Workarounds for People Who Have Migraines

Think about it this way: at some point or another you have probably noticed that bank of flourescent lights at work or school is starting to go out b/c it is flashing almost imperceptibly in your peripheral vision. When you look directly at it, it appears fine. You try to point it out to someone and they cannot see it. This is how sensitivity to light effects works.

For anyone suffering health effects, I was able to call Bioware and after being transferred several times and approximately 45 minutes on hold was able to "freeze" my remaining subscription time.

I have to call them back after the fix is released and whatever time remained (so for instance if I don't play from now until the patch) they will transfer it, to when I reactivate my account. But If I login at all then I cannot have that time transferred. So because I logged in for 10 minutes today I cannot have today transferred even though the patch was released two days ago.

So my time isn't really frozen, but as long as I don't play it will be transferred.

Still at lease it is some kind of solution.

Bump - the OP deserves to be seen by more people.

Thank you.

I am glad that this has been viewed a lot. Helping people is my singular goal here.

ild have to aggree, that if you are getting migrains and motion sick, please stop playing until the change is put in. i know its a fun game and hard to stop playing, but as someone who had stress migrains for years, they do damage, you dont want any more of them then you can avoid getting. call in and freeze your sub, or let it expire and resub after the patch that removes the blinking, which i did notice, its not overly affecting me, but i can def spot it as an annoying thing on my hotbars when all the buttons change brightness every time i use an ability, shame on you bioware you should know better!

Bump for those who need this information.

I got a work around for you -- stop playing

You know I actually DID like your other thread, right?

I exaggerated, of course, but I think it was a neat perspective to bring to the table.

Just saying. If I'm doing something and it hurts, I stop doing it

Of course. I just go through withdrawals akin to going off pain meds if I stop playing SWTOR.


(That, and I am my guild's best healer. I gotta be there, man!)