Anet Should Help The Color Blind!

Lord Mendes

Lord Mendes

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

Derka-Derka Land

Steel Phoenix (StP)

E/

/NOT SIGNED.

jk lol
/signed 100%.
Color customization for the different types of conditions would be pretty awesome.

N8DOGG

N8DOGG

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

here

Modified Soul Society [SOUL]

W/Mo

/signed

anything to help out anyone that wants to play guildwars.

Carinae

Carinae

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2005

Inside

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

/signed

I myself have bouts of colorblindedness. But in my case it usually involves large quantities of Witch's Brew and Absinthe.

Focus! Focus! ... Oh, wait, it's MY problem.

Billiard

Billiard

Doctor of Philosophy

Join Date: May 2005

Pacific Northwest

Team Love [kiSu] www.teamlove.us

I edited the thread title to make it a little less deceptive.

Francis Demeules

Francis Demeules

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Canada, Qc

[Holy]

Me/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Billiard
I edited the thread title to make it a little less deceptive.
Much better

jummeth

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Mar 2006

London

Diary of a Madman [SiKK]

/signed

this would be nice. after all, I can't imagine this will be very strenuous as an update.

Symeon

Symeon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

Well, it appears this is in the index...

Quote:
Originally Posted by Index of Ideas
Colour editing options
...but is missing a link... so this thread can be that!

/signed

Greeneth

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Dec 2005

Manchester, UK

The Golden Hoard

W/Me

/signed

Samueldg

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Colorado

N/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloody Death
There are subtitles.

/signed
so all the deaf People should be content with pve?

try getting on a team for heros ascent without TS or Vent..

those two programs have all but eliminated the current useage of crtl T...

even in GVG matches... granted deaf people CAN see pings on the mini map et al.. but your team all using TS means you have no idea whos doing what..

Anets "battle replay" has helped a great deal in allowing hearing impaired to watch how battles move.. but the crutch is still the same... unless you can hear your not getting on a pvp team very easy.. AND if you actually manage to do so your out of the loop the entire time..


I know of four people who are deaf and play guildwars.

we all talk to eachother about the game mechanics and how its fairly well set up to accomodate hearing impaired.. and the majority of players who do pvp use ts/vent which nullifies the in-game tools...

this really isnt an issue Anet can do anything about, but its something you all can...

Dumbassturtle

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

/signed

customizable ui, or at least even options to revert to older ui's or pre-prepared ui's

Not color blind in any way that I know but I color code and organize things to help me offset my brain problems.

Pkest

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

Hooded Reavers of Eternal Life(Ankh)

R/

/signed

My son has red-green issues and has pretty much stopped playing because it's too hard for him to keep track of what's going on with the way it is now.

Mars Dragonblade

Mars Dragonblade

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2006

Awesometon.

Ministry of Fate [MoF]

W/

I'm not colour blind, but I'll back up anything that makes GW better for everyone.

/Signed

Cjlr

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

SMS

E/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr Strangelove
What the deuce? Yellow and green names? I'm staring at it right now and I can't tell the difference to save my life.
I didn't know until someone told me either.

AJM

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

Order of the Soulflame

W/Rt

There's not a whole lot to be done for deaf people in PvP short of them learning to type 70 words per minute, and/or introducing lots of customizable macros. Making the game easier for colorblind folks, though, would not be hard.

/signed

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by AJM
Making the game easier for colorblind folks, though, would not be hard.

/signed
if it truly is as easy as some/most of you seem to think it is it will be done.

if it is a lot harder than you think it is they will not .

and dont expect anything before/shortly after Nightfall as they are on the home stretch for that and after launch they will be busy fixing bugs that pop up

Xenrath

Xenrath

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

W/Me

I've colourblindness as well so I support this. I don't like how the new interface health bars just fade between conditions etc. makes it less contrast and noticeable.

