What’s up with the sounds of guns? I just created an alt dwarf hunter and the firing sound of the gun sounds like a pelt shooting out of a BB gun.
What happened to the sounds? In Classic it sounded like a proper gun firing. At least give players the option to turn on/off the boom sound.
I guess cause it used to be too loud, but idk why they decided to make this stupid new version rather than just lowering it.
its been like that for ages. people hate it but bliz wont change it
Well, in Retail, the gun sound is proportional to the size of your toon…
It was changed some time ago, because many complained that it was too loud. But instead of simply turning the sound down, or allowing people to keep their sounds folder to replace the sound, they instead changed it to what I consider “kid friendly.” It is quite strange to me that they did this.
I was absolutely baffled when I heard the gun fire. It sounded like a crossbow.
It’s actually completely put me off from continuing my dwarf hunter.
Yes, I do not use guns on my hunters for this very reason. Perhaps it might sound fine on a Gnome? 
I mean
What do you want to do with them?
Gunshots in general are loud and obnoxious. There’s a reason people suppress.
They ruined this too?
Yuck
they changed it for Warlords of Draenor. This was proabably due to in MoP, Barrage talent was added and was one of the top talents.
And gun transmogs were popular at the time (i.e. the terrace of endless spring’s sha gun)…
So as a result, i assume devs noticed how annoying barrage was with guns, or players complained.
I remember as well when i would transmog a gun, my raid team would complain about the sound.
I too miss the sound of a baseball bat against a metal trashcan… especially when you hit barrage back in the day.
Thats my head canon… My hunters all have silencers, it helps to cope with the lame sound.
I’d hate to be a healer in the backlines with some dikhead unloading on full auto right next to me
I’m gonna take a guess and say they have the noise not be that loud so they don’t upset soldiers with ptsd.
I didn’t know I wasn’t the only one really bothered by this.
I tried Amazon’s MMO recently. Even though I was underwhelmed by the game, the sound is amazing. Specifically, the guns. They really put the boom in boomstick.
You can even hear the reverb from it outside of immediate vicinity. It’s amazing how much immersion the sound design adds to a game.
It doesn’t need to be loud. It just needs to carry more umph.
Same with Monk punches. They sound like little slaps right now. Add some Diablo 3 punch sounds and Monk’s would just feel more powerful because they’d sound powerful.
I agree for the punches.
I just keep remembering the frist time I equipped a klaxxi sonic cannon and being startled it made a perfect sci-fi twang when fired.
Is that the archaeology gun? That had the coolest sound and visuals.
This is absolutely it. Barrage with a gun used to be a little like booting up either of the Sonic Adventure games in terms of “OH JESUS MY EARS.”
Now, it wasn’t as loud as either of the Sonic Adventure games, mind you, but it was frequent enough that I’m pretty sure there were guilds with a “NO GUNS ALLOWED” rule on raid night. With sound replacement being a nebulous thing that not everyone knew they could do at the time, Blizz probably opted to just change it, instead of changing the sound Barrage makes.
It sure was hell of alot of fun… that repeated rapid fire sound of a baseball bat against a metal trashcan xD the tank in my guild at the time use to always complain. lol!
I intentionally sought out the silenced rifle as a result, as I still wanted a gun for my transmog, but for the sake and sanity of my guildies, I got that weapon…
That’s another thing that made me sad when they changed the gun sound to being quiet… it made the purpose and reason for unique guns such as the Silenced Rifle or the Sonic Pulse Generator and their silenced (lack of) gunfire sounds 100% pointless.