Quote Originally Posted by Wind-Krysvein View Post
One way of addressing the issue of eye strain (without taking away things from people who aren't experiencing it) would be to implement some manner of toggleable "eye strain mode" that reduces the sharpness of textures (for both terrain and character/NPC models) removes motion blurs, blinking, intense light effects, etc.

This would feel right at home in the accessibility tab in the game settings. As a person with somewhat sensitive eyes and plenty of experience in all things eye strain-related, I'd be more than happy to be part of the beta testing process.
I would prefer the settings to be individually toggleable rather than bundled together. After all we all have different eyes and comfort levels, and may only want to turn off some of the things you mentioned. Plus more granular settings would be useful even for those who don't have vision issues, so it would be a win-win for everyone!

But yeah it's definitely an issue of accessibility. I have some problems with my eyes but in most games it only makes it difficult for me to read text or look at HUD elements that are too small or placed too far apart. This was never a problem in FFXIV and still isn't, light mode is easy on my eyes and I can enlarge the text and resize and move around HUD elements. So I wasn't expecting to have a problem with the other graphics, which unfortunately I am. Here's to hoping we get settings that help with the motion blur and the excessive brightness of some effects.