Can we get an update on the subject of AoE indicator colors?

[Niamh_Rillemaugh]

I like some of the new non-blatant aoe's they've started adding, like the dark blue shockwave aoes they added with Ramuh. I'd much prefer a little bit of risk, not knowing every time I'm being attacked and having to pay attention a little more. And yeah, there are some of the orange aoes that get obscured already, esp. fights where you can't see the ground for the bodies (You know what I'm talking about, but let's not go down that road)

[hamsteak]

I prefer if they changed the AoE markers to represent how dangerous it is, like:

very feint yellow : estimated <20% HP damage
(current) orange: estimated 20-50% HP damage and/ or mild DoT
(slightly darker than previous) red: estimated 50-99% HP damage and/ or disabling debuff or severe DoT
dark purple: estimated >100% HP damage and/ or lethal debuff

i don't think that's a good idea because of lazy dps/different classes have different physical/magic resistance, it wouldn't make any sense if it was the same color for everyone

[ZephyrAM]

There is a small problem tho, color blind people have one heck of a hard time to notice them, we asked them to let us change the color for more visibility, they said they'd do something and months later, still nothing..

I believe they actually changed the color in large part due to color blind people. There's so many variations to that though, it's hard to hit it with just one color.

That said, I can see the new one crazy better then I could the old red. To me, it blended in far too much and was hard to notice. I'm one of those that doesn't 'feel' like I'm colorblind, but I'll fail the tests for color blindness every time.

[myahele]

I'd much rather they give us a few options when it comes to the aoe indicators

[Phyllo]

I believe they actually changed the color in large part due to color blind people. There's so many variations to that though, it's hard to hit it with just one color.

That said, I can see the new one crazy better then I could the old red. To me, it blended in far too much and was hard to notice. I'm one of those that doesn't 'feel' like I'm colorblind, but I'll fail the tests for color blindness every time.

Well as a color blind I can tell you, nothing changed, or at least it's still far from enough :/

[JayCommon]

Well as a color blind I can tell you, nothing changed, or at least it's still far from enough :/

It's like Zephyr said, there are many variations of being color blind. I am like Zephyr, where I can see colors just fine, but differentiating between certain shades of blue/purple just can't be done. There is varying degrees in color deficiency, and then there are people (extreme cases) who can only see things in black/white/muddled shades of grey. The pulsing in the indicators can help immensely for people like that. When the ground AOE indicators changed from red to yellow like they are now, it made a 100% difference in me being able to see them.

However, I don't think "things should be done just to accommodate me". I was able to dodge things before when they were red, even if it was tough to see the outline, I learned the moves by the cast bar and was still able to situate myself appropriately. While I wouldn't want to see them change the AOE colors again, I'm all for having a slider or different color options so people that felt danger from the red can have that back.

[Phyllo]

I know that there many degrees, personally as long as the color is alone I can make the difference but if the floor is in a tone that looks slightly like the aoe... It's over xD

Well, not like I can't do but it sure is a pain to concentrate that much on trying to see it, I wish we could at least set our own color like it was promised :/
Indeed, the pulse is the thing that makes me notice it most of the time even tho I can see colors so yeah, I like the fact they changed the old red one for the pulsating one but the color is kinda meh since yoshi and the gang put light red/orange almost everywhere in the game xD

[Velox]

Color blindness is most common amongst men at 8% of the total world population (and as high as 13% in countries with a predominately white population). Adversely, only 0.5% of the total female world population has some form of color blindness. Color deficiencies generally have the greatest concentration in white males, and the most common form of color vision deficiency in the world is red/green. Since a large number of gamers are both white and male (largest of all groups/subgroups), any changes made would be with these people in mind. This is why the red AoE indicator was scrapped for an orange one.

Other forms of color blindness are much, much rarer, and usually not worth the time-cost investment.

[Eekiki]

I'm all for options, that would be awesome but, if not that, I much prefer the new indicators to the old. Particularly the waves. For me it makes the danger more noticeable when there are moving parts to the indicator.

My only problem is they can sometimes be difficult to see if I'm standing in water (best example is the Hellbender in Brayflox's Longstop).

Get rid of the damned idiotic things completely. We had to learn the fights properly back in 1.0/1.23.

I wouldn't mind this. Even during the early days of the 2.0 alpha/beta we didn't have them. It was kind of neat.

[WellFooled]

My only problem is they can sometimes be difficult to see if I'm standing in water (best example is the Hellbender in Brayflox's Longstop).

Its funny you mention Hellbender. For me that is the most stand out case of how hard the red AoE indicators were to see, but I find the new ones much more clear during this fight.

But if there's one thing this thread seems to have nailed down is that what works for one person may not work for the next.