Guild Wars 2

Hello,

PLEASE allow the possibility of reducing the visual spell effects.

Soloing isn’t bad, but when there’s 5+ people fighting then almost all visual information is blocked, and you’re essentially fighting blind. I haven’t done many dungeons specifically because the few that I have, I could not see a single mob or boss… the center of the screen was just a mass of flashing, colored lights.

Yes, I have the various video settings that are supposed to lessen the visual clutter set. It makes no noticeable difference.

I recall that this was a problem around and before launch as well, and people mentioned it often. I stopped playing a bit after launch and took a long break, to come back recently, and this problem was a large part of that.

I know you guys take a lot of pride in your concept art, and rightfully so, but if we can’t see any of it while in groups, then a large part of it will never be seen by a lot of folks. Partly because of the blinding, and partly because we just won’t bother.

PLEASE allow for reduction of spell effects, because I’d really like to do more dungeons and WvW and stay with the game, but as it stands I just don’t see the point.

Thanks,
Jake