Player Features and Ideas Discussion

EVE is full of flashy effects, yet only this affects the OP; this means the OP is either lying about his medical condition to justify the fact he doesn't like the effect, or has a psychological condition, maybe some form of hypochondria and he's somatizing his dislike of the effect. Going by Occam's Razor I'd say the truth is that the OP is lying, as it is the simplest explanation.

Be careful that you don't stray from "legitimate defense" into "whiteknighting".

I played around a bit on Singularity, since it's pretty easy to get targets on demand there (read: "infinite supply of 100-isk drones") and paid more attention than usual to the flashing on target-death. That has got to be one of the smoothest, least-harsh effects in the whole game. It doesn't even flash; it fades in and out rather than the staccato appear/disappear typically associated with the description of something that flashes.

How a person can manage to have a row of targets locked and steadily emitting light but can't handle the gradual flash that we've got now, I'm not sure. I suppose I could see it, given that when my light sensitivity kicks in everything is terrible, but the only thing I can say to OP is probably "It's time to stop living in denial and accept that EVE is really not the game for you." There is literally no way to accommodate everyone and unless fifty or one hundred people come forward saying they all need the same thing, I don't anticipate CCP spending the time to code it and test it and then test it again. Even something seemingly small like this will turn out to be a larger project code-wise than it looks like.

If that makes me a horrible human being and a pig, I've certainly been called much, much worse over much less (and much more) important things by people whose opinions meant much more to me.

I certainly agree that there is no way to accommodate everyone. All I am saying is that people need to shut their mouth and stop trying to "youtube arm chair expert" everything on THIS forum. I can 100% guarantee there is not one person on this forum who is not only a Medical Doctor that specializes in the particular problems the OP claims to have, but that even if there was they certainly haven't personally examined the OP to determine if they are truthful, therefore no amount of saying "Occam's Razor" will validate anyone's response. As I previously stated, Lyme Disease. Medical Doctors will claim this or that is wrong with the patient for YEARS (because that's what it appears to be) only to realize too late that it was always Lyme Disease causing everything else to happen.

I would never expect CCP or any other game Dev to change a game for ONE person, but that doesn't make the OP a liar. It makes people pigs that harass the OP saying he/she is a liar just because they themselves cannot PROVE the condition exists (like they're even Doctors anyway).

The stimulus the OP is getting is not compatible with the kind of medical condition he's describing, while other stimuli that does match does not seem to be affecting him in any way. I might not be a medical expert, but I'm a photographer and I do know how light works. There is always the chance he's somatizing his opinion somehow; although the mere thought is stupid, so I rather go with the simplest explanation: EVE is full of bitter vets and people who love to cry for the stupidest things, and anonymity makes lying easier.

Also, there's no need to appeal to ad hominems when you're losing an argument; you always have the option to be a true gentleman/gentlewoman and accept it.

Edit: Oh, and regarding Lyme, if it isn't diagnosed early on it usually means the patient will need to use antibiotics the rest of his life. Chances of survival are rarely that slim.

Edit 2: And because I trust you are relatively intelligent and will argue that if Lyme is not diagnosed it is lethal, let me be clear and explain that when you say "if it isn't diagnosed early", it means that there has indeed been a diagnosis, although a late one.

Even if it was "somatizing" which you as a medical doctor obviously have full qualifications to diagnose, there's a whole disability based on "somatization" called Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. Or maybe I do have an eye condition and it hasn't been affected by anything else in Eve because everything else in Eve I can just change the view or close my eyes temporarily WITHOUT IT AFFECTING GAMEPLAY. For instance, new jump animation everyone's complaining about? The lightning flickers partway through very brightly, but on that I can just close my eyes. It's not nearly as big a deal as closing my eyes in the middle of an incursion at every target death while constantly needing to look to lock new targets and make sure I'm still near the anchor.

Obviously since this affects me the same way as partially burned out fluorescent lighting flickering, I must have been kidnapped as a young child and held hostage in a damp basement, with no memory of this happening, only a "somatic" reaction as an adult.

I didn't say only this affects me, I said only this affects me and is unavoidable, unlike everything else that's bright and flashy. I have all the effects off except turrets and camera shake. I have the brightness and contrast down on my monitor. I play in a decently-lit room. Even the new jump animation is avoidable and doesn't show up smack in the middle of all the fun parts of the game.

The targets do flicker suddenly and randomly in an incursion when there may be multiple targets dying close to each other. You remember when the blink tag was new and tons of websites had blinking text everywhere? Yeah, it's still poor design.

Logi will take a few months of training, and I'd wanted that as an option not a permanent role.

The temp fix is unfortunately blocking off most of the targets with my inventory and only having to see the text flicker.

Whether theres a relation to a medical problem or not (and we have no reason not to take OP at their word), it's really damned annoying. I hate the animation, simply because it's obnoxious.

If it was epilepsy it should have been obvious with other games and Eve should have been a problem before Odyssey as well shouldn't it? Although I do tend to avoid bright flashy lights, not a big fan of casinos or casino games, etc.

It just hurts my eyes. I'm not rolling on the floor in a seizure.

It's the whole of the target that blinks though. The circle that shows damage done to do, the text below, even the icons of the guns you have on it, all of that blinks at once. Not just the ship model inside the target.

If you turned off the targets completely, you wouldn't know how much damage it's taken (which is the situation I'm in after blocking off the targets with my inventory box).

My mind has no trouble tracking the blinks, it blinks 12-15 times. Unless you mean something different from what you're saying.

Anyway, no dev response I guess this problem isn't sexy enough for them. My two accounts looking for another game now.

Related idea here: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=252084 skinnable ui would solve a lot of problems not just for me in this situation but also for colourblind people and stuffs.