slightly less Hypnotic Pattern possible?

[Xylecia]

Was just wondering if its possible to tone down Hypnotic Pattern. It gave me instant headache with all that psychadelic flashing. :( Ok let the calling me an old fart commence.

[Ahuitzotl]

Thats how it should work ;-).
When you also start to taste colors and smell noises the visual designers made a great job ;-P.

[schnuffel]

The Devs made a good work with these effects *g*

The virtual world on the screen goes RL :P

Youre a bit more a-toon-ed now and feel what is done to your character

[Xylecia]

Except when you end up with a migraine and cant play anymore then its not such a good job :p

[Ahuitzotl]

I cant look atm so i´m not sure, but there should be graphic options to turn down magic effects.
I dont think that its possible to modify one specific effect.

Sunshades may also work ;-P

[Shinshi]

Hehe, a couple of nights ago my bro and I were doing this mission were there is an underwater tunnel with alot of gates that are opened one after another with the same lever. My brother thought I was allready there and so I drowned midway and promtly almost drowned in the water I was drinking =P

[Frantik Nefasti]

I love the effect
Groovy disco magic
Keep it up

Though, if some players are more susceptible to visual effects, maybe a graphics special effects option to tone down graphically the effect

But after a beer or two, and late at night, its a great effect, wakes me up and gets me dancing on my seat

Hey hey

[Sir Aggravator]

I'd agree it needs toned done if it's headache inducing.
In another MMOG they had a strobing effect with certain shields.
There were many reports of people feeling sick and they reduced the effect by making it more transparent. A game company usually takes these things seriously when it comes to peoples health.

[Azural]

I agree this pattern can hurt like hell, I've done the Freshen Air quest and will never do it again.

Some sort of graphical filter that can be turned on or off or tone it down altogether would be a big help.

[Canine]

I'd agree it needs toned done if it's headache inducing.
In another MMOG they had a strobing effect with certain shields.
There were many reports of people feeling sick and they reduced the effect by making it more transparent. A game company usually takes these things seriously when it comes to peoples health.

That was City Of Heroes with the sonic shields, and they really did give you a migraine after a while. There was a black band in the effect, and with it spinning, it was like having a small, subtle strobe light flashing in your eyes constantly.

It led to a massive under use of the sonic powerset, people refusing to team with a sonic user, as well as some people using it to cause grief by applying them to random passers by.

Back on the subject of hypnotic pattern, I've pretty much stopped using it, as about 50% of the targets seem to resist the effect, and about 50% of the time, the target dies before the effect triggers, meaning the damn 'bubble of pretty colours' drops on top of my own head...

What I would really like to be able to do is place the bubble where I want, by activating the spell, and then being able to click on the ground where I want it. (edit: There may be this option in the game already, I need to investigate, going from implications in other posts)