I’m not sure who thought this was a good idea but the new foggy distortion effect on the Surge staff literally hurts my eyes after repeated use. It actually makes me feel sick. Please keep the blue glow on the targets but remove the foggy distortion! [SurgeSeizure] [SurgeSeizure2] Vid Link to s…

I hate screen effects in general, but these are another level of bad. I don’t even like the fake blood splatters on the screen effect.

This change is horrendous. it is a flat out accessibility issue. im really glad i saw this before trying to run a mission and was able to quickly test it in the meatgrinder, because this would have caused me a splitting migraine if i had attempted a mission run with that effect. needs to be reverted…

I have a headache after trying a few games with the Surge Staff after this patch. This change needs to be hotfixed out ASAP.

Free migraine and nausea with purchase

It’s giving me severe nausea when i’m using it and moderate when others are spamming it around me.

Thank you. I appreciate someone invested time in making this effect look “cool” however for many of us this induces nausea that lasts for hours and causes migraines for others. At the very least these kinds of effects should be turned off if motion blur and/or depth of field are turned off. We kn…

Seconding the suggestion to tie some of these effects to graphical options in game - and to enforce them to be all off when those options are selected. This game suffers from too many visual effects in our immediate foreground visual field, and pair that with Psyker’s incessant screaming sounds, it…

thank you so much its really appreciated

Thank you, appreciated that you get on this quickly!

Surge Staff New Visual is Seizure Inducing

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Fatshark_Hedge December 15, 2022, 5:28pm 18

Raised this one up to the team.

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Surge Staff New Visual is Seizure Inducing

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