PSA: Macro Sound Effects Harm People with Sensory Issues

[Cheremia]

I hope you didn't take what i wrote with the chat the wrong way tho.
Because I will never say that its an excuse for this. Just one reason, because it does happen, but for ME, it only happens when i have alot to dodge, a lot of button to hits and am in a fight. Theres no reason to not see the chat while just running.
But people ALSO do not read the chat WITH macros sometimes so theres that anyways... Probably have that muted or something.

And SE should not take the "but people just don't see" as an excuse. Ever.

[Kisagami]

I hope you didn't take what i wrote with the chat the wrong way tho.
Because I will never say that its an excuse for this. Just one reason, because it does happen, but for ME, it only happens when i have alot to dodge, a lot of button to hits and am in a fight. Theres no reason to not see the chat while just running.
But people ALSO do not read the chat WITH macros sometimes so theres that anyways... Probably have that muted or something.

And SE should not take the "but people just don't see" as an excuse. Ever.

Oh I am not saying you did, but I am full aware of the reasons people use them, but at the same time, they are causing me physical pain in the form of inducing migraines, and thus I need to find a solution or retire myself from my game.

[Cheremia]

And the thing will be that people think you're saying it just for yourself. Of course you are, but at the same time, theres a lot of people with that problem. Maybe not as severe as you, but there's probably a lot of people with problems with loud sounds.
Its just that a lot are afraid to say anything for the reason you said. Simply being ignored or having to deal with macros sounds being spammed... Or have to deal with being told "JUST MUTE IT" because everybody just LOVES playingm uted games, right? I personally don't.
They can even be annoying for me when I use it so i do it rarely. If i would spam it for every person i try to res i would go insane myself.

So instead of thinking about screaming "but it only affects you!!!" look at the bigger picture. Theres always more people than you, some people don't even know what triggers headaches suddenly while playing a game. Not everybody knows.

The game should be enjoyable for everybody and an extra checkbox will not kill your family, either.

[Kisagami]

So instead of thinking about screaming "but it only affects you!!!" look at the bigger picture. Theres always more people than you, some people don't even know what triggers headaches suddenly while playing a game. Not everybody knows.

The game should be enjoyable for everybody and an extra checkbox will not kill your family, either.

I already know of some mods that only modify the game models on the client side, so maybe with me asking Reddit or bringing this to Square Enix's attention this can be resolved. But I am feeling entirely defeated tonight after having yet another person disregard the physical pain the macro sound effects give me. People have and will harass me with them, thinking it is funny to troll or tease me, but it is no longer funny, and just makes the game tiresome. It comes to a point where a game is no longer enjoyable because of the selfishness of others.

[Fynlar]

(I don't think you should be able to spend mana on someone with the rez buff but that's just me)

It was like this in FFXI too, but FFXI actually received an update X years back that made it so that Raise could not be casted on someone who already had a Raise status (the Raise status also didn't decay in that game, although characters still auto-HPed after 1 hour).

This game feels strangely behind the times in that aspect.