[GAME] Spell effects

As mentioned on another sties feedback, the spell effects for conjurer really need to be improved. There is no reason why they are as boring as they are compared to older FF Games (specifically the ancient magic)

for example, thunder is just a cloud of purple... I personally think it should include a sound that somewhat resembles electricity or thunder and should also include lightning and electricity like effects. not a cloud of purple smoke. (electric spells are always my favorite which is why I'm specifically talking about this but should lead as an example for the rest.)

these are some examples from a 7 year old game...

here is an example of a very simple lightning spell from a game called mabinogi that I feel did it very well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NUW129iGiM

this is an example of how they did the advanced version of their lightning spell, which they call Thunder. I think this is the best example of an electric attack in any game I ever played :0 (this is just video, there is no audio of the spell.. just some creepy ambient sound)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6-jAv-qolw&feature=fvst

and if anyone cares and has got this far... >.>; here is a not as good video, but you can hear it well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFM1caRAmVc

I really think very defined and unique versions of the spells need to be made (another example is blizzard.. just a blue cloud...)

(speaking of this, the skeletons in FFXIV have very very awesome spell effects... some of the best I have ever seen)

Thank you

I agree, when I started playing I wanted to see some awesome spell effects from mages,
but all I saw was boring vector masked image animations of fire, thunder and blizzard...

FFXI magic animations were far superior than this :\...

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Originally Posted by Balbanes

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there isn't an area for game suggestions o_o until one is made they will probably all end up here.

They need to redo all the TP move animations also, almost every TP move is exactly the same.

I think it would be very nice if the size/elaboration of the animations were dependant on damage/etc. My example of this is that a conjurer who lasts a weak Fire II spell will have a small puff of fire like what we have now. If however, that conjurer buffed his spell up and got a critical hit and a limitbreak the animation of Fire II would be quite large and specatular.

hmm the point of the mabinogi links was to show off the spell effects and sound and how good they are, but what you suggest would also be a really interesting thing. (I honestly think all MMOs can learn a lot from Mabinogi especialy in terms of clothes and character customization)

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Originally Posted by Bernkastel

there isn't an area for game suggestions o_o until one is made they will probably all end up here.

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I think the best place would be the general discussion with either a [devXXXX]-tag or normal topic. :)

most people are posting them here so I think this is fine until they make a real suggestion area