Moon Moon.3027 Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 OK so I've started playing P VE for the first time in a while and I find it really really hard to be able to fully enjoy it because of my eyesight issues it's not as simple as getting a pair of glasses because there are no glasses for my eyesight condition and i know there are others out there Who'll probably have the same problem. I'm making this form because I wanna put in a suggestion for the health bars to be able to be as thick as you can make them in PvP in the options menu there is an option for thick party icons or health bars as you put it and when you check this it makes the health bars really thick so it's easier to be able to see them. I really think arenanet should put in this feature for the PVE world as well so I can open the things up for people like me who want to play PVE but have a hard time when they are in open world and enemies are attacking them but yet they can barely see where the enemy is well yes I can use sound to track down where my enemies are it's how I fight in PvP in open world it is a little bit more difficult and very strenuous especially when you're getting attacked by multiple things. Also one other note I really think text to speech should be a feature that you can enable for in game as well because of my eyesight I can't really read the text that is being said in chat it's really hard for me and I imagine it would be really hard for others who have bad eyesight just like me also making it so that the game would read the dialogue of NPC's you interact with would be quite beneficial too I really do enjoy Guild wars two despite all my really bad luck that I have in PvP I want to be able to fully enjoy the game but I can't do that if it's catered only to people who can see and don't have disabilities I truly feel that it would be better if the game was more open to people who have disabilities like maybe allowing the use of add-ons that could maybe do text to speech for them or call out things in the game for them for those who cannot see the scroll text that goes across the screen. Again the only reason I'm bringing this all up is because I have just recently started playing PVE stuff and really would like to be able to have some independence without always having to rely on asking for help only to be told that they're too busy. It would be very nice if I weren't chained down to only PvP. so i can enjoy the game just like everyone else. in real life i am in a wheelchair i am legally blind and i am in a wheelchair so my only escape for independence is in my video games it's one of the places i am most happy i would just like for this game to have more accessibility not just ....ties and limitations that i also have Thank you for taking the time to read this. I pray it makes a difference. 14 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Moon.3027 Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 Please feel free to post on thie fourm to help with any other ideas to help others who are visually impaird AKA leagally blind or other 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexZero.7910 Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Not legally blind but i'd love the status effect icons to be more clearly readable. It's always been a major gripe of mine that they want to use white on white instead of having a darker font for stacking number and a lighter background making it easier to read. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westenev.5289 Posted September 19, 2022 Share Posted September 19, 2022 Just so we're clear, do you think the "thick health bars" option is not thick enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky.4861 Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Whilst i sympathise with the OP, i doubt anet would incorporate a text-to-speech program into the game. Also, i wonder if this would get audially messy. For example, when i port into Rata Sum i'm bombarded by several npc's talking all at once and it's horrible. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Moon.3027 Posted September 22, 2022 Author Share Posted September 22, 2022 No the health bars in PVE are not big enough but the ones in PVP are better they could be alittle bigger but if the bars in pve were as big as the thick health bars in PVP setting it would make playing PVE for me and other like moon moon easier to be able to enjoy PVE and not be chained down to only one game mode where all of the Toxic is and where cpt polution powers up from the Toxicity lol 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Moon.3027 Posted September 22, 2022 Author Share Posted September 22, 2022 On 9/19/2022 at 7:53 PM, Westenev.5289 said: Just so we're clear, do you think the "thick health bars" option is not thick enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casualkenny.9817 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 (edited) Is the (app) tech available whereby, when you trigger the function with a hotkey, the app tries to read any text in a rectangular area around your cursor, so you can point and get text-to-speech? If there is and it is accessible, maybe anet and some API volunteers (not sure how to refer to them, the permitted add-on maker people players) could work something out for you? Edited September 23, 2022 by casualkenny.9817 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Moon.3027 Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 it is the windows magnifire app when you press controll alt click it reads anything that is on a sext based background Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchonWing.9480 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 (edited) Yea, it's sometimes very hard to see this, regardless of your eyesight quality. (Though that big cursor option they added recently helps a lot. I also only show thicker health bars for my party. I would like to be able to turn off effects for everything except my party and the enemy. Also more commander tag colors (and maybe target colors) could be good. Edited October 3, 2022 by ArchonWing.9480 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSD.4673 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 On 9/20/2022 at 1:10 AM, Funky.4861 said: Whilst i sympathise with the OP, i doubt anet would incorporate a text-to-speech program into the game. Also, i wonder if this would get audially messy. For example, when i port into Rata Sum i'm bombarded by several npc's talking all at once and it's horrible. Is that a septicaliper in your pocket or a dome structure made of diatomaceous earth? 