NPCs are skipping dialogue

In npc dialogue, menus and in game (like right before a fight) the npcs will basically skip the dialogue as if someone is spamming skip. This is very unpleasant for a noob like myself whos super getting into this game.

Sometimes i can just ask them to repeat what they said but theres a ton of stuff i cant redo. I had reloaded the entire instance of a map just so i could hear the boss haha.

there is something going on with sound in general and with sound layering in particular ever since Patch 0.3.1.

npc's skip dialog, bosses skip dialog, quest audio missing (eg. player blows horn in The Ardura Caravan, player and monster sound effects skipping (been going on ever since 0.1.0 in denser maps but worse now.