..but for example hearing that one legionary say "Where is my pepper? Did it sprout legs and run away?" every ten seconds makes me think of her as an alzheimers patient. Reducing the frequency of this chatter won't fix this, but it'll help greatly. I'd say once per minute max, ideally once every two minutes.
Is it really every 10 seconds?

Because having timed multiple instances of it I'm finding that particular line is played anywhere between every 35-40 seconds. If anyone thinks 35-40 seconds is a short amount of time, I suggest you sit here a moment and actually count it out - One Mississippi.. two Mississippi.. three Mississippi.. four Mississippi.. five Mississippi.. let me know if you die of boredom before reaching 35.
Honestly, I can't help but think of this thread (and how ridiculous I feel it is) every time I find myself running through the busier areas of Cyseal. I just don't see what everyone is going on about. There is already so much dead-air, and many of the complaints in this thread (e.g. "constant"??) are seriously exaggerating the amount of audio chatter going on at any given moment in addition to the frequency at which it's playing. On top of that, all background voiced audio is muted whenever your character is speaking or an NPC is exchanging voiced dialogue with you directly, meaning hearing something important over the background noise is never an issue.
Disagree? Then I challenge anyone to create a 30-60 second video of the current patch and upload it to Youtube. Provide the worst possible example you can find in the Cyseal marketplace (or anywhere else in Cyseal). Let's all look at the same sample so we can all get on the same page and judge it without exaggerations confusing things.
Because, really, I'm not sure which game you're all are playing, but those NPCs are just not talking anywhere near frequently enough to justify the complaints happening in this thread. At this point I'm thinking people will hop on a bandwagon and pick on just about anything in a game. So, prove me wrong and get those video links rolling in!