Darkside Aura .. hurts my eyes. Can't turn it off.

It's really an ugly effect compared to every other effect in the game.

I also kinda wish it only showed up in combat and/or if I've got battle effects off for non party members that I wouldn't see it.

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Originally Posted by Kathryn

I'm pretty damned sure all you guys are just crying for the sake of something to cry about, I'm running the game on DX11 at Max with 60fps while streaming it and all i see if little tiny flashes of red everyso often seriously stop moaning.

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It may be a DX version thing, then. With DX9, every DRK I pass looks like they have an invisible raver fandancing around them with glowsticks.

Another vote for more 'Dark Knight' & less 'Not-At-All DARK Knight'.

As severe an example I know it to be, I can't help but think it looks like a child with a gun bared for no other reason but to show off they have a gun. It looks like you can't control yourself, and are simply lazy. No one looks intimidating when just standing around glowing like a disco ball of angst. They don't understand they do not look edgy and menacing, but childish and easily impressed with themselves. I say this as someone who has taken Dark Knight as their new main, while I will never claim to be the best, I can proudly say I wont be found standing about with Dark Side aura up on constantly, I'm no try hard that needs to "express his darkness" to everyone.

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Originally Posted by Etiken

They could just center the aura around the weapon. That would be kind of cool imo.

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This is definitely the best solution. It keeps the cool-looking effect, without being visual-overkill for everyone else.

I'd really like to not have any of the swirly, glowy, swooshy effects on my character at all. Even GL III gets on my nerves. A "Character Aura Effects " ON/OFF button would be fantastic.

I play as a DRK from now on, I love the aura and the only time I deactivate it is during a dungeon in between trash pulls if my MP are low.

I hope they keep it as it is, I love the dark and edgy atmosphere it gives my character ♥

More of ugly than annoying for me, it will be great if it can be turn off along the other battle settings, but otherwise I can live with it. I still wonder why they don't use the dark flame aura that fray gets instead... that is much better looking imo.

it should glow even more and add additional effects to it :P

Would be nice if we get a more condensed aura which covers a much smaller area. Could be from the eyes/arms/weapons/feet, the current aura take up far too much space. The effect in Zordrage's signature is a good choice too.

I played with DRK a little and did find that aura too elaborate to my liking.

Although if I'm not mistaken, doesn't it consume your MP? Since MP is such an important resource, perhaps the effect is this way to make sure players always know when it's on and when it's off?

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Originally Posted by Alacran

As severe an example I know it to be, I can't help but think it looks like a child with a gun bared for no other reason but to show off they have a gun. It looks like you can't control yourself, and are simply lazy. No one looks intimidating when just standing around glowing like a disco ball of angst. They don't understand they do not look edgy and menacing, but childish and easily impressed with themselves. I say this as someone who has taken Dark Knight as their new main, while I will never claim to be the best, I can proudly say I wont be found standing about with Dark Side aura up on constantly, I'm no try hard that needs to "express his darkness" to everyone.

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Exactly what I think!
I kee my Dark Side off whenever I'm in cities, or just exploring. I feel it's so out of place if I'm not fighting.

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Originally Posted by Hyunckel

I play as a DRK from now on, I love the aura and the only time I deactivate it is during a dungeon in between trash pulls if my MP are low.

I hope they keep it as it is, I love the dark and edgy atmosphere it gives my character ♥

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The aura is so large that half the time I can't tell which character it's coming from. I certainly am not thinking "dark and edgy" when I see it. I'm thinking "broken and an annoyance, and getting in the way of things I actually want to be seeing".

They should make it tht dark aura has a small wind up dark harnessing animation tht only lasts a few secs then it becomes a subtle dark glowy outline of the character. Its like make it ssj1 instead of ssj3 lol.

Just give us the red eyes that Fray or Curious Gorge gets when they gets pissed.

I quite like the aura, and the general flashiness of the class in general. Tank classes are always so dull in the particle and special effects department. PLD, which I've played since launch, was bland as &:":$3) (insert explicative). Don't think I'll ever go back. An option to disable the aura, visually, for those of you that have an issue is something that will likely be added. But I really hope that they leave the razzle-dazzle as is. No need to kill the fun for everyone.

P.S. I'm also in the "love the new VOs camp". I mean most of the old ones were absolutely horrid. Like budget anime tier. Especially Raubhan and Alphinade (spelling is likely wrong on each name--no autocorrect for that!).

Seriously people let little things bother them. I've like 10 people with it on and just ignore it. The battle effect I can understand but the effect itself is fine.

If they dimmed/shrank the Dark Side aura, it would be more difficult when walking through town to quickly identify who around you is a total tool.

DRK Aura looks pretty weird to me,its like they fart in black&red and the stench refuse to fade away.WAR Aura,in the other hand,looks a lot cooler.

I agree with the aura needing to be combat only or toned down when out of combat.

