Darkside Aura .. hurts my eyes. Can't turn it off.

[Oddyseus]

Yes I agree make it look better those dark flames really looked cool on the video they showed before the realese

[Kallera]

With so many ppl complaining they gotta do something and change the aura.

This is literally the only place i hear complaints.

[LinaDoodle]

I hate it too, makes me play drk less than I would without that effect. Big design flaw. They'll have to redo it at some point.

[sciondar]

I have no issues with the aura. Having said that, I do think it should have fallen under the filter for not seeing other player effects. At least it doesn't completely block the view of an enemy and their aoe targeting zone when in melee combat distance like some spells from ranged combatants can that get spammed.

[GrumpyPirate]

Warning, DRK 50 Quest Spoiler - but here's the NPC's effect in motion for those who are curious.

Something akin to that would be so much better than the current effect, which looks nowhere near as nice in comparison.

[NocX7]

Warning, DRK 50 Quest Spoiler - but here's the NPC's effect in motion for those who are curious.

Something akin to that would be so much better than the current effect, which looks nowhere near as nice in comparison.

That aura is so much better than what we have.

[NamNem]

This aura still does not seem bad to me. I have all game settings on the highest setting and it still seems fine. The way you all talk it is taking over your entire screen....

[Nyalia]

No, seriously, the red aura gives me a headache. I know it doesn't give everyone a headache, but it definitely gives me one. Yes, it might not give you one. That doesn't mean I'm lying. Seriously. My visual experience isn't like yours, which also means that your visual experience isn't like mine. The game should accommodate everyone. That's why it has colorblind-friendly mechanics where shapes differ in addition to colors, because not everyone's visual experience is the same.

I can't turn it off. There's no graphics option that will disable it. If someone has the aura on in a city, my only option is to go somewhere else (which I do). In cities other than Ishgard, if one is at a summoning bell, I can go to another bell. I can't do that in Ishgard where there is only one. Same with market boards. I've started avoiding cities, especially Ishgard, and only using bells/boards in housing districts where people are more likely to not leave the aura on.

Yes, people can be annoying in any class by spamming bright, flashy skills, but for other classes, they have to actually keep hitting the button and not be AFK. DRKs AFK all the time in high traffic areas with the red aura and there's nothing I can do except leave. It's not just looking at them that hurts, having the camera anywhere near them hurts because the aura goes so far from the character model.

And I doubt most even do it to troll - this is a skill you can leave on all the time outside of combat which gives a benefit when you get into combat, like Deliverance or Sword Oath. DRKs shouldn't have to turn off their aura because it gives me a headache. I should be able to turn off their aura on my computer, or their aura shouldn't be headache-inducing. Please do something. Even just making it black or actual blood color (darker red/purple/brown), or making it move slower, or keeping it tighter to the character model, any of those would help. Or, make the graphics option to turn off other players' graphical effects actually turn it off like it should.


Also, on an unrelated note, it looks dumb. Just saying.

[OliviaBadger]

Yes it gives me a headache too. It's literally just a giant red flashing strobe light. At this point I would rather have nothing than this. Please just get rid of it

[Ditto]

Yes it gives me a headache too. It's literally just a giant red flashing strobe light. At this point I would rather have nothing than this. Please just get rid of it

No.

Warning, DRK 50 Quest Spoiler - but here's the NPC's effect in motion for those who are curious.

Something akin to that would be so much better than the current effect, which looks nowhere near as nice in comparison.

Yes.