dev1037 New Battle Effects

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Originally Posted by BelgianRofl

The spell-casting animations, as well as the spell animations themselves are just weak in FFXIV. It seems all they did here was adjust one variable - the size.

April 19th, ppl....

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What makes you think the patch will hit April 19th and not sooner?

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Originally Posted by Benji

What makes you think the patch will hit April 19th and not sooner?

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nah, he's somehow arguing the remote possibility of people quitting FFXIV in droves when Portal 2 is released. because you know, everyone would quite his MMORPG of choice for a (great, mind you) primarily single player game that offers 6 hours of gameplay in a generous estimate.

I'm sure FFXIV will be quite underpopulated on April 19th... for a whole six hours.

When it comes to AM magic.... if the nonexistent spell animation is doubled.....

0 x 2 = 0

I'm expecting no change....

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Originally Posted by Maverick_Hawkeye

When it comes to AM magic.... if the nonexistent spell animation is doubled.....

0 x 2 = 0

I'm expecting no change....

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LOL

That's pretty damn funny! Seriously though, animations have been a strong point in Final Fantasy games in recent years. It's one of the signature characteristics - like chocobos. I started leveling a few melee jobs only to notice identical weapon skill animations. We need to mix it up a little bit....

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Originally Posted by BelgianRofl

That's pretty damn funny! Seriously though, animations have been a strong point in Final Fantasy games in recent years. It's one of the signature characteristics - like chocobos. I started leveling a few melee jobs only to notice identical weapon skill animations. We need to mix it up a little bit....

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And again, you seem to be missing the glaringly obvious fact that this change has absolutely nothing to do with animations.

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Originally Posted by Maverick_Hawkeye

0 x 2 = 0

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The size of the effects is factually not zero. And since we're talking about size, the above equation doesn't apply.

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Originally Posted by Abriael

And again, you seem to be missing the glaringly obvious fact that this change has absolutely nothing to do with animations.



The size of the effects is factually not zero. And since we're talking about size, the above equation doesn't apply.

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Some people just have no humor whatsoever.

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Originally Posted by Abriael

nah, he's somehow arguing the remote possibility of people quitting FFXIV in droves when Portal 2 is released. because you know, everyone would quite his MMORPG of choice for a (great, mind you) primarily single player game that offers 6 hours of gameplay in a generous estimate.

I'm sure FFXIV will be quite underpopulated on April 19th... for a whole six hours.

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It's extremely non-generous to assume portal 2 will only have "6 hours" of gameplay, between the SP, 2 player co-op campaign and the challenges. The SP is supposed to be much longer than the original.

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Originally Posted by Alhanelem

It's extremely non-generous to assume portal 2 will only have "6 hours" of gameplay, between the SP, 2 player co-op campaign and the challenges. The SP is supposed to be much longer than the original.

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Actually the "6 hours" estimate comes directly from valve. You can even add another 6 hours for co-op (that not everyone is going to do), and you get a completely negligible effect on the MMORPG market.

The only visible effect will be on sales, and FFXIV is free at the moment.

But actually, Portal 2 might have a very benficial effect on FFXIV, or at the very least on it's forums. We can only hope.

I personally like the change, and i like that they released at least something! Id still love to see some more stuff other then just larger graphical effects. Still looks nice tho, looks like the spell is more powerful ^_^. Visual appeal is just as important as game play to alot of people.

I think the 6 hours was generous, I would have said 3 for most games these days. Like Metal Gear Solid 4 or Star War Force Unleashed II or Prototype.