Guild Wars 2

Hello.

I’d like to suggest adding an option that would remove other players’ skill/spell effects completely.
The reason I want this option is because whenever I do group events (i.e. boss fights, dungeons) my FPS drops drastically. I already lowered all of my settings and used every option available in options window, and it still is not enough, but my computer meets the minimum system requirements just fine.
In addition, in dungeons, it is very crucial for me to be able to see the boss properly due to me being a squishy thief, so I need to know exactly when to dodge. However, all these spell effects really mess up my vision of the boss and his actions that I end up down a lot of the time; thus, being useless to the group – only a burden.

I used to play Aion before, and it had such option. Here is the link to the article showing that option: http://gameguide.na.aiononline.com/aion/Graphics+Settings. (Scroll down to “Display Effect” section)

Thank you for taking your time reading this post, and I hope the developers will at least consider this option very soon.

Regards,
Liryn

I, and others, have been asking for this for a long time. ANet either cannot do this or they have other priorities. It seems strange that they talk about us wanting the see the admittedly gorgeous artwork they created, yet have done nothing to allow us to see said artwork during combat, rather than the eyesore we do see.

I kind of dig seeing all those spell effects, makes those zergs seem more epic with all those spells firing off.

100% in favor. If they can make such an option, I can finally perhaps melee the Karka Queen without my FPS dropping to 1 frame every 30 seconds (Not even exaggerating). Being forced to spam 1 during world boss fights or having major fps drops in dungeons (looking at you, Arah drake poison) makes players like me look bad to the point that I can’t function at a normal level.

The game already has AoE circles implemented to a certain extent, so I’m wondering if there might be an option to add AoE indications on the ground like with different colors for the different damage types without the need for visual effects:
Green = Poison
Blue = Chill
Yellow = Fire
etc etc.

I’m no expert on implementing such QoL features, but this is personally something that I’d like to see to make the game more playable for players whose gameplay experiences suffer from too many visual effects. IMO this would also help balance PvP for players that suffer from too many visual effects, so that more players would be able to use their skills without being trumped by players who have both skills and money for high-end technology.