURN THEM OFF IN THE POWERHOUSE WHILE SPENDING POINTS, the delay on them is a shame. Being able to "FIre them up" for a dramatic takeoff is what boot jets should be about.

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I was thinking the same thing, way to damn loud. But they should fade after 2-3 seconds.

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Let us toggle the sound through a slash command. That way you have a choice whether to hear it or not. I have them on 2 toons and I am SO SICK AND TIRED of the sound.

And no, I am not going to take a silent flight on a power armor character.

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They shouldn't kill off duel as people duel to test out their powers. The should add a room more suited for dueling, though, that's easily accessible.

Ehehe. Hahahahahaa!

You mean like the HUGE BACK ROOM INSIDE THE POWERHOUSE that's perfect for dueling and testing travel powers?

roflmmfao....

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::D

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Totally agree with this. My friend makes me turn them off when ever I am near him. Then I have to wait for them to boost all the way up every time I turn them back on.

Give us the option to turn jet boots down

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Yes please...out in the world, fine. However when there are a PLETHORA of people standing there idling at the Powerhouse trainers, and another group dueling the sounds just become overwhelming. The jet boots noise much more than any other sound.

The option to turn the main room into a No Power Zone sounds great to me. Perhaps people will actually discover the absolutely enormous room with the different sizes of metal boxes that is perfect for dueling and whatever.


My best guess as to why people leave them on is due to the "Charge up" time for them to get going full speed, as I have this travel power on one of my alts. Perhaps an option to charge up to max like plain old flight would cut down on the people idling?

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They are a little on the loud side, so a small volume drop would not go amiss. +1

QFT ....... need more characters

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I'm a jet boots user but I usually run with my audio turned down to 85% and my sfx at 90 or so. I usually turn off the jets when I get in, but when I'm testing powers and going to and from the dummy room I leave them on.

After reading this thread, I'll be sure to shut them down when coming to the trainers. Common courtesy is paid back eventually :D.

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Agreed and /signed.

Anywhere people tend to congregate they are annoying. heck if I am just hovering someplace trying to craft or talk to a NPC it really grates on my nerves. Even travelying from place to place I'd like the option for them to quiet after a few seconds of flight. I don't really want them to be silent but good lord. Explosions in this game are quieter.

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The sound for em is being "nerfed" in today's patch, so if ANYONE is whining after this, it is merely because they are grade A morons.


one thing though.

Jet Boots

JET Boots

JETS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LOUD DAMNIT /blows gasket

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I liked the loudness of Jet Boots, using them myself... But I guess you people won with the last patch.
Whiners really have it easy :rolleyes:

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I liked the loudness of Jet Boots, using them myself... But I guess you people won with the last patch.
Whiners really have it easy :rolleyes:

Yeah, they do...

A lot of people go to Air Shows for 2 reasons. It's fun, and they love Jet Noise!

But it seems the people that whine here about it, are the kind that if they moved near an airport, they would complain about the Planes taking off and landing (read: jackasses :mad:)

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I liked the loudness of Jet Boots, using them myself... But I guess you people won with the last patch.
Whiners really have it easy :rolleyes:

The squeaky wheels get the grease. Get with the program. ;)

Personally I would prefer as a solution that there were about half as many people in the average Powerhouse, and the attendants be a little more spaced out. And/or there be a convenient sparring lounge to get those people out of the way. I.e. the attendants off to the side. But whatever. ;)

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And give us godly powers in Powerhouse to powershove those duel rockits in the throwers netherplace.. Or better yet prevent power using near the power trainers...power...power :D

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The problem was with the damn powerhouse not the boots. All sounds are much louder in the PH.

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They were annoying to be sure, but if they just had disabled travel/dueling in that room only, that would have taken care of it. There are the side test rooms for all of that.

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C'mon!

Now I hear no sound at all from my boots. None. I am flying through the f'ing forest and I heard CRICKETS chirping... water lapping.... a bird call... but no boots!!!!

How hard was it to understand that the rocket boots were too loud when stacked in the PH... not that we wanted all sound from them removed?

You've completely ruined the effect of even having rocket boots.

Now we all have silent shoes that make glowing lights.

Argh!!!

