Combo Light Blinking

[Phobos]

Jesus, whining comes so easy for you guys.

If you want to know if your combo didn't miss, listen for the combo sound, look for the status on your status icons, or wait for the blinking. The blinking is not a slow thing... You have THREE visual cues and an audible one.

You're missing the point. The previous method of a solid glow stood out more. I don't care how you determine if you can use a combo action, I determine it by the glowing purple ring around the ability on the action bar. This ring blinking has made things worse, and I don't even want it to blink on the reaction abilities either - It's a stupid effect that someone thought was cool but in reality doesn't work as well as the glow.

Also, as for the audible cue - there's way too many sounds going on in the game to rely on something like that. Half the time I have my game sound muted anyway.

[Ragz]

Also, as for the audible cue - there's way too many sounds going on in the game to rely on something like that. Half the time I have my game sound muted anyway.

I have mine muted 99% of the time... and have either TV or SC2 stream on second monitor. The only time I play with sound is when I'm recording... and happened more than once that after I finish recording I find out the background is DRG vs MKP.

[Answa]

You're missing the point. The previous method of a solid glow stood out more. I don't care how you determine if you can use a combo action, I determine it by the glowing purple ring around the ability on the action bar. This ring blinking has made things worse, and I don't even want it to blink on the reaction abilities either - It's a stupid effect that someone thought was cool but in reality doesn't work as well as the glow.

Also, as for the audible cue - there's way too many sounds going on in the game to rely on something like that. Half the time I have my game sound muted anyway.

You overthink inane shit. It's the same thing.

[Phobos]

You overthink inane shit. It's the same thing.

It's not the same thing. The blinking effect makes the ring less noticeable. Thus, the current method is worse than the previous method.

They did not have to make both combos and reactive blink, they could have made reactive solid the same way combos are.

[Jinko]

It's not the same thing. The blinking effect makes the ring less noticeable. Thus, the current method is worse than the previous method.

They did not have to make both combos and reactive blink, they could have made reactive solid the same way combos are.

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[Lux_Rayna]

It's not the same thing. The blinking effect makes the ring less noticeable. Thus, the current method is worse than the previous method.

They did not have to make both combos and reactive blink, they could have made reactive solid the same way combos are.

Lol not even true. Blinking lights/flashing colors are far more noticeable than solid lights.

Why do you think turn signals blink?
Why do you think ambulances/cop cars have blinking headlights/flashing lights?
Why do you think school buses have blinking lights when they stop to pick up kids?
Why do you think big semis with heavy loads have blinking lights?

I could go on...I mean the list of blinking lights over solid lights is enormous. You are much more likely to notice something blinking than you are to notice something thats not blinking. If this weren't the case, then derp none of the things above would blink. Why else do you think the blink is so annoying? Cuz its more noticeable..it distracts you.

Course it doesn't bother me so I'll conclude by saying:

You overthink inane shit.

Blink or solid it accomplishes the same goal. Get used to it.

[TirionCrey]

Lol not even true. Blinking lights/flashing colors are far more noticeable than solid lights.

Why do you think turn signals blink?
Why do you think ambulances/cop cars have blinking headlights/flashing lights?
Why do you think school buses have blinking lights when they stop to pick up kids?
Why do you think big semis with heavy loads have blinking lights?

I could go on...I mean the list of blinking lights over solid lights is enormous. You are much more likely to notice something blinking than you are to notice something thats not blinking. If this weren't the case, then derp none of the things above would blink. Why else do you think the blink is so annoying? Cuz its more noticeable..it distracts you.

Course it doesn't bother me so I'll conclude by saying:


Blink or solid it accomplishes the same goal. Get used to it.

They got blinking lights, to make them distinguishable between the SOLID lights all over the street.

Your statement is "Lol not even true"...blinking lights are only more noticable when used AMONG solid lights.

It's about the context, in your example this does not apply to what is going on in FFXIV...

Why you think traffic lights are solid lights? Cause if they would blink it could cause confusion as to which colour is active right now and which is not? Which is what has happened here, blinking lights cause confusion as to wether your combo is active or not, if you happen to watch at them right when the blinking is "down"...

Think before posting...