Charr player voice: Please don't!

[Ashantara.8731]

I am playing a male Charr (_not sure if the following is true for female Charr characters as well_), and everytime he talks I cringe.

 

There are these disgusting effects added to his voice that make me sick to the stomach. They sound like one of the following:

* he's got too much snot in his sinuses that he is choking on it; or maybe it's hairballs

* he is chewing on a crunchy dog treat, likely a bone

 

**Could Anet please refrain from using these disturbing effects in future dialogue?** Neither Rox nor Rytlock have them when they talk (Rytlock is occasionally snarling or contemptibly snorting, but that's different), neither do any of the Charr NPCs -- so why does my character have to have it? :(

[Zedek.8932]

Ahaha! The snarling, "munching" sound effect as if he chews bubblegum while talking is beautiful and standed out the first time I heard a cat talking in this game!

I love it and so: **ArenaNet, please do not refrain from using these awesome effects.**

 

Excelsior.

[EpicName.4523]

Poor kitty has some fur stuck in its throat! That's not disgusting, it's alarming. Take your Garfield to the local veterinarian right now!

[Lumpy.8760]

whaaat??! keep doing it please, it’s the sound of their goopy jowels and it’s the best

[Mea.5491]

Now I'm curious, can anyone post a video? I never played Charr before and I don't have a free character slot to try it. :)

[Celldrax.2849]

I always thought those subtle noises were a nice touch. I mean, you have to consider communicating human speech with the way their mouths are shaped.

 

This is also more of a campaign cutscene thing, but pretty sure all Charr in most cases made the noises in those.

 

 

[fluffdragon.1523]

> @"Ashantara.8731" said:

> I am playing a male Charr (_not sure if the following is true for female Charr characters as well_), and everytime he talks I cringe.

>

> There are these disgusting effects added to his voice that make me sick to the stomach. They sound like one of the following:

> * he's got too much snot in his sinuses that he is choking on it; or maybe it's hairballs

> * he is chewing on a crunchy dog treat, likely a bone

>

> **Could Anet please refrain from using these disturbing effects in future dialogue?** Neither Rox nor Rytlock have them when they talk (Rytlock is occasionally snarling or contemptibly snorting, but that's different), neither do any of the Charr NPCs -- so why does my character have to have it? :(

 

It's unique to male Charr in Heart of Thorns and later story dialog. My female Charr just sounds like she's hit the whiskey for too long after defeating Zhaitan.

[Illconceived Was Na.9781]

[Lex Lang](https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Lex_Lang) started playing the male Charr voice in 2016. Before that, it was [Ron Yuan](https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Ron_Yuan). Lang started off trying to match his predecessor, but in most recent episodes, has tried to give the character his own meow|growl|hiss|voice.

 

Some people like Lang better; some prefer Yuan. Some hate both, some love both. And many have no idea what the OP and initial respondent are talking about.

[Oglaf.1074]

Lex Lang? As a DC comics fan, I find that name hilariously awesome!

[Ben K.6238]

The female charr PC voice has this effect too, although it may not be as noticable. I haven't actually completed the later parts of the story on a male charr yet so I don't have the best reference in this case.

 

The two S3+ episodes where I did play using a male charr, I was happy with what Lang had done. The female charr still have an unfortunately high-pitched voice, though it's not as bad as the release content. Many of the combat effects should have used big cat recordings as their major components too; the only one that has the right sound is an ambush spawn effect (you can hear this when you emerge from a skritt tunnel in the Silverwastes for example).

[Biff.5312]

Charr? How about the Grawl? Whenever I'm at one of their village spots I feel almost ill due to the grody sex-noises they're always making. It's disturbing, is what it is!

[Ashantara.8731]

> @"Illconceived Was Na.9781" said:

> [Lex Lang](https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Lex_Lang) started playing the male Charr voice in 2016. Before that, it was [Ron Yuan](https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Ron_Yuan).

 

While I preferred the former voice actor, those effects were _not_ added through voice acting... unless the voice actor has mucus. :/ Those are definitely additionally produced sounds that are being added artificially at the end of each part of a sentence, and I sincerely **hate** them.

 

> @"Celldrax.2849" said:

> I always thought those subtle noises were a nice touch.

 

If they _were_ "subtle", I wouldn't mind. But for the longest time now, they have been disgustingly, noticeably overdone. It makes no sense, since no other Charr other than the player character does that. :s If only they would have left things as they were -- some "improvements" are just unnecessary.

 

> @"Biff.5312" said:

> Charr? How about the Grawl? Whenever I'm at one of their village spots I feel almost ill due to the grody sex-noises they're always making. It's disturbing, is what it is!

 

Very funny. ;)

 

> @"EpicName.4523" said:

> Poor kitty has some fur stuck in its throat! That's not disgusting, it's alarming. Take your Garfield to the local veterinarian right now!

 

Now, _that_ was funny. (LOL) :+1: