[Suggestion]Visual Pulse instead of sound.
By
Blue Rabbit,
Posted on: 2011-01-10 01:18 in Suggestions and Ideas
I could get behind this if it were able to be cut off. As you find the sounds grating, pulsing lights would drive me batty.
I would like options for both playstyles though. 
Perhaps instead of a pulsing light for the entire screen, have an indication marker saying "You are ___ yds away from ____!" Either that, or a pulse on just the map would be wonderful.
Not only that, but some maps (such as the Praetorian tech maps) have so much ambient noise it's hard to pick out the glowie sound. I could not go forward in Calvin Scott's storyline because of this, and since I couldn't auto-complete it I just gave up.
/signed, as I often play without sound or with music in the background.
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Yeah, as an option in the menu would be important so it could be shut off in the menu.|
Originally Posted by GibsonMcCoy
I could get behind this if it were able to be cut off. As you find the sounds grating, pulsing lights would drive me batty.
I would like options for both playstyles though. |
I don't mean something to be intrusive though so much as just a fairly dim light and only around the outside edges of the screen. I know the very mention of WoW seems to drive people into a frenzy... but when you have your large map open it's full screen and blocks your entire screen, so if you get attacked there is a red border to let you know. Something like that was what I had envisioned in my mind.
Headphones. Get some.
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TL;DR for the ADD crowd some people have kids or other responsibilities that mean the sound is off. Some people outright don't like game SFX.
If you have nothing to contribute, don't.
I propose that an option be added to the in game menu to set a faint colored visual pulse around the outside edge of the screen that would coincide with the audio pulsing noise from glowing clickable mission objectives. This would be a wonderful option for those who are not able to play with the sound on.
Personally, I play in the living room and generally have the kids around. They may be watching a show/movie, just playing, or napping. Any way you slice it, I need to be able to hear what's going on and do not play with any sort of sound. A light visual notification would greatly increase my enjoyment of missions with small clickies hidden in out of the way nooks and crannies. While I know most people do play with the sound, I doubt I can be the only one around who generally does not. Completely aside from that, given the option to play with sound, I wouldn't. The SFX in this game are literally almost painful for me, just horrible. Course... I feel that way about most games, but the ones here seem a bit more grating. Not a criticism, I know it has more to do with me than the SFX, but really... ouch, it hurts my head to have them on.