Dawntrail Graphics Update - Eye Strain

[Serilyn]

Giving a bump as someone who isn't getting eyestrain from FFXIV but has a lot of experience with migraines, I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

Ideally if bright flashing lights and things are a part of the issue the solution would be some way to turn off or minimize abilities that cause such things. I know we have options to turn off player abilities, but ideally you'd want one for enemies, bosses etc (and your own abilities). Even some sort of mode that can lessen any bright areas such as shown in the post before me.

No idea how feasible any of that would be, but I imagine discussing such possibilities might help narrow down what might help best and could be specifically asked for.

[Wind-Krysvein]

Bump. Plans are in motion.

[Anarnee]

It's pretty disappointing that they made a post to acknowledge some pretty mundane things but there has been not a word on this.

I'm gonna hide this...it's from Stormblood alliance raids...I don't wanna hurt anyone's eyes looking at this but come on.
I also did Euphrosene...Menphina's arena was super reflective and actually painful to look at.

For me the Nier raids at the worst offenders so far, especially the last two fights in Bunker and all of Tower.

Towers expanse of WHITE and BLACK and all the effect just have me nauseous the whole time. The last boss in tower is harder cause the shadows from the falling buildings don't seem to cast the same as they use to too.

[Rueby]

Another flashbang warning...this time the explosions in Castrum Meridianum...I actually had to look away from my screen a few times and they were still on going...

[gllt]

Renewed my sub just to bump.
Trying to play but it's awful honestly.

[Salaru]

What I noticed when the stutter after brief gameplay started with me, was that I got a new monitor. Capable of 1920x1080 resolution. I am wondering if FF14 is one of those games that can't handle anything past the 1600 range of resolution without a memory leak of some sort? I mean, I got a bud with a top tier gaming PC having such issues. Maybe if I lower the resolution to the config's high default, or change the default in the config... Either way they need to fix this. Still.

[rainichan]

This patch brought a constant shadow flicker to items and the edges of the screen. If I zoom in for any reason, the shadows flicker. Even if I zoom out but the camera is next to something, it'll flicker - side of the camera or items. I've tried changing the shadows options and none of them actually address the issue. This was not an issue in 7.0 or 7.01, and it hurts my eyes if it catches my eye for long. I don't know what changed, but it's really bad.

[KhujaRela]

Hello, I came to also add that for me the game has become unplayable... I'm really sad, but the backgrounds and movement make me dizzy and I can't stand it much.
Also the night time somehow became TOO dark despite all my efforts on fine tune it... and it adds to my headaches/dizziness/vision problems

I had no issue playing the game for hours and hours before 7.0, and I've been trying ALL graphic settings combinations with no results

[Rueby]

I just went to Yanxia to gather my custom deliveries since I can't do anything...

I noticed a weird blur when looking at the sky whenever I move...I'm standing in a huge patch of grass and everytime I move/or am in motion it blurs...going from sharp to blurry...?? I actually got a headache from this....