Dun Scaith Ferdiad debuff confusion

I feel like the debuff that Ferdiad gives you should have a minus(-) symbol instead of a plus(+) symbol since the debuff is elemental defense down.

Interesting point.
I could see that working nice.
Just the plus or minus might not stop people from needing to mouse over the debuff to see what it's all about though.
I wonder if there's a way it could be make to look more like a vuln stack, because it really is just an elementally themed vuln debuff.
But you're def right, the wording doesn't really agree with the icon lol.

There's an icon? I just always saw the "your resistance to [element] plummets" text on screen and worked from there.

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Originally Posted by Iscah

There's an icon? I just always saw the "your resistance to [element] plummets" text on screen and worked from there.

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People always have and always will be confused by if they need to make the bubbles fire or water. They never listen to "don't know don't touch"

Doing + and - would eliminate some confusion since you'll always want the + since it's defense down you get afflicted with.

Ex: you get a red - so you wanna make the water puddles be a red + and vise versa.

Maybe instead of a - or + it should be small Down Arrows or Up Arrows in the corner of the icon. This could work for other icons as well.

I can't remember, what's the visual of it again?

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Originally Posted by Neri

I can't remember, what's the visual of it again?

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It's just a red/blue icon with a + symbol. When you scroll over it it says Fire/Water Resistance Down.

But I think the design of not just this icon but other icons would benifit from a redesign. Especially for contoller/PS4/PS5 players. To more quickly see things like, "oh that has down arrows so something is being lowered" or "that has up arrows so something is being raised."

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Originally Posted by Burningskull

I feel like the debuff that Ferdiad gives you should have a minus(-) symbol instead of a plus(+) symbol since the debuff is elemental defense down.

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Isnt it a plus because its not elemental defence down. Its elemental vulnerability up..

Or damage you take from this element will be increased... hence the plus..

Ah, I guess it could work out this way:

Red+ as more damage taken from fire, and vice versa for Blue.