EVE General Discussion

Please CCP, have mercy upon our tortured souls and enable us to turn this 'feature' off! :S

This is a complicated area. Some facts:

Sensitivity to visual, sound, movement/balance and proprioception (spatial awareness) varies hugely across the population. So some people will not be affected by stuff like the new jump animation, BUT others will. Generally, the stronger the visual effect, the greater the number of people who will have an unintended sensory response. Note: this is about much more than epilepsy.

So those who have made posts that are disparaging about the complainers in this thread are likely not to be affected themselves. That doesn't mean that the problem is not real - and very unsettling - for many other players who are complaining. The fact that a large number of people are feeling 'woozed' by the new effect compared to the old one suggests that a tolerance threshold has been passed re: sensory tolerance levels across the general population.

Sensory hypersensitivity is an everyday fact of life for some people, those with even mild autism for example are particularly prone. Typically the behavioural response is one of avoiding the source of the discomfort. For example, some people will avoid certain stores because they can't cope with the type of fluorescent lighting used. So... looking away from the screen will not be the response to this problem in EVE... yes for some, it will be just uncomfortable, but for others more strongly affected it will be not playing the game at all, because their senses just can't cope with it.

CCP will be onto this. They won't want people to leave the game just because of the unintended consequences of a poorly executed bit of visual titillation. I am sure they will find a way for the vast majority of players to one again be able to undertake long hauls across the EVE universe without feeling the urge to be sick.

Just did a 12 jump return trip from rens to hek, I was actually dreading it.

It is far too OTT for a simple jump, something that some people do hundreds of times a day.

The old jump system worked just fine with the new client the week before odyssey, but it can't now? It's just baffling that something like this could make it through testing. It's like just because someone put in the hours to make it we're stuck with it, regardless of how it turned out.

I was really excited for all of the ship changes, but the bells and whistles crap that shouldn't have any bearing on the game is making me not want to play. Give me some options to turn off the jump animation

"It would be helpful if we got feedback about what in particular during the jump sequence is causing the most difficulty"

I don't want any of it, the jerky camera motions, the cloud or whatever it is, the weird sudden stop at the end, the scan animation when entering a new system.

Another, unhelpful faceless alt poasting.
Bet they're all of the same troll owner.

PS: time the animation with a stop watch, it takes more then 2 seconds.

so what if jump would work like warp? Sure you don't see your ship but if you could still spin your cam around the point where your ship is supposed to be (as energy beam or in whatever state it is).

if tracking cam is on it would do the cinematic cam rotation at the beginning of the jump and when its off it would only move the cam to the center of the gate without rotating or zooming.. player would have cam control all the time.

I guess it is meant ccp is not willing to put the effort in. So it might, again, be a matter of pressure aka unsubscribing in relevant numbers. There are a lot of people totally annoyed by those fancy effects not posting here, not logging in anymore since the latest release. I am in doubt anyone will pay for a game one is not playing anymore.

You know? I respect your take on this. But I'm not so sure.

Just about any place I've worked has various factions that don't really see eye to eye about the future of the enterprise. I bet CCP is the same. I agree that the subscriber base needs to help make the point that the "flashy arts effects come first" faction has things ass backwards. All we need to do is just not to log in much for a week or two. Looking at that stupid animation is so unpleasant that this is not exactly a sacrifice. If the numbers go down a bit, the faction that wants to put content before flash will be able to make their point (I hope).

I think threatening to unsubscribe is the wrong approach. I really like this game and all the work they've put in. It's original, complex, difficult and unlike anything else I've seen. I don't actually intend to unsubscribe as long as they make a good faith effort to put out a quality product. I want to see them improve it, not walk away.

Here's one other thing: if the online numbers go down, they will be getting fewer new subscriptions. That's plenty bad enough.

I surprised there are this many people that don't like it. Those that get vertigo I can understand.

But my system is 5 years old and I can run 3 copies full screen (3 monitors) with no lag even with the new animation, so unless your multi-boxing 5+ clients I highly doubt lag is an issue.

LOL, must be a kick in the d1ck that CCP try so hard on something they think is cool and most people hate it after 2 minutes.

Still - Please give us a choice CCP.