(Fire) Lightning sound effect

[MikaDoooo]

Heyho!

So this is a pretty simple suggestion.

-Change the Lightning sound effect from the current "sshhh" to the sound of natural Lightning (the thunderstorm noise)

Why? Because Lightning is a little underwhelming. I read through some old threads and noticed it was pretty hard to get Lightning to look even remotely decent and similar to canon-Lightning (Azula, Mako etc.) I think the devs did a pretty great job with the limited available recourses, but the 'feel' is still lackluster. I guess a powerful sound effect like the natural thunderstorm sound could do the trick.

 

[SchvinDZC]

It also only plays the sound effect when someone is actually hit. I think it'd be nice to play a more powerful sound effect upon firing the ability. But yeah, the overall feel of lightning is kinda underwhelming atm, mostly due to the sound.

 

[jedk1]

When a bolt reaches its end i think it should make an explosion sound.

 

[MikaDoooo]

Maybe even different sounds for different phases?

-generating = shshshshs sound (creeper hiss I suppose?)

-traveling = thunder sound (a little bit lower volume of course)

-striking = explosion sound (TNT sound)

 

[Moonelight]

The thing is, you're gonna want the sound to match the look.

 

[Taiko the Waterbender]

What about when it contacts with water?

 

[MikaDoooo]

The thing is, you're gonna want the sound to match the look.

Valid point. But I guess the sound effect is a step in the right direction towards making Lightning feel as powerful as it is. I do not dare to suggest anything related to the visual effects, considering the past discussions concerning it. It seems like a pretty delicate situation to me.