I’m not the first one to complain about this, but I wonder how others even play dps with this.
Even on daytime maps, the heroes are not well lit. Add the heal effect on top, and you have just a yellow blob like this:
Where is the head?
I made some screenshots, there is really nothing to aim at if you disable outlines.
The outline is imo too important for seeing anything. I’d prefer rim lighting so much more to separate the heroes from the background (like almost any other game?).
It’s so extreme currently that I sometimes can’t make out what hero I’m aiming at (let alone their expensive skin). This might even affect balance because some heroes get high value from precision.
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Do you have hyper-sensitive eyes or something, I don’t find it distracting at all.
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I have effects on low and yeah still there
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Please post your settings and tell us what video card and divers you are on, also screenshots or video would be cool so we can all get some idea what you’re complaining about. You made some screenshot. Ok cool, where are they? This thing about characters not being well lit on daytime maps seems like possibly some issue with your system, settings, or monitor.
This is not my eyes or my computer, I notice it all gameplay videos. Enemies are yellow orbs with red lines half of the time
Example from 3:12 . not my video
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100% agree. We can get the idea a hero is being healed without the entire character model being a yellow blob. Idk what they were thinking deploying it when it is that obtrusive.
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God knows how they removed two heroes from the match and somehow still made VFX clutter worse.
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They need to fix Sym’s vfx when she’s an enemy. The sound she makes when damaging you is too soft, and her level 3 beam is too similar to the level 1 beam.
Sojourn’s orb has a similar issue of the sound being too soft. I have stood in that orb too many times for no reason in the chaos of a teamfight.
I had to edit my equalizer and settings heavily to get decent surround sound and hear footsteps ok. I feel so bad for people who suffer through the new audio feedback. When Ashe is shooting at you, I have no sweet clue where she is. At least in OW1 I knew where she was in a heartbeat.
Even with the audio, I have a very tough time telling which direction I am being shot at. I prefer OW1’s HUD indicators immensely so far sadly.
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Three yellow orbs and a bunch of yellow crosses completely covering every single character model. I’m happy to know I’m not the only one who finds it disturbing.
I’m colorblind. When they updated the colorblind modes back in 2018 I almost cried of joy. It really changed things for me.
I have enemy outlines set to yellow and this new healing effects are giving me a very hard time unfortunately. I’m really struggling to see enemy outlines because colors get mixed up. This is the color that worked best for me. I‘ve been messing with colorblind settings but so far I haven’t found a better option than the yellow one.
I understand some players might like the new effects, I don’t want them removed. All I ask for is a toggle option.
Please 
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Afaik it wasn’t in the patch notes, but it seems much better now
