The Group Repair Kits from event merchant also cause a bright flash. I always need to warn my guild before I use one, because several members prefer to turn away. It is more than mere annoyance. The guildies say it can trigger a migraine.

Yes, I agree, the flashing white light is very annoying. I would much prefer fade to black.

daily migraines since 2001. Flashing / big bright images feels like being sucker-punched.

Adjusting monitor backlight helps a bit but not enough. I'm starting to see more migraine / seizure awareness measures being taken on websites, film, games, etc.

new changes and warnings are definitely a step in the right direction

ZOS should add some accessibility feature that turns down all the bright flashes. If that's not possible, perhaps someone can make an addon for that?

I have complained about this too, sent in a /feedback ticket although I doubt it will do any good. It seem every time I leave ESO and come back, they add brighter, intense, more retina-burning light effects. It's gotten beyond tolerable.

In addition to effects in quest, do a dungeon with nerco or warden and sometimes the light effects from their skills popping off floods the screen to the point that you can't see anything else. Some set procs are horrific--I can't use Chokethorn for this reason because if the new updated green light effect that flood 50% of the screen if you're not completely zoomed out blinds me, I fear it's blinding other players too. Scrying? I've learned to close my eyes are the right time to avoid sharp eye pain from the blue flashes. And too many newer mounts, like the latest apex mounts--well not only are they ugly (congrats tot he suckers who shelled out a ton of gems for them), their flashing are physical eye agony.

Eye strain for regular gamers is real and for people like me who have sensory hypersensitivity and are prone to migraines, vertigo, etc from intense light exposure, it's even worse. And user end solutions--like blue-blocking glasses and bias lighting--only help so far. It just seems like ZOS is adding these intense light effects everywhere in the game now, I guess as a cheapo easy way to keep the game feeling "fresh" and not dated. But it's bad and in the very least they need to stop. Better yet, go back and tone down all of it.

THIS!

I'm photophobic, like some others in this thread, and this prologue was a real "treat" for me.

I had an understanding friend who was questing with me at the time. She was able to open the chests in my stead, and it counted for us both.

Isn't that memento you get at the end just the icing on the cake? It feels aggressive and hateful to me, given that so many of us (myself included) have been begging them for years to stop this.

I've also been begging them to add accessibility options in the video settings (on console), to turn down some effects and adjust gamma and color bias. No interest whatsoever.

No other game causes me this much pain! I can play much more colorful games, like Overwatch, with less pain over a given play session.

It seems to not only be the flashes, but seems baked into their entire lighting system. I bet a lot of you have to leave certain maps during the "daytime" in the game. Alik'r, Western Skyrim, anything that doesn't have a lot of ground clutter to break up that sheet of bright texture. There's a lot of color bleaching that happens.

My eyes are bleeding

SilverBride wrote: »

Versispellis wrote: »

THIS!Isn't that memento you get at the end just the icing on the cake? It feels aggressive and hateful to me, given that so many of us (myself included) have been begging them for years to stop this...

I've also been begging them to add accessibility options in the video settings (on console), to turn down some effects and adjust gamma and color bias...

No other game causes me this much pain!

I haven't gotten to the end yet, or seen the memento, but I appreciate the warning!

They absolutely could give us settings to tone these effects down, or better yet completely disable them.

And this is the only game I've ever played that flashed bright white lights and caused me pain.

Oh, yes, beware the memento! 😱 It's a "Daedric amulet" or somesuch. Your toon holds it up and it produces one of those bright white flashes on the screen! It's just a bright flash button!

Part of the reason why I hated doing the vampire quest was the bright flashes of white during every single flashback. The Scrying flash is even worse tbh since it is always there...

SilverBride wrote: »

I'm curious if these bright flashes really don't bother some players. I can't even imagine...

It's never even registered with me. I legitimately have no idea what you guys are talking about.

i have allways hated when they do that and spamming bright lights.
i dont understand the rudeness and hate that would make them do this to us, i just dont understand it.

Versispellis wrote: »

Oh, yes, beware the memento! 😱 It's a "Daedric amulet" or somesuch. Your toon holds it up and it produces one of those bright white flashes on the screen! It's just a bright flash button!

I finished the quest and got the memento and yea, it's bad.