Why is this a choice between horrid yellow chalk outlines, or terrible sparkles everywhere? Come on now, this isn’t immersive or fun to have. It’s a literal eyesore, for me.
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I reported it during beta and as usual, they just ignore us.
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I agree and I would like the “Awesome Smelling Feet” buff quest givers got to be a toggle of some kind.
It’s like getting a puzzle that’s already been pre-solved for you and you just have to push the pieces together. Where’s the fun in that?
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I feel like the outlines got brighter and more obnoxious… 
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I disable outlines because I love sparkles.
They did, that’s why I’m going with sparkles here.
I feel like it was only quest objectives that had the outlines before… but maybe I just had it toggled off and that’s why it seems so intense now?
They did, they used to be more a thick border kind:
http://i.imgur.com/1vlrDgZ.jpg
You are correct, only the objectives had the outline. This is even the name of the setting in-game right now “Quest Objectives”.
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There should’ve been options for thinner or thicker outlines.
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Yes, super annoying that “Disabled” doesn’t mean disabled, it means “put sparkles on EVERYTHING!!!” Really?
Hmmm, wonder if there’s some kind of console command to fix this issue…
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I agree I play the game in what I call immersion mode more like a single player game and always have and this is so distracting I turned off outline when they first introduced it because it broke my immersion. So looks like Blizzard said nope we want to ruin your immersion and make the world look ugly even though our artists do good jobs.
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There absolutely should be a way to disable it completely.
I chose to keep it because it helps with my eyesight issues. But it’s not needed by everyone. And options are always best.
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I need the sparkles because my blind eyes can’t see it otherwise.
But I fully agree there should be an option to remove both the outline and sparkles, as well as the ability to dial them up or down in intensity.
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Completely agree there needs to be an option to get rid of the sparkles entirely. I’ve tried every single option available in the new interface options menu and NONE remove the sparkles, even after re-loading and re-logging. What bright bulb gave this the green light? It’s absolutely obnoxious, off-putting, distracting, and ridiculous! Antros looks like a weird giant robot Christmas tree; Bolvar looks like the prettiest goth in Hot Topic; I see sparkles even on portals (presumably, but arguably, quest related?); every single quest giver looks plain absurd. Honestly, it looks like a sentient glitter gun got loose and went haywire across Azeroth. I understand that some folks may need it for accessibility reasons: if that’s the case, make it a completely optional accessibility option. Don’t make it a false choice between outlines and sparkles, especially when the sparkles never really go away and absolutely inundate the landscape. Dragonflight questing is going to be a headache at this rate.
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we already have the ‘!’ over quest givers heads to notify they have a quest for us…why do they need to sparkle or glow? do we as a player base have such a bad attention span that we need a quest giver to sparkle, to notify us we should talk to them?
what’s next, will they make loud, jarring alert noises, while giving us jump scares just to get our attention?
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I like having outlines on quest items you gotta pick up, but not on anything else. Unfortunately the option that outlines quest items also outlines some quest givers too …
We had the option before and it was taken away because reasons. Hopefully someone will make an addon eventually.