[2019] Why the New Whisper Mechanic fixes nothing.

The anti-camping mechanics introduced in this update are - as explained during the dev stream - not a silver bullet to fix all camping issues, but each attempt to tackle a specific camping problem, of which there are a number of different situations in the game.

The boss audio is not meant to do anything against campers after banishing. It's purpose is to de-incentivize camping dead or alive bosses before the banishment broadcast. For this type of camping the increased amount of items and the bonus for extracting fast will be much more effective.

The whisper mechanics' role as an anti-camping mechanic is achieved in one part through readability improvements to better understand the boss' status so players don't run into a lair where players are camping the dead body and blast them with a shotgun the moment they open the door. The absence of the sound helps figure this out easier than currently possible.

The other part here is to make it a bit more awkward for players to stick around a living boss, due to an additional audio layer on top that robs them off audio awareness, while at the same time warning players further out still that there are players close to the boss.

From the feedback we gathered from the test server so far, it seems that we will have to drop the last part mentioned and move the whisper audio into dark sight completely.

This will of course weaken the "anti-camping" effectiveness of the feature, as it's then just as easy to camp a boss as it is on live right now, and new players would not benefit from the sounds to learn about the boss' whereabouts and its status that veterans can of course read without just fine, but it seems that the mechanic, even after heavy audio tuning, remains too intrusive a change for players to accept it after testing it.

Having it in Dark Sight only will at least keep it as an optional layer for readability for players, if they choose to listen for it.