Now I feel guilty - I'm a Smaug SE owner that didn't have to wait for years...as I bought it from someone else who waited for years & sold it after owning it for a few months. I hope you get your soon - it's a stellar game!!! Hopefully the wait won't taint your experience....I've been there. Ordered my MMr in 2013 and got it in 2015...ordered Lebowski in 2014 and still waiting!

GB is a dumpster filled with dog vomit. I cancelled my GB and got a Hobbit - and it's one of the best games I've ever played!

26!? Mine's at 37 with a subwoofer attached!!! I've dialed down the voice and fx volumes in the settings, as everything sounds mixed better that way. That way you can crank up the main volume a bit more and the music sounds more robust and incredible.

Yup, no prob. I'll get it to you later. The default voices/fx are way too loud and you sacrifice the music by putting the volume at a comfortable level. Rebalancing it makes this game sound incredible.

Here you go! I recommend anyone with a Hobbit try my audio settings and see what you think. Voices even with music instead of louder. Fanfare and FX lower. Believe me, you still
Hear everything crystal clear - but the beautiful music takes center stage and you can turn it up without the voices and FX becoming so shrill. The red numbers are the ones I changed.

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I believe that's the volume boost that happens when you're in Multiballs. Even with it off, I feel like it's still happening during the Arkenstone modes. Those still get crazy loud... I'm OK with that though, I just didn't like it happening during all the multiballs.