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Nov 14, 2021, 05:4111/14/21
11/01/21
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Game Accessibility and Gaming with Colorbliness

I'm curious if anyone here has had issues in-game with colorblindness. I have some red/green colorblindness, and have a terrible time with the health bars, especially in places like the Minotaur's lair.  Squinting to see the bars and make out how much health is there is tedious to say the least. Staring so close at the screen brings me to another issue - cybersickness.  Its a colloqual term for motion sickness brought on by gaming and the like. The camera swing in battle during attacks really makes me queasy after a short time, and staring so hard to see the health and turn meter bars exacerbates the symptoms.  There aren't really any accessibility features in RAID aside from different languages. Having health represented as a number would be a great feature, and a fixed camera view to avoid the nausea inducing camera swing would make things much more enjoyable.  Before anyone jumps down my throat and says 'game suggestions go on Discord' I'll say that I'm posting this because I'm wondering if anyone else has my condition - it's not that uncommon, especially in males - and how it affects their gaming experience. I'm pretty sure my suggestions would be ignored anyhow.



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harleQuinnModerator
Nov 14, 2021, 06:2411/14/21
02/24/19
7258

Heya! Accessibility is something we've chatted with the CMs about. But I'll bring this up again. :)

Nov 14, 2021, 09:0611/14/21
06/20/19
2181

I'm color blind (the pc term is chromaticaly challenged lmao jk).  I do have the issue of barely being able to see the health bar if at all in much of the content so that is very frustrating.  I also can't tell the green from the red, or the blue from the purple, so it's useless to use color to see affinity and weakness/strength.

I can't say I get motion sickness from the camera changes, but they are frustrating as hell.  They move so fast I have trouble selecting an enemy for targeting.  It just doesn't stop moving.

Nov 14, 2021, 10:3611/14/21
Nov 14, 2021, 10:42(edited)
11/01/21
10

Thanks for the feedback! It'd be great if there were some options to help out! 

@Angwil - Yes, me too! And enemy champions like the hounds and ogryn that are either red or blue - so frustrating! Is this one going to freeze me? lol Maybe playing on PC would be better, you could manually change some display settings and maybe change the hue, but I play on my tablet so options are pretty limited.

Nov 14, 2021, 14:0411/14/21
04/18/19
205

THE STUPID SWINGING !!! 


 JUST WHY ??????

harleQuinnModerator
Nov 14, 2021, 14:1311/14/21
02/24/19
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FluffyPudding

THE STUPID SWINGING !!! 


 JUST WHY ??????

You mean the crit camera?? 

Yep. Tough to even click on a target sometimes it is swinging around so much

Nov 14, 2021, 14:1611/14/21
04/18/19
205
harleQuinn

You mean the crit camera?? 

Yep. Tough to even click on a target sometimes it is swinging around so much

The Swinging Cam view does nothing for game play at all 

Ya How about they Eliminate that stupid swinging 

and just add a Giant ** ! ** over the heads 

like they do with the Turn meter swirl

Nov 15, 2021, 11:1011/15/21
02/04/21
99

Hi guys. Thank you for bringing this up. We will chat to our game devs about the matter. 

Apr 28, 2023, 02:5104/28/23
03/20/23
1

Yes, agreed - I'm colorblind, and this definitely causes issues.  

Affinity colors, rarity colors, and champion tag symbols (like Speed build, depending on the color pattern of some champion icons) are so difficult to distinguish that I sometimes choose a different potion/artifact/Champion for a team, etc. than intended. 

Apr 28, 2023, 05:0604/28/23
11/19/22
607

The "destroyed HP" bar is barely visible. I wish they would use a different stand-out color for that. I didn't even know it existed for some time because it's so difficult to make out those tiny thin dark red lines. Please give it a colour to stand out more - red, or orange, or anything that is clearly not black or green!

Apr 28, 2023, 07:2004/28/23
06/20/19
2181

Yeah still after all this time.  Necro valid.  There are games and other apps out there with high contrast modes that are unbelievably perfecty perceptible.  It sucks not being able to tell magic from void, or spirit from force.  Especially when a reasonable accommodation for the disability would be no more difficult than simple consideration!

artifacts? Can't tell if they're rare or epic until o select them.

health bar? Depending on background I have no idea what my opponents, or my champs, health is at.

dozens of issues.

Apr 28, 2023, 18:4504/28/23
07/15/20
144

im pretty sure thers an app that changes your screeen to b&w....

color blindness for everyone!