Accessability EA Feedback from a Visually Impaired Person

Context
I am a legally blind gamer. PoE2 is not my first ARPG (been playing since D2 vanilla). I was also a Top 50 US WoW Guild leader (i.e. boss mechanics + coordination). I am also a retired SWE so am familiar with the demands/queue of software development.

THANK YOU for reading this input.
THANK YOU for making the game as accessible as it is already.

What Works
Bosses
- Sound ques
Map
- Ability to use overlay map & adjust it
- Ability to hide corner map
UI
- Ability to increase cursor size/invert

Barriers
Gameplay
- Visual clarity can be a bit rough at times, i.e. cluttered screen + bloom effects etc
- Not obvious via sound/more distinct visuals when low on health (e.g. 25%)
- Loot on ground visual clarity (e.g. yellow vs. white, quality affixed, etc)
UI
- Combo points can be hard to read/notice
- Health/Mana bars size/location above character can be hard to read in middle of a fight
- Inability to adjust font family/size
- Reading underlined text can be tricky (holding alt) when using a screen magnifier to try to read text (e.g. WIN + [plus])
Map
- Can be hard to see the "player icon" in the overlay map (i.e. no radiating when opened, etc)
- The distinction between a "grey" and "white" skull is not very distinct
- Quest log being pinned to a side can be hard if you have poor per phial vision
Last edited by gospelwut#7081 on Dec 22, 2024, 2:04:34 PM
Last bumped on Dec 22, 2024, 11:58:34 AM

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