Reticle almost useless

Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:30 am

The reticule crosshairs/sights are white. My vision is poor enough that it disappears completely against a white background, and that's almost everywhere in the game world. The contrast isn't enough. You should be able to change to color to red or orange. or black, from the settings menu. But there is nothing in settings>display that does that. Or, if there is, I don't know what it is.

But this lack of contrast makes playing both archer AND mage very difficult for me. And my sight is good enough to play the game. Just not good enough to see the site. There has to be more players that have this problem too. Kind of hard to think the game got out of beta without someone noticing that.
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:32 am

The reticule crosshairs/sights are white. My vision is poor enough that it disappears completely against a white background, and that's almost everywhere in the game world. The contrast isn't enough. You should be able to change to color to red or orange. or black, from the settings menu. But there is nothing in settings>display that does that. Or, if there is, I don't know what it is.

But this lack of contrast makes playing both archer AND mage very difficult for me. And my sight is good enough to play the game. Just not good enough to see the site. There has to be more players that have this problem too. Kind of hard to think the game got out of beta without someone noticing that.


Wait... when did the game get out of beta? I could have sworn I was playing beta this whole time...
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:23 am

Dude I play without crossair. Center of the screen is pretty easy to figure out
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:06 pm

They were attempting to make the HUD minimal. I personally have not had any problems at all with the reticule. I find it to be very nice that it is not always in the way.
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 9:53 pm

The crosshair is and always will be in the center of the screen.
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:18 am

The crosshair is and always will be in the center of the screen.


The center of the screen is a larger area than the reticule. i want to pin-point the target area. I want to see into a reticule site. When I pull the drawstring on the bow, or cast a spell.
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Post » Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:56 am

I play without the cross-hair. It's easy to get used to. Always place the arrow on what you want, and then aim slightly to the left of said placement. Well what do ya knowwww?
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Post » Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:27 pm

I play without the cross-hair. It's easy to get used to. Always place the arrow on what you want, and then aim slightly to the left of said placement. Well what do ya knowwww?


And if the reticule were red on white, instead of white on white, I could see it better. In real life, the cross-hair is always was dark, for exactly the reason that light on light is harder to see than dark on light. In OTHER GAMES the cross-hair reticule is dark to facilitate sighting on a light background. Changing the site from white to red or black, would likely take 10 minutes of attention from just 1 of the team of programmers. And could be implemented with the forthcoming DLC.

Why are you 3 against it?

It is a good idea, because, in real-life, it is always used in that way. The way you view the game, with your eyes, it supposed to simulate REAL life. What is the point of being able to select it (turn it on) in the settings, if it still doesn't work right when you do? If you don't want to use it, fine. If you do want to use it, get it right.
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