Guild Wars 2

Cause: I was frastrated when fighting Mossman because all the skill visual effects that covered him up and I can not see if he is about to attack or just walking around.

Effect: I had to switch to range weapon( I dislike range weapons ) to fight him just so I dont get killed.

Same thing happens in dungeons and WvW and PvP, countless times, I was blinded by friendly and enemy visual effects that eventually caused my death.

I can see this as a strategy in pvp and wvw, but PLEASE, can we just turn it off or to a minimum in pve events.

Thank you very much and leave your comments that would save the universe.

There is a setting in options to lower the visual effects of skills for this exact reason. Enable Effect LoD.

That setting does nothing of any use. This is a much asked for option but ANet prefer you not to see what the heck is happening in a large fight.