Red enemy skill indicator changed to beige

It's nice that the enemy skill indicator has wavey movements now, but the yellow/white color is so bland that it's very non-threatening and people don't run away as quickly as they should anymore. Should the entire general population suffer for the sake of less than 1% of people who are colorblind? I'd like the option to be able to choose red or this new beige indicator.

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Originally Posted by Cupcakehyperion

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Really?

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Red is a great color for "oh shite", but that doesn't mean people won't run away from the pain if it's beige, 'specially if they get hit a few times first. Once bitten and all that.

What's really criminal is the wavey motion on the indicator not bein' akin to the cast bar for the action. Having the swish start at the origin and reach the end of the graphic when the ability is about to fire would've been a nicer visual cue for how screwed ya are.

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Originally Posted by D_C

What's really criminal is the wavey motion on the indicator not bein' akin to the cast bar for the action. Having the swish start at the origin and reach the end of the graphic when the ability is about to fire would've been a nicer visual cue for how screwed ya are.

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TSW does something like this, which would have been a nice addition. You can see it here. When the white lines inside the arc of the attack touch, then the attack goes off.

Then again, that game also has a dodge system, which I don't think we need at all.

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Originally Posted by Cupcakehyperion

It's nice that the enemy skill indicator has wavey movements now, but the yellow/white color is so bland that it's very non-threatening and people don't run away as quickly as they should anymore. Should the entire general population suffer for the sake of less than 1% of people who are colorblind? I'd like the option to be able to choose red or this new beige indicator.

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Originally Posted by NyneAlexander

1 out of every 20 Adult males are colorblind. For females its about 1 out of every 200. While this change may be annoying to some, it actually renders parts of the game playable to others.

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The new indicators are fine.

I don't have a problem with it but i do wish they let us customize the color of it in the future.

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Originally Posted by FrozenSoupZOMG

I don't have a problem with it but i do wish they let us customize the colour of it in the future.

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^ This.

Instead of forcing it upon every single player, add it as an option to change it back to Red because let's face it... beige isn't exactly the most threatening and alerting colour in the world.

The color change and wave graphic are there to help colorblind individuals see AoEs.

My anecdotal evidence suggests that that the color change is much easier to see for pretty much everyone and the color change will only throw people off temporarily.

I don't really like it, but we all hate change, so maybe if we were brand new and it was beige the whole time we wouldn't be complaining we'd just be used to it.

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Originally Posted by Dotsusama

TSW does something like this, which would have been a nice addition. You can see it here. When the white lines inside the arc of the attack touch, then the attack goes off.

Then again, that game also has a dodge system, which I don't think we need at all.

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TSW also had pretty good positional updating for actually avoiding those aoes too, something that FFXIV with an exponentially bigger budget can't get right. lol

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Originally Posted by cearka

TSW also had pretty good positional updating for actually avoiding those aoes too, something that FFXIV with an exponentially bigger budget can't get right. lol

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I have to second/third this. I played a lot of TSW the game had its flaws, the positional markers were not one of them, they were excellent.

As someone who is colorblind, this change was a godsend. Before AoE markers were very hard to distinguish, and by the time I'd realize what it was, it would be too late. Now I fimg myself being able to dodge 99% of everything.

Being able to customize the color would be awesome. I find it hard to see when the floor is orange like Coil turn 1 crystals path.

Maybe they should paint a giant skull in the middle of the AOE indicator so it feels more "threatening". /rolleyes

I like the new color, personally I find that it stands out a little more making it easier to see o.o;

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Originally Posted by cearka

TSW also had pretty good positional updating for actually avoiding those aoes too, something that FFXIV with an exponentially bigger budget can't get right. lol

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It also has the Active Dodge feature, which would be nice but probably won't be seen anytime soon since it doesn't flow well with the way S-E has combat set up in this game.

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Originally Posted by Lemon8or

Being able to customize the color would be awesome. I find it hard to see when the floor is orange like Coil turn 1 crystals path.

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Maybe they can add a darker outline to the edges of the outside of the indicators to better differentiate between the colors of the environment and the marker themselves. That way while the color may blend, the movement of the indicator and the shape combined would help draw the eyes toward where the danger is.