Dawntrail Graphics Update - Eye Strain

[stardustdiver]

hi, was wondering if anyone else has noticed or is bothered by the "rain" and particularly "showers" weather effects? idk if this started w 7.0 and i hadnt noticed or it started w 7.1, but man is it hard to look at my screen when the weather is showering, i havent seen snow or thunder yet either (my first post on the forums bc bad rain)

[Anarnee]

hi, was wondering if anyone else has noticed or is bothered by the "rain" and particularly "showers" weather effects? idk if this started w 7.0 and i hadnt noticed or it started w 7.1, but man is it hard to look at my screen when the weather is showering, i havent seen snow or thunder yet either (my first post on the forums bc bad rain)

Yes, rain has been awful for me since 7.0, but it's not in every case. Usually it's when it's raining and at night. It's particularly bad in South Shroud. The screen ends up looking like nothing but black and specks of white.

Edit: I also remember some folk posting screens of them having issues with it earlier in the thread if I'm not misremembering.

[stardustdiver]

i must have been lucky with my rain/showers encounters during msq lol

[TransgressorPterodactyl]

Near the bottom of page 3? How did that happen, it won't do

[Vesplume]

Got through the alliance raid and spent most of the final fight wishing they'd leave me on the floor so I didn't have to look at the screen. The brightness of some of those attacks is INSANE, particularly the one with the red circles all over the place. The

Ark Angel

fight was the only one where the lighting was mild enough that I could play normally, but by that point I was already queasy from the earlier fights. I'd been really looking forward to Echoes of Vana'diel and I'm pretty sure that's the only time I'm going to run it. It removed any doubt I had that I need to drop this game.

[Doseki]

Just doing a bump, and still very disappointed that there's no news or even acknowledgement that this is an issue.

[Keumjo]

Bumping for people affected.

[DariRyusei]

So, lemme lay it all out. I have diabetes, and it's affected my eyesight. On top of that, I've been legally blind my whole life due to astigmatism. Diabetes has also caused nerve damage in my hands. I have persistent brain fog issues.

Dawntrail has been horrible for this. I have always used NPCs, because don't want to inflict my issues on others. Every single DT dungeon left me practically in tears, because I literally could not see mechanics. I restarted over and over, getting more and more frustrated. The final MSQ dungeon did leave me in tears; I had to restart a grand total of ten times. The one post-DT dungeon with the first boss that does the heads? Pure pain. I brought people who were in good health and even they were saying they would never set foot in the dungeon again except to help someone else.

I haven't touched Expert roulettes since DT dropped. Don't plan to touch the Arcadion series (partly because I don't really care for the story). Have unlocked the FFXI raid and the new dungeon, but am hesitant to try them. Because I know my disabilities will make it impossible for me, and I feel like it's unfair for others to have to suffer the presence of a party member that can't keep up.

All of this has started to make me reconsider my subscription. I am a very old fan of the series; been playing since the SNES era. But the visual clutter and the increase in difficulty has made even the act of going through the story a slog. I used to sit down at my computer and happily boot up the FFXIV launcher, and lose myself in the world of Eorzea for a little while. Now I don't think I've booted the game up for a couple days. I sit down at my computer, look at the icon on my desktop and go, "...Not right now." And play something else. Every day I think about logging in, then go, "...Nah." I play SWtOR. Or Palworld. Or Stardew Valley. Something, anything, that isn't FFXIV. When I boot those games up, I don't get the sense of dread that I have to slog through a visual crap-slurry to advance my character and see more of the story.

Don't get me wrong: I am not against having hard content in the game at all. I realize a lot of people find it fun and challenging. But now the hard content is no longer optional. Now it's required to progress the story. And the fact that Square Enix refuses to acknowledge that people like me even exist is both sad and disappointing. But also not surprising in the slightest.

Just remember, you can't "GIT GUD" yourself out of an actual, legitimate physical disability. And it feels crappy when the game you've played for three years has decided you no longer deserve consideration, and/or that your disability means you should "get off our game".

[MayMelon]

This might be a little bit of good news
The intrinsic saturation, which remained too high even if the illuminance within the in-game darkened, has darkened since 7.1.
Not all the comments in this thread, but I think some of them have been reflected.
Finally I can walk around the dawntrail field for more than 20 minutes!

[Ainariel]

The intrinsic saturation, which remained too high even if the illuminance within the in-game darkened, has darkened since 7.1.

If that's true, that's really good news!

But the player and enemies's effects are still too flashy and bright. I've even had to set my own effects to Limited, which makes playing any magic classes really sad. I had no problems whatsoever with most of the effects in the game pre-DT, but the graphical update somehow messed things up.