Why can't we reduce foliage / is editing GGPK still a bannable offense?

I've been running jungle valley and with all the little plants on the ground it's _actually_ impossible to see some ground effects in some positions such as runes of the searing exarch.

I know the graphics designers really like their leafy plants but holy hell please allow us to render less worthless animated visual detail. My computer can barely run 3.26 as is (same PC I've had since 3.18) thanks to engine changes over the years.


I have a visual processing disorder and usually I can overcome it but this league with the downscale resolution I've had to set and the overall graphical issues I just .... kinda want to stop.


First time I've felt this way in PoE 1, ever.

Help.