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Man, you guys will ***** and moan about anything, wontcha? I am a huge fan or Jet Boots and don't see them as too loud. I think they're one of the coolest travel powers in the game both in respect to looks and sound. :eek:

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Does anyone know if there is a way to adjust this? I'd assume there is some console command of sorts.
You all wanted them quieter, while some of us don't mind JET boots sounding as they should...like jets.

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Wow, it's way worst than I thought when I read the patch note. Now flying isn't as much enjoyable as before...
I really miss the old sounds.
Hopefully this will be tuned again in next patch.

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I am ok with the new sound, but a volume control for travel powers would probably come close to pleasing everyone :)

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Man, you guys will ***** and moan about anything, wontcha? I am a huge fan or Jet Boots and don't see them as too loud. I think they're one of the coolest travel powers in the game both in respect to looks and sound. :eek:

But you havent tried flight now, have you? Try it.

One thing that bugs me is that if Im somewhere middle of Canadian tundra and it looks like Im alone, doing mission or another.. Suddenly I hear *PSHHHT*. Then I look around, up in the sky, nothing.. *PSHHHT* Sometimes I get a glimpse of somebody like 200 meters away.. Can someone tell me what travel power does this? Its as if distance doesnt lower its sound at all..

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I hate how you cant hear the jet boots now shortly after the third stage.

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Oh for the love of god! Now I can't hear myself think again when playing a character with jet boots... :(

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Sound's good for me, only thing that bothers me is that it tends to cut out after a time.

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Well good for you that you can stand having a jet plane engine blasting into your ear for several hours. Personally I'm just getting headaches... :(

It's a real shame. It was so nice before this patch.

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Well good for you that you can stand having a jet plane engine blasting into your ear for several hours. Personally I'm just getting headaches... :(

It's a real shame. It was so nice before this patch.

Before this patch it was completely silent beyond powering up (either that or I was experiencing an audio glitch). I can't see how anyone would think that was better.

Have you considered that if it's giving you headaches that your volume is too high? The Jet Boots don't seem particularly louder than many of the other in-game sounds.

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Yes it was MUCH better.

No I don't have too high volume. It was perfectly fine before the patch. It's the constant blasting of those boots that are too loud. :/

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lol first everyone says it's to loud, so devs tone it down, then you say its to quiet and the tone it up now your saying it's to loud really? Picky picky picky jeez

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lol first everyone says it's to loud, so devs tone it down, then you say its to quiet and the tone it up now your saying it's to loud really? Picky picky picky jeez
It's not unreasonable for jet boots users to want to hear their power but not have it drilled into their brain. For something we have to hear all the time, it better sound nice.

Playing my jet boots character (I use jet boots flight in combat, so I have it on pretty much all the time) has been noticeably annoying this evening, as the constant jet whine plays continuously. Dropping the SFX to a level where it is tolerable causes the rest of the game's sounds to be very quiet. This is true whether I am using my speakers or headphones.

I don't know if it's necessary for the sound to cut out completely as it did before the patch, but the volume definitely needs to be lowered. I love my jet boots.. don't make me take normal flight instead :(

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if theyd just add a Travel Power Volume tab on the sounds options everybody would be happy.

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lol first everyone says it's to loud, so devs tone it down, then you say its to quiet and the tone it up now your saying it's to loud really? Picky picky picky jeez

If you notice the first post in this thread I started it way before the sound was removed. When it was done I was thankful but never even visited this part of the forum. Why would I? It was perfect. Now when it's back I'm back here begging for the devs to think about us who can't stand, or even get headaches because of the constant blasting of those jet boots. So please take your condescending posts somewhere else.

if theyd just add a Travel Power Volume tab on the sounds options everybody would be happy.

Yeah I agree with that.

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So THAT'S why I was deafened by the stinkin' things again when I went into the powerhouse yesterday.

TURN THE VOLUME DOWN on them devs, or just turn the bloody things OFF whenever you're hovering around.

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A travel power volume setting would be awesome. The jet boots were so loud last night I took off my headphones completely for a while. It'd be nice to be able to hear meaningfull sounds without the constant drone of the boots.

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/agreed

They are definitely too loud and should have a separate slider.

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/agreed

They are definitely too loud and should have a separate slider.

/thatrighthere

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I... I honetsly don't get it, guys. Didn't get it the first time, didn't get it now.
The only complaint I understood was the one about the jet boots cutting out completely in spaces with no ambient noise. I thought my audio had died or something.
Try turning the master volume down? The one on your computer?

