I can’t hear enemies coming from 20 meters away. If I don’t see a horde of Ragers or Crushers approaching, I will only hear them once they’re either five meters away or when they start their attack.
I’ve recently had a game on Chasm Logistratum where after the entire horde was cleared and there were no enemies in sight I suddenly hear a Dreg Tox Flamer battle cry as he started blasting me from behind. He didn’t make a single sound before that and it happened in the last metro tunnel so he had nowhere to spawn from - he must have either ran through half the tunnel in complete silence or spawned right behind my back.
I constantly see Flamers and Poxhounds triggered on someone else running around without making a single noise aside from the steps which can be only heard once they are in range for attack. Not to even mention Dreg Ragers who are almost indistinguishable from horde until they start attacking and they spawn with regular hordes now.
When playing Auric I have to walk as on eggshels and constantly look over my shoulder to see if there isn’t a horde of Maulers or Ragers that could sandwich me from behind - and this is pretty much unplayable for me as this isn’t fun in the slightest.
There are also silent Trappers, Mutants and Bombers but those are not even worth mentioning since they’ve been here since the last Secrets of the Omnissiah update.
The sound cues are the worst they’ve ever been.