Please change mob AOE circles back the way they were

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Originally Posted by Vinta

If anyone, anywhere has a problem seeing the indicator in any instance, you need to change it.

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I would like to offer my thoughts. I do love tanking, and I have found myself getting hit with more aoe damage since the change.

From a practical point of view, I also agree this was something that was in no need of fixing, and when you mess with something so fundamental to your job and skill sets, well it diminishes my playing experience. As a war, when I do huge group pulls in DF dungeons, all multiple mob aoe's blend into each other making noticeably harder to see where I need to dodge. If its noticeably a nag, then over time it will diminish my or other players' playing experience and this cannot happen.

If others love the look great, but again make a legacy option because imo, its too dim and it is not prioritized over all the other area of effects.

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Originally Posted by Zhexos

Greetings,

The display for area of effects has been changed in Patch 3.1 so that the range of attack is more accurately displayed.

Depending on your playing environment, you may have a different opinion on the color and brightness for the new area of effect display. We would like you to first try various content, and then give us more detailed feedback on when and why the displays are difficult to see so we can relay that information over to the dev. team. Thanks!

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The largest issue I've encountered with the new change has been against the first boss of Fractal Continuum. The color of the telegraph, as well as it's transparency, make it difficult to distinguish the area of effects to move out of from the areas that are safe. The problem is further compounded given that the boss hits half of the arena with the primary attack, with opposite quarters being targeted and then switched.

I unfortunately have no run a lot of content yet as it's been a busy week, but that is a shining example of a flaw with the current telegraphs that I feel needs to be addressed. Once that issue is looked at, I'm sure the development team would be able to move forward from there with possible resolution and find similar issues.

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Originally Posted by Zhexos

Greetings,

The display for area of effects has been changed in Patch 3.1 so that the range of attack is more accurately displayed.

Depending on your playing environment, you may have a different opinion on the color and brightness for the new area of effect display. We would like you to first try various content, and then give us more detailed feedback on when and why the displays are difficult to see so we can relay that information over to the dev. team. Thanks!

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It might sounds odd but people with bad eyesight might have problem with low effect display should be an defualt option. My self haven't problem with it but iknow unfortunately some people have it.
So just been idea to have both 3.0 version and an default 2.0 version so you can self adjust it.

Allow customization colors for the indicator is really all I want.

while I personally don't have a harder time evading things now, i see what the issue for others is. and the real question is again: why not make it customizable? can't be that hard to make an option for transparency and color

I am not color blind, but I do find the new indicators difficult to see in certain environments. One such environment being the watery areas of the Diadem, where the indicator seems to lay below the water's surface, barely visible.

An indicator that is useless sometimes is an altogether ineffective indicator. Either create an option to toggle between the new indicators and the old ones, or change back to the old indicators altogether.

I am not enjoying this change.

For the ones who don't understand why people having troble with new AoE I think that we didn't play the same contents or with the same job. ( no hate involved in this sentence xD )
A stupid example, I did The Vault both as WHM and then as WAR, as WHM I noticed the new AoE that was less invasive and I said "great they look goods" basically bacause I was FAR from the battle, but as WAR with a BLM that was bombing hard enemis I had very bad time to avoid the damned Flare AoE in the 3rd pull.

I still think that they are "prettier" then the previous but as tank I woldn't have to decide if switch graphics effects down to see them better xD
(I'm not saying that since when introduces I like to step in any AoE that popped, but I get few that I saw very lately)

While outside of any graphically intense areas, the AoE markers are fine, however once you're inside where all the flashing goes on, it is far too easy to lose sight of those markers and get hit.

I understand the need to include colourblind people and such, but light markers on light ground, or markers that are light enough to blend into any form of continued flashing effect (Holy spam for instance) are an annoyance that really need to be changed.

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Originally Posted by Zebyxus

(Holy spam for instance)

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Turn down/off player effects other than your own. Seriously, the very first time a WHM holy-spammed in a dungeon, I went diving for that option. I was a MNK. I couldn't see jack.

I'm getting used to them now, but they are still really hard for me to see.. sometimes they look nearly invisible.. and when you have an aoe marker going off under water like on brayflox... forget about it!

I have wanted to say something on the fourm for awhile about this now, I do honestly See the change. and I will agree it does look nice and neat.
However. Sometimes If i am tanking next to a wall or the AOE is very small, And also when I am tanking Alot of Monsters at once, I hardly See the AOE. I really have to focus. The only reason i can see it in somecases is due to the Wave that is in the Aoe.

I will agree it looks nice and maybe some people will say, "it takes me out of the game to see bad graphics"
It would be nice to see it change back to the old way, or let us pick this or that. I would love it if We could Change the colour of it. To turn it RED or GREEN. I really would like this to happen, And I will always be hoping it happens.