I also have trouble distinguishing between Guild chat and Local chat. The green/yellows or whatever they are, look very very similar to me and sometimes I need to switch Local chat on/off just to make out the Guild Chat - been that way since before the UI change.

tASE

tASE

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2006

IAmCanadian

Heaven's Covenant

W/Mo

/signed
i want more customisation in the GUI, talking color, because the interface moddification already inplace is quite cool, but colors would be a big +

Grevious the Purger

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2006

Soul Destroyers Guild

W/E

/signed My friend is colour blind and uses mend ailment every 2 secs

MegaMouse

MegaMouse

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2006

south mississippi

Warriors Of Melos WOM

E/N

I agree that A-Net and NC-Soft should do something for the color blind. I have a friend who is partialy color blind and he plays Guild Wars. They could make and option and put it into the options menu to correct this then it wouldn't be as big a problem to implenemt. Possibly allowing each player to outline arrows or have a setting that can change certian aspects to help out our colorblind players.
this should not be too hard to do, just might take a bit of time to get the coding down right.

Mega Mouse

mitch herbort

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2006

ohio

... idk

Mo/

/signed :/ now that u mentioned it guildwars is like one big rainbow,
user customizations would be handy, i wold turn everything purple.... YAY PURPLE... sorry i love purple.

Killaya

Killaya

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2006

Ohio

Fabric of Existence [ohGr]

N/Mo

/signed

My boyfriend is Red/Green colourblind as well.

Plushie Penguin

Plushie Penguin

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

That plushie penguin on a shelf in your bed room

Rt/E

/signed

yay for 2 X chromosomes!
maybe I spelled that wrong...

the guys in my family have a green/blue one

RodyPA

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2006

Life With The Thrill Kill Kult [Kult]

R/

/signed

I have a guildie that's color blind, and this would help.

fallot

I'm the king

Join Date: Nov 2005

Aussie Trolling Crew: Grand Phallus and Chairman Pro Tempore

/signed, also have a guildie that's colorblind.

Dr Strangelove

Dr Strangelove

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Dec 2005

Wasting away again in Margaritaville

[HOTR]

Major threadomancy on this one. They fixed this a long time ago, I think in the April 26th factions update.

Dark Saga

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Cjlr
That, and telling Ranger and Necromancer bosses apart from their auras.
Noone can do that I like the idea of customization but that may take alot of work, at least they could do as the OP says and have a border for the arrow.

/Signed

Edit - Oh, they got a border now :P Should have checked, anyhow, still signed to make it even better

Thalion Galad

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2006

/signed

kimahri

kimahri

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

Defenders of the Blackblade [DotB]

E/

/Signed

How could anyone say no?

DarkRaider

DarkRaider

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

WTB 20/20 and 20/19 MESMER Staves

W/

/Signed

For the Colourblind!

Corran Horn

Corran Horn

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

Alliance of Xen

R/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by EternalTempest
/signed

I would shoot anet techsupport as well.
What did they ever do to you?

/signed a little late I guess

Also, an easy way to tell if a boss is a ranger or necro is to look at them. Ranger bosses tend to use bows.

Addone_Abaddon

Addone_Abaddon

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2006

Jersey, Channel Islands

Perfection Is Everything [PiE]

W/

/signed


I'll be able to tell the names in yellow from the ones in green

Ilithis Mithilander

Ilithis Mithilander

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2006

Testing Eternity

E/

/signed

to make guildwars a better game.

lucifer_uk

lucifer_uk

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2006

Nottingham, England

The Venerable Truth [TvT] The Venerable Alliance [TvH] [TvL]

R/

/Signed

Custom colours would be nice.

Black and white anyone?

Skyy High

Skyy High

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2006

R/

Holy necromancy.

Didn't ANet update the default UI all around a while ago? Did it help this issue at all (I'm asking anyone who happens to be color blind)?

The Last Windseeker

The Last Windseeker

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2006

R/

I am red/green color green color blind as well, but I have no problems whatsoever distinguishing status conditions on characters. I do suppose that if it is a problem for you it is probably a problem for other people as well, but Anet may not always be able to cater to a small percentage of the community. Even so, I will sign just for the sake of there being more options for people with disabilities.

/sign

Atomheart

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

Rt/

/Signed.
Equality for the win.
And to the ones that do not agree: Express your opinion in a way that does not sound offensive.