Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like with character effects, it's all or nothing. You can turn everything off or leave everything on. I'd like to propose a middle ground where beneficial AOE effects (sacred soil, things like that) can be seen but battle effects remain turned off.
I think there's 3 level? show all, show some, and none?
"Show Limited" keeps ground AoEs visible. My computer can't handle all the flashy effects so I play with "Show Limited" all the time and I can see Soils, Asylums, Shadow Flares, ect. just fine.
[EDIT] For reference
https://acflory.files.wordpress.com/...le-effects.jpg
Oh thank you so much, this is exactly what I was looking for. I had no idea what "show limited" was about - or how it decided what was good or not, so this is great! Thank you again!