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[quote name="LicianDragon" date="2018-06-09 09:45:26" ] No support. This whole issue is very confusing for me, being diagnosed with PTSD, having a serious phobia, and having gone through extensive therapy for both. One of the core things you do for phobias/PTSD is to give yourself exposure to the triggers. Hiding away anything that could possibly "trigger" you is the worst thing you could do. If simply looking at a picture, a cartoony one at that, acts as a trigger, you're not handling the disorder correctly. That would be the equivalent to me not being able to hear people yelling on TV because yelling irl puts me into "you're about to need to fight for your life" mode, it's ridiculous. Trying to alter how the site works instead of dealing with the phobia in a healthy manner isn't fair to everyone else. These new eyes are tied to site lore. The magic of Sornieth has changed. Dragon eyes are very heavily tied to their magic so of course that would change too. It makes sense lore-wise for these changes to be random and uncontrollable. Just for my view on the matter; that's exactly what I love about this update. If they made a revert to common, and switched eyes to be obtainable elsewhere, they'd lose a ton of appeal to me. I want the challenge of not knowing what I'm going to get, and seeing how I could improve a dragon who got an eye type that I didn't really like. There's also the fact that you can easily exalt or sell the dragon, or purchase the vial of glowing sight if it's that much of a bother. I would be really bummed if staff went back on this and changed things because of complaints. They didn't cave to the complaints for firefly, they didn't even acknowledge my complaints for tapir, they've stood their ground on so many controversial issues. Even if I'm on the side of wanting change, that's something I have immense respect for. I really hope they stand their ground here as well. [/quote] I would just like to chime in and say that while I agree exposure helps, it's not that easy when a couple of the eyes (Multi-Gaze, Primal Plague, Primal Shadow, and I think Facet) are causing people to feel [b]PHYSICALLY ILL[/b], because they are [u]body horror[/u]. While I personally have no feelings towards any of the eyes above, it was extremely crappy of the staff to include some of these eyes (mainly Multi-Gaze and Facet) into the random pool of possible eyes, where EVERYBODY has a chance of getting them. Nobody is saying get rid of the eyes completely. The whole point of this thread is to at least make those two eyes optional (aka, like the glowing eyes, where you can apply it if you so choose, and if you dont want it, just dont apply it.) Shadow and Plague is easy to avoid for the most part, as long as you dont request any nest rentals in Shadow or Plague. But because Multi and Facet are in the random pool for everybody, it's a massive problem. And another thing, regarding your comment "There's also the fact that you can easily exalt or sell the dragon, or purchase the vial of glowing sight if it's that much of a bother." This would be peachy if it weren't for the fact that these are only going to be available for another day or so, and then they wont be brewable or a possible drop from coli. The only ones that will exist are the ones gotten during the duration of the event, which will continue to rise and rise and rise in price as more are used over time. This is also why we want an item of some kind to just make the eyes back to common.

[quote name="LicianDragon" date="2018-06-09 10:27:59" ] @CherieBits Vials of glowing sight aren't retiring. Feeling physically ill doesn't make exposure therapy impossible. I'm sorry if I come off as rude but I find it so ridiculous to be unable to handle a cartoon image. Real aversion horror, real phobias, etc. don't work like that. Anyone trying to get better from these things wouldn't be trying to force the world to cater to their phobia. I feel physically ill watching bones break, but I would never go around trying to censor things that showed that. It's my problem to deal with, and overcome, not the worlds problem to ensure I never feel a bit of discomfort. [/quote] [quote]The Vial of Scattersight operates in a similar way to the Tri-Color Scatterscroll (but for eye types instead), in that will [b]apply a random natural eye type to the dragon it's used on[/b] (excluding the default “common” eyes that have been available since the site launched.) This allows currently existing dragons a chance at the new natural eye types. [b]These special vials are available only during this event[/b]![/quote] [quote]You can also [b]brew[/b] both items at [b]Baldwin’s Bubbling Brew[/b], and find additional Vials of Scattersight as [b]Coliseum loot drops[/b] during this event. The recipes and loot drops will remain active until [b]Sunday, June 10th, 23:59 Server Time[/b], after which point they will [b]retire permanently[/b].[/quote] Everything else is, and it's really crappy to have to rely on a gem item to make the eyes somewhat survivable, every time a dragon pops up that the person isn't comfortable looking at. I think you might be missing the point. Yes it is a cartoon image, but it still makes people uncomfortable, and in some cases, ill. And because it is in the random pool, it is completely unavoidable; yes, it is extremely rare, up there close to Primal. But it is still a possibility, and that's what people are unhappy with.