The major disconnect this runs into is that most other games that have motion sickness concerns haven’t planned, designed, and even implemented an alternative. Calls for accessibility would require significant design considerations and possibly even changing the intended experience. If Blizzard hadn’t announced that legacy flying would be an option, I would at least understand the argument.
But they did announce it was coming. Whatever design compromise might be required from it existing has already been made. Whatever gameplay experience will be sacrificed from players being able to opt out of dragon riding will be part of the game.
Instead, they are putting MORE time into creating barriers for players to be able to use legacy flying. This is the opposite of demanding a developer add an accessibility option that wasn’t part of their plans.
I can understand this in part but also here another angle.
People pilot there characters in game in varying levels of competence. I would say the majority of players have zero handicap and can pilot there character in any part of the game, raiding, dragons, PvP, ect.
Now, if you have severe arthritis or cognitive issues you may only participate in world content, RP, and low level dungeons due to your issues and not being able react physically or mentally fast enough.
Just because you play the game doesn’t mean you play at the same level as everyone else. Does this mean they should change every aspect of the game to cater, no. Are there exceptions, yes.
To end this, I’m full stop in support of Pathfinder and I won’t change that. Even playing the game in world content over time you can easily have it completed by the time the achievement drops.
Flight specifically? No. It is a part of larger issue. Wrath attempted to attract anyone and everyone. New players were called wrath babies. That trend continued into MoP. New players were called MoP kids.
WoW has yoyo’d back and forth between player design suggestions attempting to cater to different groups of players that want conflicting design.
So again, what does normal flying give that dragonflying does not do better? The only relevant complaint was the use of mounts that have been bought and earned. As someone else mentioned, they are slowly addressing that.
What? No one is questioning that people have disabilities. We are questioning how people with disabilities can’t point their mouse in a direction and hit space bar plus one or two additional key binds every 10 seconds.
And if that is still not possible, mate how is that person playing the game at all because they certainly are going to have trouble doing much else in this or any other game.
because thats not the only consideration. for example, flying to valdrakken, had to rest on a rock in the water. an elite hydra emerged from the water and tried to have me for lunch. took almost 30 minutes to get up to valdrakken from ground level. its not as simple as you make it out to be. i will never forget first time i tried to fly to tyr from val. it was so stupid, i almost logged because i was losing patience
This is more for the people that have an issue with riding whether it causes nausea or whatever. I don’t think I’ll be getting it. I did manage to get all the renown levels capped with the catchup mechanic not long ago. The only exception is the loam niffin or whatever they’re called. I couldn’t be bothered since the catch up mechanic didn’t apply to them
What are the disabilities associated with Dragon Riding and what about the feature causes them? Genuinely asking, I’ve scrolled through the thread and found dozens of anti-Pathfinder posts talking about disabilities but other than mentions of vertigo and nausea I can’t seem to find the names/sources of the afflictions themselves.
lol
personally Im just preemptively blocking anyone who comes in asking that question.
They act innocent at first, then within a few posts theyre insulting and attacking just like the others have been.
Not wasting any time with trolling in here anymore
I was referring to specifically the neurological issues mentioned but unspecified. Someone with rheumatoid arthritis to that extent would likely have issues playing WoW or any game in general, I would assume.
It does actually. I am tired of seeing features nerfed or removed. The list of things we have lost to appease the ends of the bell curve is frankly too long to list without it being sad.
Static flight was interesting in 2006. It is not any more. It is lazy and uninspired.
It is also not perfect. Instead of asking for content to be nerfed or removed, suggest improvements or additions so that it can continue to be fun for everyone.
There isn’t going to be a medical named affliction. It is different per person.
The disabilities could be lack of proper dexterity due to Carpal tunnel or arthritis. They may have found alternative ways to play, but the alternative may not be enough.
You may have players who get motion sickness due to how the Dragon Riding is done. The sudden jolt upwards in an area that has open spaces could cause motion sickness. The speed and zoom effects of the spiral within an enclosed spaced could be another.
Blizzard has implemented some measures to help those players, but may not be enough.
Example: I am in the first category, dexterous disabilities. I found a work-around since I had a very hard time controlling the dragon in mid flight (as well as other aspects of the game, including combat). My work-around is a Xbox One controller and ConsolePort Addon. It definitely works for me.
That was my thought, controllers for the dexterous category, which I’d assume works even better for dragon riding than mouse and keyboard. So it’s no specific ailment in the latter category so much as very tailored issues for each person.
Thanks for answering me btw, I’ve noticed a big uptick in talks about disabilities the closer we get to normal flying and it was starting to confuse the hell out of me.
