Quote Originally Posted by Ainariel View Post
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.