Post-patch AOE indicators are too distracting

I absolutely hate the new indicators. They are too bright, distracting and have a thick outline. I play this game with battle effects 'off' or 'show some' because all effects in this game are so over flashy it's seizure inducing.. what will we have for battle effects when they raise the lvl cap, just a blank white screen of BLINDING POWER!!...? I hope not! The screen during battle is already over capacity for bright flashy effects.

So lemme get this straight, people are complaining about a change that helps color blind people, which actually should have been something similar to begin with and on top of that complain about " its throwing off my timing with the pulsing". I'm sorry but that's your own fault for poor dodging. If you were used to dodging a solid red spot and now can't dodge a solid orange one with a flicker through it your just making excuses.

no they are not.

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Originally Posted by Havenchild

So lemme get this straight, people are complaining about a change that helps color blind people, which actually should have been something similar to begin with and on top of that complain about " its throwing off my timing with the pulsing". I'm sorry but that's your own fault for poor dodging. If you were used to dodging a solid red spot and now can't dodge a solid orange one with a flicker through it your just making excuses.

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Heck yeah they are. You see a mark on the ground, and you move. It pulsing does absolutely nothing to that simple cause and effect situation. If you're standing there going "oh my that pulse is pretty..oh god my face!" then it's a personal problem. Focus up, and pay attention to what you're doing.

I like the new changes as I have a red/green colorblind. It's mild but the new system is much easier to see.
I don't see how the pulsing is throwing off peoples timing. A big colored spot is a big colored spot. Whether it's pulsing or not is fairly irrelevant. Timing with these things has always been annoying since so much of it is server side and latency affects it. As far as I know that hasn't changed.
It's just a matter of getting used to it. Since most men have at least a slight degree of colorblindness (if they realize it or not) this change is kind of necessary to keep the purpose of the tells in game clear. Everybody adapted to the inaccuracy of the telegraph, they'll adapt to the pulsing easier than that.

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Originally Posted by rentak

I like the new changes as I have a red/green colorblind.

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I am also partially red/green colorblind, so I really like the change. I just wish they'd let me change the transparency on the chat log so I can see my text no matter where I am. As far as timing, I really don't get that either. I've always done my timing based on the cast bar, and not the telegraph since the game bases is off of the cast bar anyway.

I find them harder to see now than before. It would be nice to have an option to switch between them so we can all be happy. ^^;;

Wait a second here...you guys are complaining that the indicator that is telling you to GTFO or you will die is too distracting? Isnt that...well....the point? I mean...are you so caught up in the moving lines that you cant bear to pull your eyes away from them and move out of the way?

This is the most ridiculous complaint I've seen today.

Funny thing for me is, I've never done the timing for running back in based on the AoE marker fading, but on the cast bar completing, much more reliable.

Personally, I like the change, makes it more noticeable, though the AoE markers over all make the game seem a fair bit easier, mind you with how many aoe effects there are that you have to dodge, it makes sense.

SE, just do this:

Choice of Color
Slider for Contrast
Slider for Opacity

Done.