As someone who is currently enjoying DRK I do somewhat dislike this aura, as many people have mentioned I think it would be better if it was less widespread and closer to the character.

so much dark hate !!! you guys are jelly from our aura :P, KEEP IT ON SE :P

If they have to change it, I rather it be like this:

http://www.pso-world.com/psu/items/875/11029.jpg

In fact I think the aura should be larger...

http://i.imgur.com/h32Pfqx.gif

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Originally Posted by SokiYagami

I still wonder why they don't use the dark flame aura that fray gets instead... that is much better looking imo.

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Agreed....

It looks really dumb as it is. My Drk is a male highlander and it looks like I could fit 2-3 other highlanders into my Aura

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Originally Posted by FallenArisen0990

If they have to change it, I rather it be like this:

http://www.pso-world.com/psu/items/875/11029.jpg

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Something like this would look appropriate and well just simply a lot better(tuned to ff's graphics). I like how it looks like it's coming off the character and it doesn't take up a gigantic amount of room. It looks like something with dark power, not some random club strobe light man.

Came across a DRK with the aura on shortly after reading this thread. Out of curiosity, I switched to WAR and popped Infuriate to compare the two. The result was this:

http://i.imgur.com/hpPL1zY.png

Yes, the WAR aura is brighter and more visible, but it's also more compact. It also automatically turns off after half a minute or less (depending on what you do), whereas the DRK aura can go on pretty much indefinitely.

If the DRK aura had been time-limited, or set to "show only during combat", that'd be fine with me. But a (semi-)permanent aura like that? It's... a bit like the magitek mount cannon or the behemoth mount. One by one, they're okay, but get too many in the same place and it's just headache-inducing XD

Almost made my own thread until my friend found this one, it needs to go, its an eyesore and it looks tacky.

I don't think it needs to go entirely, just make it smaller that's all!
OR other Dark Knights (sich as you'rs trully) could be more considerate and turn it off on fully populated areas!



....ike that would ever happen :(

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Originally Posted by Nektulos-Tuor

Well it isn't just that. The attacks are so flashy that I can't even see the cool sword animations my character has. Whats the point of having animations when i'm always covered in darkness?

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I'm not terrible concerned about the red-glowy effect itself, however the one move that covers the floor with black and red and is super-loud I find too obnoxious... and people were doing this on day 1 all over the place. It's nearly heal-spam obnoxious.

I'm Curious, the Job Action Video showed that the Dark Knight had a Shadow Force beneth them, is that a diffrent skill or something? if Not using that Animation for Darkside wouldn't be as bad either

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Originally Posted by KisaiTenshi

I'm not terrible concerned about the red-glowy effect itself, however the one move that covers the floor with black and red and is super-loud I find too obnoxious... and people were doing this on day 1 all over the place. It's nearly heal-spam obnoxious.

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Easily remedy by lowering the sounds levels in the options. There is no reason to have everything at 100%. Only thing I keep at 100% is BGM with voices at 80%. Everything else ranges from 30% to 50%.

SE: Please add Dark Aura effect to the "Battle Effects Settings" So I can choose to see it or not. I hate it with a passion.

Please.

Much as I love Dark Knight, gotta agree with this. It's huge, distracting, and honestly kind of ugly too. It's even more of an eyesore when people just stand around with it on.

please tone it down or remove it.

I wouldn't go so far to say it's hurting my eyes - but its annoying. Gonna co-sign on this thread in hopes we can at least disable this in the options menu.

On the other hand, I was just thinking, maybe they should keep it the way it is. This way we can tell which people actually care that they are potentially annoying to others, and which only care about how "cool" and "unique" and "special snowflake" they are!
That was a half-joke, but it is how I feel on the inside when I see other Dark Knights with Dark Side on inside cities. I keep it off whenever I'm not actively in combat (during dungeon runs or hunting) and I honestly think it's just a matter of etiquette.

Personal opinion, of course, but judging by other's posts here I think I have the right of it.

I'd like it removed aswell.

their red circle AoE on the ground is annoying too.

I don't know what kind of graphic settings you guys have but I have not found that aura to be as obnoxious as some of you seem to think. I found it to be lacking and slightly excessive; it takes up twice as much space as the character. having it around the weapon seems like an appropriate alternative or maybe on the glove since some weapons have their own effects.

in the mean time, if it is rally that terrible, you might have to resort turning off effects, but i doubt many want to do that.

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Originally Posted by Koldhara

I don't know what kind of graphic settings you guys have...

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Maximum settings.

I'll agree that the red aura itself isn't "huge" but it's ridiculous in how much space it takes up. The red and black circle on the ground however, combined with the sound it makes is extremely anime-level overkill.

The Darkside aura is literally the only visual effect in this game i have ever actually called ugly.

FFXIV's aura effects are usually so pretty and wispy and fluid. The weapon glows look amazing. Darkside is just huge and looks very F2P MMOish, feels out of place in this game.