Have you ever noticed, while you're running a quest, a 'roaring', 'breaking', or 'ka-thunk'-ing sound? I hear them all the time. I've asked my running buddies, but either they didn't know or they didn't hear them (or they just didn't want to tell me - I suppose that's always a possibility - hehehe). Well, I finally figured it out the other day.
I was running some Gianthold quests and, sure enough, I kept hearing the sounds. Not constantly, but a couple of times throughout the quest. And only in quests, not wilderness areas. It finally dawned on me what they were. So, the next quest, I kept my "XP" window open to verify. Sure enough, that's what they are.
"What?", I hear you ask.
The "ka-thunk" always happens after disabling a trap control box; the "breaking" after, well, breaking a breakable; and the "roaring" after killing a mob.
Yep - they let you know when you have obtained the various XP bonus tiers of "tamper/ neutralization/ ingenious debilitation", "mischief/ vandal/ ransack", and "aggression/ onslaught/ conquest". There might be an audible clue for "observance/ perception/ vigilant sight" bonuses, but I have no idea what it would be.
I'm just glad I finally figured out what the other sounds were. I knew they meant something, just not what. I have a similar 'problem' in STO - that game is full of sounds - always twittering, tweeting, whistling, buzzing, and what not. Some I know, but most...I have no clue as to what they mean. But they must mean something.
Mustn't they?
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