Geo filters

[Alhanelem]

It's not really LOL at all when applied properly. There are NMs in the expansion areas that are immune to almost everything, but GEO efffects work on them. Geo Gravity works on everything, where the actual spell is resisted by almost everything these days. Yes, it's not as easy to use, but it's better than not being able to have it at all.

But I am getting the feeling that (some, not all) people are using it as an excuse. I certainly know a fair few people who don't complain of motion sickness yet make excuses to not invite them...

[lllen]

Funny, I had to turn off Ninja magic effects (ni and ichi), and I can't play on a full screen have to be windowed, nor can I go down the long stairs from the top floor in the tower in Quifim (turn my head away and squint at the screen) I get very ill from the stairs. But I have no problem with Geo spells. I just realized as I was typing that I turned off Ninja but I would see Geo (when it first came out). But there are tricks to staying in the game, can't believe anyone would leave a group because of it, there has to be another reason.

[Merton9999]

I had one person leave my GoV party because of the aura. He said it was giving him a headache, but was very nice about it in /tell. Other comments have just been little kid jokes like "Can't you take a shower?" and things involving gassy foods. I've also had positive responses like "That looks cool!" and "I like bringing all the mobs into the pool."

The point is these effects are dramatic, one way or the other. Unlike RUN's, they're constant, not easy to ignore, and can fill an entire screen in small areas with swirling blur. Aesthetically, I think they're ugly as hell, and I don't want my entire video game screen filled with constant ugly, whether it makes me sick or not. I'm glad SE included them in existing filters at least.

[Mittenz]

I dont get an ill feeling until I have been around them for a while but I have gotten some pretty bad headaches after a bit to where I had to ask several members of my LS to stop skilling up while I was cleaving for them. its one of those things where it either affects you or doesnt the effect was something i turned off immedietly after the update and its definitely the right step now to get rid of the effect off the luopons and i am golden and maybe will even level the job myself.

Also the effects are not that bad at a decent distance but up close/inside them is when I start to feel the effects and have to turn away or simply leave as I have done even when doing things with friends. The job is not bad I just cant be around its effects~

[SMD111]

Also the effects are not that bad at a decent distance but up close/inside them is when I start to feel the effects and have to turn away or simply leave as I have done even when doing things with friends.

i agree

and to thoes that do not have a problem with the effects thats ok but just because you dont have a problem does not mean no one does

i know that some people never had a problem with that anime that was causing seizures but others were and thoes that did not have this issue were mad when the show was removed from tv (im not going to post the vid of the show and yes i know ware to find it)

[Glamdring]

I can't see the motion sickness issue, although a migraine is a distinct possibility as flashing lights have been used to trigger those (and seizures for that matter). My issue is the lag effect the animation causes, it's worse than weather effects because there are more of them. I have enough game freezing issues as it is.

Now, as to how to filter it, this is just a bogus mechanism. It should be a simple "Geomancer Aura on|off" "Luopan Aura on|off". I guess I can see them putting a filter for party/alliance, but most of us just want a simple on|off switch.

[Zirael]

If our Auras and Luopans make you so "sick", eat a Drammamine before playing.

For your Luopan sickness needs, it's Drammamine!

You seem to need it badly, so here's some of "Educating Rita" just for you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosensitive_epilepsy

The first case of epileptiform seizures related to a video game was reported in 1981.[6] Since then, "many cases of seizures triggered by VGs were reported, not only in photosensitive, but also in nonphotosensitive children and adolescents with epilepsy.....Specific preventive measures concerning the physical characteristics of images included in commercially available VGs (flash rate, choice of colors, patterns, and contrast) can lead in the future to a clear decrease of this problem."[6] Risks can be reduced through measures such as keeping a safe distance away from the screen (at least 2 meters).[6]
While computer displays in general present very little risk of producing seizures in PSE patients (much less risk than that presented by television sets), video games with rapidly changing images or highly regular patterns can produce seizures, and video games have increased in importance as triggers as they have become more common. Some people with no prior history of PSE may first experience a seizure while playing a video game. Often the sensitivity is very specific, e.g., it may be a specific scene in a specific game that causes seizures, and not any other scenes. Despite this, there are questions on the dangers of this, and calls for testing all video games for causing PSE.[7] Laws requiring PSE warnings be displayed on packages and/or stores have been proposed [8] and legal firms are keeping an eye on developments.

and so on...
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=video+game+epilepsy

[Siviard]

You seem to need it badly, so here's some of "Educating Rita" just for you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosensitive_epilepsy

and so on...
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=video+game+epilepsy

FAIL!

I suffer from motion sickness, not seizures. And even though I have motion sickness issues IRL, the Geomancer Auras and Luopans DO NOT AFFECT ME. Therefore, your argument is invalid. Nice try, though.

[Demon6324236]

DO NOT AFFECT ME.

Thats you, people are different from one another.

[Siviard]

Thats you, people are different from one another.

Very true. However, it was in response to the post above mine stating that I seem to have some sort of problem with epileptic seisures, which is not the case.