Dawntrail Graphics Update - Eye Strain

[zipkin]

Back to the first page for more visibility, which we'd all really love to have.

[Ainariel]

And to the front page we go!

[zipkin]

Front page again, for all of us who'd like to be able to see this game we bought....

[zipkin]

Pre-DT graphics I could play as long as I liked, and now I throw up halfway through a dungeon. No acknowledgement of the accessibility issues, silence from emailing where we were TOLD to email regarding accessibility.... at least, unlike all those currently unsubbed due to not being able to play, I can put the thread back on the front page of the forums for a bit so... up we go.

[Ainariel]

Pre-DT graphics I could play as long as I liked, and now I throw up halfway through a dungeon.

Same for me: could play however long I wanted before DT and had no problem with any kind of effects, but after the graphical update I can play just older content and with limited battle effects, and that's if I've brought down the contrast and brightness of my monitor. It doesn't help that us Playstation players have even fewer graphical options than PC/Mac players. Have also delayed leveling up my casting classes, since even the full battle effects are now eye-searingly blinding, and playing those classes without the magic effects feels pretty pointless.

[Catwho]

I noticed last time I was poking around the graphics that there was the option to turn off Radial Blur now. I don't remember seeing that before.

[Anarnee]

I noticed last time I was poking around the graphics that there was the option to turn off Radial Blur now. I don't remember seeing that before.

>: I was excited to try and see if that was there to fiddle with, but it is not an option on PS4.

[Ainariel]

Back to the front page we go!

[zipkin]

Same for me: could play however long I wanted before DT and had no problem with any kind of effects, but after the graphical update I can play just older content and with limited battle effects, and that's if I've brought down the contrast and brightness of my monitor. It doesn't help that us Playstation players have even fewer graphical options than PC/Mac players. Have also delayed leveling up my casting classes, since even the full battle effects are now eye-searingly blinding, and playing those classes without the magic effects feels pretty pointless.

I can't even play the older content. I haven't touched DT at all, I'm getting eyestrain headaches from stuff like trying to do seasonal event quests. If I'm walking through a zone and it turns night or starts raining, forget it. I literally went out to my car for sunglasses to try and manage to get through a trial, and I've got all the ability stuff turned as off as options allow. I definitely also miss the effects though, like you said playing magic classes without any magic is pretty sad. Wearing sunglasses to try and play a game is also pretty sad, but at least it's a quicker adjustment than finagling my monitor settings AGAIN for a five minute thing. There's no actual brightness setting that solves the FFXIV graphics issue for me, trying to tone down the bright stuff makes the dark stuff way too dark, the contrast is ridiculous.

[Ainariel]

I can't even play the older content. I haven't touched DT at all, I'm getting eyestrain headaches from stuff like trying to do seasonal event quests. If I'm walking through a zone and it turns night or starts raining, forget it. I literally went out to my car for sunglasses to try and manage to get through a trial, and I've got all the ability stuff turned as off as options allow. I definitely also miss the effects though, like you said playing magic classes without any magic is pretty sad. Wearing sunglasses to try and play a game is also pretty sad, but at least it's a quicker adjustment than finagling my monitor settings AGAIN for a five minute thing. There's no actual brightness setting that solves the FFXIV graphics issue for me, trying to tone down the bright stuff makes the dark stuff way too dark, the contrast is ridiculous.

As you wrote, lowering the brightness only does so much: it may make some of the bright stuff bearable, but in turn it turns the other parts so dark that you can't see any details. I'd like to unlock and play through the Arcadion raids, but I've heard they're really flashy and no brightness setting can conquer that.