Has blurring been removed from Blood Hunger (NPC level vision skill) yet?

[MIYUKI]

Would very much like to play the game again, but cant due to headaches caused by this silly game design decision.

[MIYUKI]

Any update on this?

[R131]

You need to explain EXACTLY what you mean because "Level Vision blurring" doesnt describe much.

If you are referring to the red blurred screen when searching for high quality blood i agree, it is terrible game design and after about an hour will begin to annoy your eyes and possibly a headache after continued exposure and it needs to be changed.

[MIYUKI]

Originally posted by Silence:

You need to explain EXACTLY what you mean because "Level Vision blurring" doesnt describe much.

If you are referring to the red blurred screen when searching for high quality blood i agree, it is terrible game design and after about an hour will begin to annoy your eyes and possibly a headache after continued exposure and it needs to be changed.

Yep, that is what I am talking about.

[John]

Originally posted by Silence:

You need to explain EXACTLY what you mean because "Level Vision blurring" doesnt describe much.

If you are referring to the red blurred screen when searching for high quality blood i agree, it is terrible game design and after about an hour will begin to annoy your eyes and possibly a headache after continued exposure and it needs to be changed.

The range of that ability is so short i'm usually faster by just hovering over an enemy instead of coming into enemy visibility range.

[mefisto57001]

Originally posted by John:

Originally posted by Silence:

You need to explain EXACTLY what you mean because "Level Vision blurring" doesnt describe much.

If you are referring to the red blurred screen when searching for high quality blood i agree, it is terrible game design and after about an hour will begin to annoy your eyes and possibly a headache after continued exposure and it needs to be changed.

The range of that ability is so short i'm usually faster by just hovering over an enemy instead of coming into enemy visibility range.

Yep. But sometimes you need to kill a dozen of guards around the one you want to charm and then it is very useful.

I could not agree more with the statement that the visual effect is awful. I spent hours looking for the 100% brute blood and that was no fun. It was bloody awful.

[Soren]

Originally posted by Winchester:

Originally posted by Silence:

You need to explain EXACTLY what you mean because "Level Vision blurring" doesnt describe much.

If you are referring to the red blurred screen when searching for high quality blood i agree, it is terrible game design and after about an hour will begin to annoy your eyes and possibly a headache after continued exposure and it needs to be changed.

"Level vision blurring" is when the vision gets blurry. If you can't understand those simple words don't bother commenting.

No, it's quite confusing because level means either the level of the unit or the height level of the environment. Blood hunger displays blood percentages and not a "level" as far as I know. Finally, blurry vision from blood hunger isn't the only characteristic of it. The red screen is also a factor that some may find annoying. So why no mention of muting colours with red?

So I too was confused by your description of the Blood hunger ability. The name of the ability would have sufficed instead imo.

[R131]

Originally posted by Winchester:

He's not talking about height, blood hunger or any of what you mention, those words were said by you and not OP. If you choose to read one thing and understand another then perhaps you should read multiple times before commenting anything. You've said those words, not him.

Are you drunk?

[Soren]

Originally posted by Winchester:

He's not talking about height, blood hunger or any of what you mention, those words were said by you and not OP. If you choose to read one thing and understand another then perhaps you should read multiple times before commenting anything. You've said those words, not him.

Again, what does level have to do with the ability? Height above ground can be measured in levels. Like a second level, floor, or story. Enemies do come in levels, but that is unrelated to Blood Hunger's blood quality. Like, you act like "level", as in the blood quality coming in 5 tiers or levels.

And you think this is obvious? Maybe you don't understand the conversation and shouldn't be commenting. Because OP literally confirmed he meant the Blood Hunger ability second post down and now you are saying it means none of that actually?

[tojohahn]

Originally posted by MIYUKI:

Any update on this?

You haven't really described what you are talking about. I have no idea what you are referring to and neither does anyone else in the comments below.

[MIYUKI]

Originally posted by tojohahn:

Originally posted by MIYUKI:

Any update on this?

You haven't really described what you are talking about. I have no idea what you are referring to and neither does anyone else in the comments below.

MIYUKI has V Rising 15 hours ago

Originally posted by Silence:
You need to explain EXACTLY what you mean because "Level Vision blurring" doesnt describe much.

If you are referring to the red blurred screen when searching for high quality blood i agree, it is terrible game design and after about an hour will begin to annoy your eyes and possibly a headache after continued exposure and it needs to be changed.

Yep, that is what I am talking about.

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It seems that there are some retentive people here... so let me describe in more detail for those having difficulty understanding my English.

There is a skill in game which allows player to view enemy levels without mousing over them. The screen goes a reddish tint and aside from a small radius around the player character, the entire screen becomes blurred.

