NPC visual effects of abilities and other features

Bright ground, orange telegraphs, player markers, occasional blinding ability effects from the boss and/or adds that cover everything, plus text in the middle of the screen for a short time. By the time you've read it, you're already lying on the ground, connected to NPC babbling in the background.
It's super exhausting to play in 8+ player content, and the fun is limited. :rolleyes:

At some point, your brain just shuts down and that's it.
Serious criticism, please tone it down a bit. It's getting out of hand, like in WoW with WeakAuras, DBM, and the game's own messages. ;)

If you haven't already, go to Settings, Character Configuration, Character Tab at the top of Control Settings, and change the Battle Effect Settings.

I find the most comfy to still be able to read the boss while not losing the game's charm is:
Own - Show All
Party - Show Limited
Others - Show None

If you don't find those settings, there's also commands:
/bfx self all
/bfx party simple
/bfx other off

/bfx enemypc simple

I also suggest lowering your game's brightness settings, or alternatively your monitor or desktop brightness settings, because I have no issues with all this and my brightness isn't high enough for, say, this forum to be blinding.