First off, sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place with this, but it seemed like the most appropriate place for it, since my topic doesn't really fall into any existing categories. I wanted to see if it would be possible to implement a mode that blocks the eating and drinking sounds in the game without fully muting sound effects. I have a semi-rare disorder where specific sounds cause me high stress without reasonable cause, and it's mostly associated with eating and drinking sounds. Nothing else in the game bothers me, and I love playing it, but eating a banana to heal or trying to goof off and drink grog with my crew and other players causes me to stress out due to the noise they make. Granted, it's fleeting, and drinking grog is an unnecessary activity, but being forced to play the sound in order to heal makes combat of any kind an ordeal for me. All I really want is an audio option that blocks those two particular sound files. I wouldn't even mind it blocking all sound when they're meant to play, or replacing it with a different file. In the end this may be what makes or breaks the longevity of this game for me, just because it's so stressful. I know it's a targeted change that would take a lot of work to please a relatively small portion of the playerbase, but I know I can't be the only one.
In order to prove I don't just dislike the sounds, and if anyone wants to read more about Misophonia, you can here.