It is this blurring that caused me quite bad head aches. Since I was looking for high level enemies specifically, i was running around in that mode constantly. It eventually got to the point where I couldnt play the game and enjoy it because of this blurring effect - the blurring effect serves zero purpose and should be removed.

Hence, my OP, has this been removed yet or not?

I would like to play the game but cannot do so due to this silly visual blurring.

[ling.speed]

The probable reason this went through QA testing is that you get used to it. Not neceserily the effect being bad itself but the controls. The more you play the more natural moving around becomes and it takes less strain to move in Vampire vision.

Knowing how these things go in other games, its unlikely we will get an alternative. But just fyi i did feel similar at first for me too. Key was to unfocus your vision and look for only few small reference points rather than try to see whole picture through blurry mess.

[MIYUKI]

Originally posted by ling.speed:

The probable reason this went through QA testing is that you get used to it. Not neceserily the effect being bad itself but the controls. The more you play the more natural moving around becomes and it takes less strain to move in Vampire vision.

Knowing how these things go in other games, its unlikely we will get an alternative. But just fyi i did feel similar at first for me too. Key was to unfocus your vision and look for only few small reference points rather than try to see whole picture through blurry mess.

I actually tried this, I soon felt it was causing damage to my vision so I stopped.

It serves no purpose, so i really dont see why its still in the game.

[NNLocke]

Originally posted by Winchester:

He's not talking about height, blood hunger or any of what you mention, those words were said by you and not OP. If you choose to read one thing and understand another then perhaps you should read multiple times before commenting anything. You've said those words, not him.

He is, in fact, talking about Blood Hunger. That's the name of the ability he is describing. What other people are pointing out is that the word "level" here is confusing, because the level of the units isn't relevant to this ability - a level 1 unit and a level 80 unit will both look the same if they have the same blood percentage.

The point they're trying to make is that "Level vision blurring" alone, without any other descriptors, is a bit confusing, hence the request for clarification. I'm not sure why this is a hill you've decided to die on, but since you're the only person here that's actually said something factually incorrect, maybe you should consider taking it down a couple of notches.

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@MIYUKI - I don't think anyone was throwing shade about your english or anything, it's just that your description of "levels" is a bit confusing without context since that ability actually DOESN'T show the enemy level, but their blood type percentage, which is different, hence the confusion. I think they just wanted to make sure they weren't going to give you a wrong answer, not giving you a hard time about the words you chose.

That aside, obviously pretty much everyone agrees with you - it's a garbage effect, plus the range is ridiculously limited. Perhaps the devs concern was that everyone would use the ability all the time to scout out and avoid battles without high purity blood types...I don't really see that as a negative, personally, but they can design their game however they want, I guess. It's not enough to keep me from playing, personally, but it's certainly annoying and I can see how it could ruin the experience for you. Here's hoping they remove it, or at least tweak it. Have you considered trying to reach out to the devs?

[ling.speed]

Originally posted by MIYUKI:

Originally posted by ling.speed:

The probable reason this went through QA testing is that you get used to it. Not neceserily the effect being bad itself but the controls. The more you play the more natural moving around becomes and it takes less strain to move in Vampire vision.

Knowing how these things go in other games, its unlikely we will get an alternative. But just fyi i did feel similar at first for me too. Key was to unfocus your vision and look for only few small reference points rather than try to see whole picture through blurry mess.

I actually tried this, I soon felt it was causing damage to my vision so I stopped.

It serves no purpose, so i really dont see why its still in the game.

If you are going to sound that spoiled you wont be taken seriously. Ofc there is purpose in the blur, and ofc you cant damage your vision with that. Sorry if you have an unfortunate medical condition but at this point all i can say is "get over it".

I mean you can play whole game without it no problem. I'd love to agree with you in a discussion on the design of vampire vision, but this is just making a scene. So dont expect the devs to care either.

[Soren]

Originally posted by ling.speed:

Originally posted by MIYUKI:

I actually tried this, I soon felt it was causing damage to my vision so I stopped.

It serves no purpose, so i really dont see why its still in the game.

If you are going to sound that spoiled you wont be taken seriously. Ofc there is purpose in the blur, and ofc you cant damage your vision with that. Sorry if you have an unfortunate medical condition but at this point all i can say is "get over it".

I mean you can play whole game without it no problem. I'd love to agree with you in a discussion on the design of vampire vision, but this is just making a scene. So dont expect the devs to care either.

Too be fair, I remember there was a cancelled study where a bunch of kids were given glasses that made their vision worse to see if this helped improve their vision growing up. It made their overall vision worse so the study was immediately cancelled for ethical reasons. Studies for adults say this is no issue with incorrect glasses and that eye strain does not cause permanent eye damage either.

So if they're a teenager or kid playing V-Rising, maybe copious amounts of blur isn't good for them while they're still developing if a cancelled study is enough to go by?