Dawntrail Graphics Update - Eye Strain

[usagilove]

1.) One of the big issues with the blurriness when moving the camera is Square Enix's poor implementation of TAA upscaling. They had the same issue in FF7 Rebirth and in FFXVI. What we're seeing in the foliage, grass and around our characters is image ghosting, and it only became an issue after the graphics update and impacts both console and PC.

2.) My biggest issue is the overly bright areas and the vividness that has been amplified x100. This is only exacerbated by the fact I play on a QD OLED TV which enhances it even more. Normally, I love things vivid and bright but FF14 seems to have taken it to a whole other level. This became for the first time a detriment to me in the new raid series. The first two arenas are so bright and busy with the flashing neon I could barely look at my screen my eyes hurt so much and I couldn't make out what was happening 90% of the time.

1: Yes I stopped playing FF7 Rebirth because of it, it was so distracting in the grass area i haven't gone back to the game (hoping for patches)

2: I've only gone as far as when a certain person gets kidnapped, but to me the whole game looks really bland. Like raw video footage that hasn't been properly graded yet

[Vesplume]

Has anyone gotten a response from the accessibility team email?

[Erinellza]

Has anyone gotten a response from the accessibility team email?

Nope, I only got a reply from support telling me to e-mail the accessibility team.

One of the big issues with the blurriness when moving the camera is Square Enix's poor implementation of TAA upscaling. They had the same issue in FF7 Rebirth and in FFXVI. What we're seeing in the foliage, grass and around our characters is image ghosting, and it only became an issue after the graphics update and impacts both console and PC.

Jeez, this is horrible. :|

[Nyome]

The 4th Arcadion raid was great but some animations were hard on the eyes. Especially if you're sensitive to flashing it can be challenging to pay attention while also making sure you're okay.

For Shadows's Sabbath, I can barely make out the positioning due to the bright lights cutting down my reaction time in half. Not due to the ability but due to the bright animations. The timing overall is fine as is just the animation could use some tweaking to improve visibility and lessen the flashing.

[BugBug]

For some weird reason at first glance the "glare: off" option its not a glich because its stated in the patch notes that it was removed.

Now my question is, what the hell made them think it was a good idea w/o asking for feedback first, or even mentioning it during the graphic changes liveletters.

Anyway here goes another picture with the mentioned removal.:

Yeah, that's annoying. I used the wet wall effect for my rooms, and I really liked how it looked. I wish they had left that alone.

[MiaBlaze-Cari]

Well, wanted to do Khloe's book, went Sigma 1 and urgh...I don't even want to imagine how bad the DT raids will be to my eyes X_X I can barely stay 10 mins in S9 so yea...

Also I never had any issues with any of the raids before DT but now....well...
Wish there was finally an official statement that they're aware of it and working on it or whatever....

[Wind-Krysvein]

Whoa, we're getting a lot of new likes and replies. Just a while ago we were at less than 90!

Please remember to send a support ticket to the Square Enix Support Center detailing your eye strain issues with the game. If you want to be as thorough as possible, you can also send a copy of that support request to the accessibility team:
contact-accessibility@eu.square-enix.com

[mayochup]

Bump, just sent them an email (forgot to earlier). Hopefully something will get done soon, or at least a public acknowledgment.

[Wind-Krysvein]

Hopefully something will get done soon, or at least a public acknowledgment.

For what it's worth, this is something Yoshi-P said a while ago:

It has been a joy to watch you all play, each in your own unique way, but we’ve become aware of several issues that may have proven a hinderance to your overall experience. For that, I sincerely apologize. We’ve already announced on the Lodestone that a number of these issues are presently under investigation, but rest assured we will be doing everything in our power to address them as quickly as possible. You can expect a follow-up announcement as soon as fixes are ready for implementation.

At this point, I'm not gonna say it's even 25% likely that he was talking about the eye strain stuff here, but it's still something that could potentially explain their silence on the issue.

For ease of reference: so far, they've only addressed one of these "several issues." All hope is not yet lost.

[Erinellza]

For ease of reference: so far, they've only addressed one of these "several issues." All hope is not yet lost.

I'm still hopeful because of the Sage icon issue. Remember when it was changed because some people were afraid of dots/patterns or something like that? That thing probably affects less than 0,5% of the playerbase. But this eye strain issue is a significantly bigger problem.