I can't remember whether they were ever usable. I turned off the bottom lightbar with Amoury Crate and that may have dimmed the status indicators - or maybe they were always very dim out of the box. I tried flipping settings around in Amoury Crate to fix the problem, but I didn't find any setting for the status lights. They can be controlled via Armoury Create/Aura at all?

If they are dim for everyone, WTH happened? Did some idiot complain that the lights were too bright so they made them too dim? I have to cup my hand around the lgihts and get my head up close to them, then they are barely visible like some faint stars in the sky. The spots floating in my eyes are more visible than those status indicators.