the change is great in my humble opinion as it helps make the game better for many players, but i have noticed that there are major issues with it.

1. in certain areas (and camera views) AoE is now pretty much invisible. i was doing my hunter log yesterday and i kept getting hit and couldnt figure out what the issue was, turned out it was my (normal for me) camera angle mixed with the water making the AoE virtually invisible. when it was red, water never seemed to really affect the indicator at any angle.

2. pulses can make it very misleading on when to go back in resulting in players sometimes getting hit, it sometimes looks as if the effect has expired, you move in and Bam, another pulse and AoE effect in the face.

3. other players AoE can sometimes confuse your AoE indicator resulting in a very bad hit that you thought you avoided (quarrymill fate and leve farming anyone).