Dawntrail Graphics Update - Eye Strain

[Birdbrain]

I don't typically suffer from eye strain issues, but Bloomberg the Bloombird has been giving me a run for my money these past months.

Wondrous Lanner one second after mounting up:

After the glow effect applies:

Intentionally large screenshots to get the full Wondrous experience

A pic of how the glow looked pre-update (thank you, Lalafell youtuber). It's not the same location/lighting situation, but I find the glow is noticeably less intense.

Trying to hold out hope that these kinds of graphical "quirks" will be cleaned up and fixed sometime... eventually? Even if people weren't experiencing eye strain issues, this degree of bloom is still plain ugly.

[Gwen_Lavellan]

I don't typically suffer from eye strain issues, but Bloomberg the Bloombird has been giving me a run for my money these past months.

Wondrous Lanner one second after mounting up:

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After the glow effect applies:

Intentionally large screenshots to get the full Wondrous experience

A pic of how the glow looked pre-update (thank you, Lalafell youtuber). It's not the same location/lighting situation, but I find the glow is noticeably less intense.

Trying to hold out hope that these kinds of graphical "quirks" will be cleaned up and fixed sometime... eventually? Even if people weren't experiencing eye strain issues, this degree of bloom is still plain ugly.

Ty for posting those pictures. I mentioned the quite unbearable glow on mounts a few weeks ago on this thread but I didn’t took screenshots as proof.
The lanners are the most affected mounts imo

[Vesplume]

Though some players have stuck around and are still trying to keep this thread fresh in people's minds, reports have mostly dried up. Most of the players affected have dropped the game because their money clearly isn't welcome here. When this issue came up with the last Nier raid in SHB, some adjustments were made to that raid in the patches immediately following its release, but it wasn't enough. DT has done even less than that.

I watched some of the live letter this morning and had to stop after seeing some of the Arcadion demo. It was through a completely different device than what I play FFXIV on, but I still got a migraine from specifically looking at FFXIV gameplay. In the absence of an official dev response, the game speaks for itself. The effects look neat, I guess.

So many people in this thread just want a way to mitigate the effects that are causing them problems. That could be solved by adding back the settings that were removed or adding new ones so players can adjust as needed. It doesn't have to be a complete graphics overhaul. We don't know how big of an ask this might be for the devs because again, they won't even clearly acknowledge the issues we've reported. They ask for our patience and understanding but offer next to nothing in return.

The thread is still going because not everyone has given up on the game, and some still sub for reasons other than MSQ. It's a lot quieter in here these days because so many have dropped their subs for a game they cannot play. This thread may not be as active as it used to be but don't be mistaken.

There is a huge problem here and nothing is being done about it. Make of that as you will.

[Kinho]

Dawntrail, especially Raid, is messing with my eyes. Playing for more than an hour is already quite uncomfortable.

Because of all the problems that this game has been presenting and this one, I have stopped playing for months, and even when I come back I play very little, obviously stopping with my sub. But I am almost at the point of stopping completely.

Sorry for any english mistakes

[zipkin]

That the primary place to give feedback regarding issues REQUIRES a subscription feels crummy when the feedback is 'the game is now injuring us so we can't play' and it's been MONTHS of this :/

Not even an honorary mention either, again. Welp. My resub ends soon, but for now... back to the front page I guess.

Reminder, since it's off the latest page again, that in addition to 'forum feedback', we've been advised to contact the Accessibility team at contact-accessibility@eu.square-enix.com in regards to this issue. If you're having similar issues and have the energy for it, please consider sending an additional message their way. Most folks haven't gotten any reply, but it's what we were told to do sooooooo...

[Vesplume]

That the primary place to give feedback regarding issues REQUIRES a subscription feels crummy when the feedback is 'the game is now injuring us so we can't play' and it's been MONTHS of this :/

Not even an honorary mention either, again. Welp. My resub ends soon, but for now... back to the front page I guess.

Reminder, since it's off the latest page again, that in addition to 'forum feedback', we've been advised to contact the Accessibility team at contact-accessibility@eu.square-enix.com in regards to this issue. If you're having similar issues and have the energy for it, please consider sending an additional message their way. Most folks haven't gotten any reply, but it's what we were told to do sooooooo...

Bumping and quoting this for emphasis. If anyone manages to get a response, please let the thread know!

[zipkin]

Back up to the front page again while I still can.

[zipkin]

Up we go, back to the front page for more visibility.

[FlamboyantAsBurningInferno]

Back up to the front page again.