Quote Originally Posted by Vesplume View Post
I want to highlight this post because this is a textbook example of how the lighting in this game impacted me and other players who have brought up this issue here and in other threads. It's not like staring at the sun where the pain is immediate and you reactively look away. The effect when playing the game is subtle and sustained over a long period of time. If you play games or work with computer screens regularly, you might not even think to question it. Out of nowhere your head hurts (and keeps getting worse). You might feel sick to your stomach. You might start making mistakes for no apparent reason and play worse than you normally do.

I do have light sensitivity so when I started feeling sick when running Vanguard, I was able to identify the culprit quickly - the sirens and flashing lights are obvious. The Arcadion fights are so brightly lit already and amplified by the flashy new effects. Bright on bright on bright may not consciously click as something wrong when you're focused on trying to clear the fight, but your eyes are still processing that visual information. For some people, it's overwhelming. For the people who have spoken up here and in other threads, it's game-breaking. If you're reading this and thinking this sounds familiar, please go easy on yourselves.

But as stated in this quoted post, I'd also never reacted that badly to something in-game before. This has been an issue with previous duties but it has gotten significantly worse in DT and specifically 7.2. Players need ways to mitigate this if they want to keep playing this game, and it has to be something implemented by the devs and not mods.
Agreed, I have seen the argument thrown around on other threads/social media that the flashing lights and such is part of the difficulty but that just makes very little sense to me.. it's not difficult it's just causing pain for a number of your players
I tried m5s the other day and all the rainbow colors going off constantly was driving me insane I felt like I was going to have a seizure or something