new prop visual effect = headache + ugly (and epilepsy trigger issue ?)

[Furio]

Originally Posted by AKA_Tenn

and as for the prop being a disadvantage... if everyone has a shiny prop, then everyone has the same disadvantage, and its not a disadvantage anymore. if you make it an optional thing, then some will have a disadvantage while others don't.

Talking of advantage-disadvantage is an issue for online users only, and probably brings us away from the topic.

Putting aside for a moment the like-dislike debate, in real life the prop is completely invisible for 95% of sunlight angles. For the remaining 5% of case, you can focus your sight beyond sun reflection, a thing you cannot do with the same effectiveness watching a comp screen.

Then there are the health-comforts issues. Epilepsy must be a primary concern, but we also should be concerned with other undesirable effects, such as headache, vertigo and nausea.

Conclusion: for the sake of realism, and for health-comfort reasons, I’m asking for a much, much more subtle effect.
However, I’m aware that other people have different tastes, and an option can be a solution for all needs. But the order of priority should be reversed. Realism and health-concerns ask for a subtler effect as standard. Option should be there for people who prefer a less realistic and more visible prop effect.