POE 1 / POE 2 - Arachnophobia mode

Hey!

As a non-fan of the creepy crawlies and easly spooked once they enter the sceen, I'd be over the moon to see a arachnophobia mode to take the edge of. My favourite implements of this: WoW added silly crabs instead or Satisfactory who added kitty images and sound.

Still love the game and hope to whoever reads to have a wonderfull day <3

If this is really meant seriously and not as a joke, my personal opinion would be to avoid making adjustments to care for someone's inability to adapt to our world.
I mean this will full respect and no bad intentions or mockery. Phobias are very uncomfortable mental states which were created by an event or other people.. and can be removed a similar way. Invest your energy in removing them instead of finding way to avoid them.. it will make you happier in a long run :)

Agreed with 2nd poster, there are literally 100s of phobias (mine is needle and sharp objects) should they (GGG) cater to all of them or just yours?
This is a very tip of iceberg request

This is Path of Exile, it's not for snowflakes.
I have a very deep fear of snakes, but I won't ask GGG to make snakes less snaky, just overcome it and kill mobs faster 😏

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Palagachev#5402 wrote:

just overcome it and kill mobs faster 😏

this. ^^

It's a pretty common request in a lot of games but it would definitely require a lot of work on their part to comply with it given how many spiders there are and spider-like creatures.

A way to block monster groups could potentially alleviate this somewhat, GGG had a system to modify the monster groups previously.. That would be helpful here perhaps though not for all content.

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SilentSymphony#3358 wrote:

It's a pretty common request in a lot of games but it would definitely require a lot of work on their part to comply with it given how many spiders there are and spider-like creatures.

A way to block monster groups could potentially alleviate this somewhat, GGG had a system to modify the monster groups previously.. That would be helpful here perhaps though not for all content.

Sorry if you don’t like magic then don’t watch Harry Potter films (for example).
This is a game of a genre well known to contain monsters, if they aren’t for you then don’t play the game.
Double so if it’s a phobia, not a dislike, and it’s triggering.

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Timbo Zero#8289 wrote:

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SilentSymphony#3358 wrote:

It's a pretty common request in a lot of games but it would definitely require a lot of work on their part to comply with it given how many spiders there are and spider-like creatures.

A way to block monster groups could potentially alleviate this somewhat, GGG had a system to modify the monster groups previously.. That would be helpful here perhaps though not for all content.

Sorry if you don’t like magic then don’t watch Harry Potter films (for example).
This is a game of a genre well known to contain monsters, if they aren’t for you then don’t play the game.
Double so if it’s a phobia, not a dislike, and it’s triggering.

I agree, Wraeclast is a very very harsh world with things that are if anything likely meant to inspire horror in us, It's definitely not a good game for people with phobia's but maybe at some point there's a way to alleviate some of them witha game feature that just so happens to also provide this requested function albeit for an entirely different purpose.

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SilentSymphony#3358 wrote:

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Timbo Zero#8289 wrote:

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SilentSymphony#3358 wrote:

It's a pretty common request in a lot of games but it would definitely require a lot of work on their part to comply with it given how many spiders there are and spider-like creatures.

A way to block monster groups could potentially alleviate this somewhat, GGG had a system to modify the monster groups previously.. That would be helpful here perhaps though not for all content.

Sorry if you don’t like magic then don’t watch Harry Potter films (for example).
This is a game of a genre well known to contain monsters, if they aren’t for you then don’t play the game.
Double so if it’s a phobia, not a dislike, and it’s triggering.

I agree, Wraeclast is a very very harsh world with things that are if anything likely meant to inspire horror in us, It's definitely not a good game for people with phobia's but maybe at some point there's a way to alleviate some of them witha game feature that just so happens to also provide this requested function albeit for an entirely different purpose.

Thank you for supporting my perspective, and I agree it could happen to become a feature at some point in the future but I am not going to be holding my breath (mentioned earlier needles are my phobia, and I can’t see porcupines going anywhere)

Poe2 should add arachnophobia mode but have it turn everything into spiders instead of removing them.