Option to switch off War aura effect for photosensitive players

I tried to pick up Warrior again today, but had to quit after a few minutes because of the gauge aura effect. I got nauseous and dizzy, mainly because of the flashy light in the middle of it, but the whole aura is kind of pulsating too.

There's lots of flashy stuff in the game, but this one is constant and there's never a break from it. Other effects can also be switched off, but not this one.

I'm not sure how others who are photosensitive feel about it. I know it's also a liked feature, but an option to switch it off entirely if needed would be really great.

I'm not photosensitive and would love for the aura to go away when not in combat.

The visual effect should be tied to the Surging Tempest buff. It would be active in the heat of battle, then eventually fade once combat is over.

It's tied to gauge. if you've got gauge it's on if you've none it's off. It's also very irritating at times, like the fisher stealth balls.

Even if I like the aura from the Beast Gauge, I would also support a toggle off option for accessibility. If it can be toggled off during gpose, I'm sure it can be possible to implement outside of it.

been wanting this since i first played, hopefully it will happen

There's unfortunately no TOS-approved methods of doing it. Given how excessive spell effects in this game tend to be, I feel like more granularity in what we can disable would be nice to have.

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Originally Posted by Illmaeran

I'm not photosensitive and would love for the aura to go away when not in combat.

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I think a good compromise would be if it was tied to infuriate and berserk/IR. As long as those buffs are active you get that aura and it goes away after the buff dissipates. It also fits more thematically that after you infuriate or go berserk suddenly you are more "powered up" and gain this aura around you. It is a much visual indicator of when you have buffs up as you can look at your character and see visually when they have the aura as opposed to a small buff timer somewhere on your screen.

Not saying you should but if you are PC, you can find a means to fix it.

reminder that they removed the original darkside aura, with the black smoke (you can see it in the HW job actions trailer still), and just kept the red wispy effect, but insist on keeping this ugly... whatever it is for WAR. I don't want to say 'super saiyan aura' because that'd be a disservice to dragonball