Flight Rising's Responsive Layout Is Supposedly for Accessibility- And It Does Just the Opposite
*This post will not be using screenshots, due to the fact it has been proven to cause eyestrain and headaches for those viewing them. For source, click here.
This update, changing the entire site UI and introducing Dark Mode, is incredibly unfriendly to those who are visually impaired and/or dyslexic, at the very least.
It causes eyestrain, headaches, issues reading the site without zooming in or zooming out, and dark mode is no improvement to that.
There are also odd changes like switching buttons around, crunching down treasure amounts into odd formats that make it hard to read, and eliminating the tan accents and gradients while making the white 5% 'darker' is incredibly unfriendly to those listed above, as well as anyone with a sensitivity to bright light that is not truly fixed with Dark Mode and Slate Mode.
To make matters worse, filing a ticket to lodge a complaint about the inaccessibility of this update is difficult! You are not told upon filing a ticket that you must create a Stormlight Workshop account to even file it, unlike other sites, which allow you to report without an additional account.
In response to this 'accessibility' update being an inaccessibility update, I am proposing a Flight Rising blackout period in protest.
The blackout starts midnight Eastern Standard Time on April 24th, 2026, and lasts until midnight Eastern Standard Time on April 27th, 2026.
Yes, dragons will go hungry for a bit, but feed your clans before if you must and join in me in protesting this mistake Flight Rising has made that alienates a huge portion of their player base.
