I got into EVE in 2013/14 and had an absolute blast! One of the things I liked so much was the music. When you hit an acceleration gate the music would change to more electronic and energetic music that would really hype me up for the mission I’m doing. Over the years I’ve played the music when doing other stuff, it really was that awesome.
I’ve recently returned to EVE after a very long time away, and disappointingly the music has massively changed. It’s ambient, slow, atmospheric etc, which is fine when I’m out scanning or mining or whatever, but when getting into a combat situation, or hitting an acceleration gate for a mission it doesn’t change. And if it does, it’s still drab, slow, boring etc.
I can see there are check boxes in the options to use old EVE music and to use combat music out of combat sites, but neither of these options return the music to how I remember it. The old EVE music is so nostalgic to me, and I really miss it. I know I can put it on YouTube while playing, but it just isn’t the same. That acceleration gate music I talk about when you hit the jump button really set the atmosphere for the encounter and got me hyped.
I understand CCP (FC) wanted to change direction with the music to have more adaptive ambience for a more immersive space atmosphere, but I genuinely feel it’s much worse… especially the church organ music, I can’t stand it! I wish there was a way to revert it back to how it was in 2014. But that will probably never happen. I wonder how many other people feel the same way?