manamoo.2670

As I have said, I have seen doctors, done all the tweaking I can and some zones bother me. I have played games all my life Atari 2600 gal here...and it started happening about a decade ago. It is in my brain...which is where most motion sick is located. It has nothing to do with my inner ear. I appreciate all the suggestions. Windows mode makes it worse. I've turned the post processing off, I've done pretty much all the suggestions above. How you get motion sickness in this game, it's called a medical condition, as I have been playing games longer than 30 years and was fine...then I wasn't. I can desensitize to a point, but that distortion and massive particle effects, especially in groups...I have issues. And most of the MMO's I have played and I'm talking way back in the Ultima Online game days...had settings to turn them off. Not all of them, but the popular ones, did. And I did, and I was fine. I think I've always had motion sickness, as I cannot ride in the backseat of a car...and a few other things really get me. But I am not going to drug myself to play a game, and I know that it can be fixed with adding setting options. My husband told me they did it for the mount issue...why not do it for all the people that love the game, and can't play it because we get motion sickness. Oh and VR no way...not happening...ever. That would be a hard pass, LOL. I can't even imagine what that would do to me...I don't want to imagine it!

Thanks for both your input. I have fiddled with my settings and I don't get motion sick anywhere but where the view gets distorted. And where there's too much particle effects going on. I don't do huge group events, too much going on. I have changed my settings, and for sure camera shake is off. Dramamine makes me sick, as does Gravol, and all the other motion sick drugs. The Ginger Tea, I have and love, but it doesn't do anything for my motion sickness...and it kind of eases my stomach a bit, but by no means a fix. I make my own Ginger root tea, or I have a medicinal tea form pre-made. Neither works. I am just requesting an option to turn the distortion off and the particle effects off. So players that get severe motion sickness have the option, while those that don't have any issues can go along their merry way. I have fiddled with the FOV and I max zoom. Along with turning the effects down, everything that I know triggers me to keep me from getting sick and I adjust my settings accordingly. It's that distortion in game, in certain zones...even in the old world Orr area, some areas get me...so I avoid them. I remember Heart of Thorns getting me, in some spots, too. But since I'm doing Path of Fire, it's where I am really noticing areas. The cut scenes I skip...but there's areas you have to play in, that's like no way. An example where you have to go through the different zones and get research, the mushroom area when your character gets drugged. The Taimi comment was hilarious, but after that I had to log, and it took me hours to get feeling better. Sometimes it's quick, half hour, other times it can be 8 hours to feel better. My doctors (eye and family) have both told me I do have severe motion sickness, and I consider myself lucky that I can even play again. I've done everything I can...and I try and work-a-round it...I'm just saying an option would be very useful and nice to have. Thanks your camera settings @Donari.5237 mine are slightly different but I have spent hours tweaking them to fit my needs. Bad thing about motion sickness, certain things can be fine for one person, another person, not so much. I've got my setting suited for me...I just don't have the options that I need to keep my insides from a full out revolution. LOL

I just started playing again after almost 4 years of not being able to play because the game was giving me severe motion sickness/simulator sickness. I tried it...and ended up getting Path of Fire...I could PLAY AGAIN!!! YAY!! But...some of the new zones...holy crow, motion sickness from minor to major...especially when the screen distorts and generally when there is too much particle effects going on, the Branded areas are a great example. A few of the Path of Fire personal story (btw well done!) and Living World Season 4 were giving me massive issues. I can't even finish them, and I so want to. Very excited to be back! The mounts bothered me a tiny bit, but I got used to them fast. The camera distortion and massive particle effect areas, however, I just cannot do without getting very sick. If you could please take some time to try and make a setting to turn off the distortion and lessen the particle effects, that would be so helpful. Because I know that I'm not the only one with motion sickness. I am limited to very few games...and I took a huge chance trying to play your game again, which I have loved since Guild Wars the First. I just want to be able to experience all of the game without the fear of getting sick.