Ok so you're saying these don't show up under the filter "Focus effects"? (Assuming such a filter exists). Also, if focus effect spam happening for irrelevant spells (for example, healing focus showing after casting a damage spell etc) or is that not a thing?
I logged in and took some screenshots of focus effect/spell spam in case they might help. For reference, I was wearing the following focus effects at the time:
- Damage Increment
- Range Increment
- Mana Conservation
- Casting Speed Increment
- Duration Increment
- Reagent Conservation
- Affliction Enhancement
- Companion Strength
- Control Enhancement
- Fiery Chaos
- Jayla's Impact
- Runes of Eternity
- Akhevan Hubris
Here is what comes up when I cast a heal spell and nothing else, with regular spell messages in
red and focus effect spam in
lime green:
Here is what comes up when I cast a nuke on myself and nothing else:
For the above screenshots, I removed my wrist gear to avoid clutter. When I put my
NZ wrist back in, it became even more cluttered:
Given that the NZ wrist has a 100% proc rate, that means every single time I'd cast a nuke, my spell window would be smacked with
nine lines of focus effect-related spam. It's already hard enough to keep an eye on what's happening during a round of buffing or during battle, but this kind of spam makes it virtually impossible to keep up with spell messages.
There are two methods for hiding or redirecting text that is supposed to fall under the "Focus Effects" category, both of which are broken. One method is to create a hidden/minimized chat window and right-click on that chat window to direct focus effects there:
The preferred method is to simply disable the text altogether in
ALT + O > Filters > Focus Effects by choosing to hide them:
Again, both these methods are broken in the current client.
I have no idea what kinds of solutions might be available to you, Rymy, but as a last resort, I don't think a single person would be bent out of shape if you found a way to break focus effect messages altogether so they simply don't render any of this flavor text. Whose bright idea was it all those years ago at Sony to decide players would want to see these messages for every single spellcast anyway? The game is already heavy enough on spam! Besides, their efficacy can be verified on the fly by comparing spellcasts with the focus item equipped vs. unequipped.