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I... I honetsly don't get it, guys. Didn't get it the first time, didn't get it now.
The only complaint I understood was the one about the jet boots cutting out completely in spaces with no ambient noise. I thought my audio had died or something.
Try turning the master volume down? The one on your computer?

As stated before, we actually do want to be able to hear the rest of the game without having those jet boots booming in our ears all of the time. Personally I'm fine with the audio in most of the rest of the game, but the jet boots gives me a headache if I play for more than just a short time.

Anyway. I haven't played much the last week or so, but it seems like it's fixed now? When logging in right now the boots seem to be back to the way they were before the blood moon patch. I really hope it stays like that, or possibly that they introduce a travel power audio slider.

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As stated before, we actually do want to be able to hear the rest of the game without having those jet boots booming in our ears all of the time. Personally I'm fine with the audio in most of the rest of the game, but the jet boots gives me a headache if I play for more than just a short time.

Therein lies my confusion. I hear the game perfectly fine.

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Where can i return my Jetboots, they seems to be broken. All i can hear is the tiny SPUSM! between the speed sifts.

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lol first everyone says it's to loud, so devs tone it down, then you say its to quiet and the tone it up now your saying it's to loud really? Picky picky picky jeez

You do realize that there is more than one person playing this game right...which means theres a group of people who like it louder and, get this, a totally different group of people who like it softer. Amazing isnt it. I know its tempting to make life simpler by lumping everyone into a single group but thats not reality.

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Therein lies my confusion. I hear the game perfectly fine.

Well good for you. For me, if I turn down my volume to where the jet boots would be tolerable (in it's original booming sound) I would hardly hear the rest of the game.

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Well good for you. For me, if I turn down my volume to where the jet boots would be tolerable (in it's original booming sound) I would hardly hear the rest of the game.

This is, indeed, an interesting dichotimy.
To be fair, I'm not saying "Don't touch it lolol." What I'm saying is "I am not experiancing the same problem, so this cannot be a universal issue with the application." I'd love to see this problem fixed for you guys, but I also don't want the no-sound boots back.
I'm not computer-saavy enough to investigate what the issue is, or why I'm apparantly hearing the game when you are not.

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It's a conspiracy. Cryptic is tying to slowly cull out all the Iron Man fans. I expect the next phase of their plan to be adding a special harmonic frequency that causes your brain to implode after thirty minutes of listening to the jet boots.

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Agreed, powerhouse should be a no fly zone, and a no duel zone. Trying to go over powers while listening to jet boots (I turn mine off when inside) and people duel right next to you is very annoying and sensory overload.

Well Im not sure about the no fly zone, cause people want to try out their powers first. I agree with the no duels, it should be settled in an arena or something inside the powerhouse. And maybe you could have the option to mute travel power sound. I dunno, hope this thread reaches admin ears... or eyes.

It's a conspiracy. Cryptic is tying to slowly cull out all the Iron Man fans. I expect the next phase of their plan to be adding a special harmonic frequency that causes your brain to implode after thirty minutes of listening to the jet boots.

I lol'ed so hard when i read that.... IT IS AN CONSPIRACY! Next, they're going to try and force us to all look like bugs bunny!!! D= (hence the digging. I found myself actually creating a bugs bunny character LMFAO)

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This is, indeed, an interesting dichotimy.
To be fair, I'm not saying "Don't touch it lolol." What I'm saying is "I am not experiancing the same problem, so this cannot be a universal issue with the application." I'd love to see this problem fixed for you guys, but I also don't want the no-sound boots back.
I'm not computer-saavy enough to investigate what the issue is, or why I'm apparantly hearing the game when you are not.

I don't think it's a dichotomy. I think people's tolerance levels for the jet boots noise are very different from person to person.

I love the jet boots noise. I'd love to have it back, and at its original volume too. But, I am just one voice amongst many *cry, sniff*

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So jet boots are still too loud................
:D

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I don't think it's a dichotomy. I think people's tolerance levels for the jet boots noise are very different from person to person.

I love the jet boots noise. I'd love to have it back, and at its original volume too. But, I am just one voice amongst many *cry, sniff*

I'm sorry, I didn't hear your voice due to your overly loud jet boots!


Just kidding :D