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftFootpaws.9134 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 (edited) This game would be a thousand times better if they hired literally anyone who knows what accessibility is. Its probably my #1 gripe about the game despite all the good things it offers. I have several disabilities and this game doesn't try to relieve any of them, even after its become industry standard to take most of them into account when designing games and literally any other online game has those features. I'm not sure why ArenaNet are like this, lack of disabilities on their staff I guess. It took them a whole decade just to add a high-contrast cursor to the game.. Imagine if we could turn off spell and sound effects from everyone from outside our party/subgroup, and highlight everything good, neutral or bad as blue, white and orange, respectively, and stuff like that. I imagine my game experience would change literally overnight. Edited October 3, 2022 by Mariyuuna.6508 5 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim.4152 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 I'm also legally blind and agree that much more could be done to help. I find that locating the mastery points on a map is very difficult. This could be helped if there was a way to get them to "flash" much like missing POI, WP's, hearts and vistas do on the map if you scroll over them. There are many other problems but I find the MP particularly difficult. 3 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kharmin.7683 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 37 minutes ago, Kim.4152 said: I'm also legally blind and agree that much more could be done to help. I find that locating the mastery points on a map is very difficult. This could be helped if there was a way to get them to "flash" much like missing POI, WP's, hearts and vistas do on the map if you scroll over them. There are many other problems but I find the MP particularly difficult. I think that this is by design to encourage players to fully explore the maps to find them. /shrug 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim.4152 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 3 hours ago, kharmin.7683 said: I think that this is by design to encourage players to fully explore the maps to find them. /shrug It is nothing to do with not exploring maps fully. I have finished nearly every map in the game but because of the poor visual design, the MP's are still nearly impossible to find for those with low vision or those who are legally blind. 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentMoore.9453 Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 4 hours ago, kharmin.7683 said: I think that this is by design to encourage players to fully explore the maps to find them. /shrug So POIs, renown hearts, WPs and Vistas aren't meant to be explored..? If mastery points flashed when you hovered over their icon on the map legend, nothing would stop you from, y'know, not using the flash feature if you didn't want to. On the other hand, I think this would be great QoL for the average person, to say nothing of the bigger impact it would have for people with sight issues. +1 to this suggestion and to the overall request for settings in the game that make it easier for people to see things. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Would it be confusing when maps have Mastery Point icons from more than one expansion/season? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kharmin.7683 Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 11 hours ago, AgentMoore.9453 said: So POIs, renown hearts, WPs and Vistas aren't meant to be explored..? If mastery points flashed when you hovered over their icon on the map legend, nothing would stop you from, y'know, not using the flash feature if you didn't want to. On the other hand, I think this would be great QoL for the average person, to say nothing of the bigger impact it would have for people with sight issues. +1 to this suggestion and to the overall request for settings in the game that make it easier for people to see things. I'm not advocating it. I'm just offering a possible explanation. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Moon.3027 Posted January 18, 2023 Author Share Posted January 18, 2023 On 9/19/2022 at 7:53 PM, Westenev.5289 said: Just so we're clear, do you think the "thick health bars" option is not thick enough? I thought I responded to this question but apparently it did not post as I thought it did. The health bars are not big enough in PV E in PvP yes they are big enough but when it comes to PV E all the other health bars are so small it is barely noticeable and it makes PV E for me extremely hard. Heck I tried doing a fractal today and I could barely even keep up because I couldn't see the health bars of enemies when they spawned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Moon.3027 Posted January 18, 2023 Author Share Posted January 18, 2023 I really wish they would incorporate a thicker health bar option for enemies in PV E I don't enjoy being stuck to only PvP and never being able to explore otherwise 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Moon.3027 Posted January 18, 2023 Author Share Posted January 18, 2023 there are add-ons such as blish HUD which puts an overlay on the game so it can help me with map completion but it does not help with seeing enemies when they are spawned shooting at you ect. I wish there was an option in Guild wars two that would make all health bars thicker like the thick option in PvP Carquest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonMoon.1560 Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 I wonder if Guild wars two has seen this form because it doesn't seem they took in any of the consideration about the health bar issue of making enemy health bars thicker just like it is in PvP 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babana.7521 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 I like the ability to have a very large pointy cursor, with flat flashy colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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