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@Von Dobbs.9072 said:ButcherofMalakir thanks for your new answer.
I have no possibility of filtering anything visually and acoustically.
I have absolutely no idea how you manage to do this filtering, despite what you explain.
And if I had to add soft music, it would further aggravate the sensory overflow which quickly turns into a painful sensation inside the skull.
On the contrary, I have a habit, in fractals and in strike missions, of reducing the music of the game in order to remain able to hear the voices of the players on Discord and to discern the meaning of their words.
It's a bit off topic: but I can't even listen to music while I'm reading a book. While reading a book, the slightest surrounding noise (neighbor doing DIY, etc.) can temporarily destroy my concentration and my attention.
As we can often read, there are as many forms of autism as there are people with autism, and I think you and I may not have the same level of difficulty in sensory processing.
Other than that, I would have thought that this post would arouse the interest of a greater number of autistic players. Perhaps we are not as numerous as I imagined in gw2 (which surprises me a little).
It's an Aspie hidden Strength that some of us have. Many learn it as a coping mechanism.
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@"Von Dobbs.9072" said:I've been playing Guild Wars 2 for two and a half years, and I was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome in 2013. Now we don't really talk about Asperger's syndrome but rather "Autism Spectrum Disorders" ( ASD) for different reasons.
I really like this game but I regret having to limit myself to PVE and the different contents of the Living World.
Indeed, I have tried to make raids several times, and I do from time to time a few fractals T1 or T2. I also did some Strike missions in Bjora.
The problem with fractals, raiding, and even with Strike missions is that I am quickly, in a way, overwhelmed by the multitude of visual and audio signals to perceive, manage and correctly interpret.
It is difficult for me to distinguish the multiple colored / transparent zones on the ground, those which are to be avoided, those towards which it is necessary to move, and even, sometimes, I sometimes lose sight of the boss, during one or two seconds. It is difficult for me to distinguish these zones from the overall visual and sound effects, which do not all have an importance in mechanics.
All this while trying to activate the best skills to get the best DPS, while trying to understand the mechanics of each boss, simultaneously trying to read and hear the instructions given by the different players.
If I add to this the need to keep an eye on the chat as well as to listen to what is said in the Discord channel, my brain is soon, after a few minutes, in a state of confusion and exhaustion which often lead me to give up.
I feel big frustration each time, for not being able to control my reaction to these many sensory stimuli, and for letting myself be invaded and overwhelmed by them and ultimately to achieve a disappointing result.
It often makes me sad, because it highlights my limits in this game that I love so much.
I would like to know if other players with autism spectrum disorders have problems identical to mine, or if they have possibly found a way to manage them better than I do.
Thanks for reading and sorry for the bad English.
Sorry for ressurecting this but:
I Just wanted to say that This is exactly how i feel almost all the time, i was just diagnosed with Autism on Thursday. I was On an HP train Yesterday in HoT, and there was one place in Auric Basin, where I needed to jump down a Hole, i did not see where anyone went exactly for this reason you give. By the time we got there, I was extremely stressed out. I was getting a migraine, and between monitoring chat and looking at the screen, looking at the map... I lost everyone got confused,... and needed to log off.
I was literally in tears,... because I had been saying throughout .." I am cinfused, please wait." and sadly NT's are very impatient. I Just want to say I feel you.
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I find it Unhelpful that you are trying to tell someone that more than likely has been In Therapy, and therefore understands this condition well enough to live with it, and has developed adaptive coping strategies to deal with it, they they are wrong, because you read something online.
I also have ADHD, along with Autism,.. and the way my Therapist explained it is:
We have attention energy... and we have things we enjoy,... when something we experience is enjoyable we use less energy than the NT, and choose to remain fixated on that thing, sometimes to the exclusion of anything else. I have played MMO's sometimes for going on 12 to 18 hours, until I see the sun come up.
On the other hand, if something is NOT entertaining, we lose MORE energy faster than NT's. Therefore, since it can be quickly exhausting our minds look about for something more fun to do... hence the fidgeting. Nervous energy, ..anxiety.
Please, while your intentions may be good, The Road to hell is paved with them. What you are doing in trying to diagnose someone through their Posts, when that person More than likely has a therapist that has been treating them, and has diagnosed them, is harmful.
Have a good day ?