If we must differentiate everything with colors, it would be great to also have symbols. Those of us colorblind fools would appreciate it.
Nothing is harder than having to quickly run to the required color to avoid death or wipe, when a lot of them look similar, such as blue v purple, yellow v green, red v green, etc.
If we have to quickly run to a color, also add a pattern, such as red circles also have squares, or blue circles also have triangles, etc.
Beefcake said:If we must differentiate everything with colors, it would be great to also have symbols. Those of us colorblind fools would appreciate it.
Nothing is harder than having to quickly run to the required color to avoid death or wipe, when a lot of them look similar, such as blue v purple, yellow v green, red v green, etc.
If we have to quickly run to a color, also add a pattern, such as red circles also have squares, or blue circles also have triangles, etc.
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Sorry just kidding...yeah this is a good idea, the issue of color blind is a lot more prevalent than I thought before I started pc gaming
Colour blindness is something we are aware of but at this early stage of development, have not decided how we will handle this yet, we will most likely seek feedback during testing when players with colour blindness can experience the game for themselves and report the issues they have.
Good luck with the problem. My problem is poor hearing - doesn't really hinder most gameplay but it makes it hard to raid since so many raids rely heavily on voice chat. Also limits what guilds I can join significantly but I'm used to that and more guilds than many might thing avoid voice chat for roleplaying or inculsionary reasons.
In-game voice chat will not be my friend but I can't exactly lobby against it - sadly for me it is a good idea.
I am watching this thread closely. My father is color blind and he plays with me and has for 20 years now. This game is what we have been looking for so this is a serious issue. I have had him look at the images and video feeds so far the dark areas are the trouble but that would be normal. With some games all the flashy spells and mechanics limit him to ranged classes. Not a bad thing but up close he can’t see what is happening…not a good tank.
Thanks Kilsin for that piece of information. I know its early but it is important.
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I remember in Rift a certain type of mob (basically put in to give special drops for certain events) changed color every few seconds and the loot it dropped was based on its color when it died.
Someone raised a concern about color blindness and within a week or two they added identification symbols for those that couldn't determine the color.
I don't know of anything done more generally though.