White Mage LB3 (animation) needs to be changed

I think it's about time they updated the animation of White Mage's LB3. I mean come on. It looks exactly like Healer LB2. And with 5.0 coming. The spells of WHM are gonna be flashier than their own LB3, and its kinda sad.

I know it doesn't affect the overall impact of the game. But as an AST main, I know the satisfaction of using Astral Stasis and bringing the cosmos itself into the battlefield to save the party. But WHM's Pulse of Life just doesn't feel impactful. Animations/effects are also the key of making spells/skills with impact and feeling. Not just numbers.

Maybe change it to Great Gospel? ;)

I think the SCH's Angel Feathers looks decent. If ever it remains untouched, I think its fine. But if it changed as well, then much better! As for AST, its literally the prettiest LB3 out there, so it doesn't need changes at all.

I always thought it would be cool if it made wild grass and flowers bloom on the ground as the aura pulsed outward.

I dont care if they add giant angel wings or just make tetris pieces appear, just make the animation lock way shorter.
I dont even want to know how many times Ive been killed by that animation lock.

Character praying, flowers blooming and a pure light coming from the sky.
It could be great.

https://66.media.tumblr.com/c6a3b499...ud14o_1280.png

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Originally Posted by Ceasaria

Character praying, flowers blooming and a pure light coming from the sky.
It could be great.

https://66.media.tumblr.com/c6a3b499...ud14o_1280.png

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Funny enough that's kinda what it's supposed to be, you just don't see it because while AST summons the cosmos and SCH expands a curtain of light and a mini angel, we just get a bigger Medica II - very easy to miss and kind of lackluster. To be fair though, if a healer is using LB3, chances are people and even said healer are too busy panicking to care much.

AST and SCH animations are flashy, but I love the praying animation on WHM LB.

I agree, but I also like to add that I wish we didn't have to share the LB. It's such a fun ultimate ability to use and I look forward to seeing people use it even if I can't use it. To me it's such a fun build up and I love using it, but as a healer I don't get to use it much unless it's an emergency.

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Originally Posted by lunar_seraphim

I always thought it would be cool if it made wild grass and flowers bloom on the ground as the aura pulsed outward.

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Ohoho. I think I'm imagining it in my head. It does look nice for a WHM

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Originally Posted by Ceasaria

Character praying, flowers blooming and a pure light coming from the sky.
It could be great.

https://66.media.tumblr.com/c6a3b499...ud14o_1280.png

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Yes! They already have Aerith's abilities as LB. Why not make it more awesome?

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Originally Posted by Exiled_Tonberry

AST and SCH animations are flashy, but I love the praying animation on WHM LB.

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They could keep that. But the animations need to change. Like the idea of others where patches of grass and flowers start to bloom with a pulse of light coming from the WHM. That would be so cool.

Adding/removing skills is one thing. But changing an animation that's been there for years? And it's not even broken??

Priorities are far elsewhere.

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Originally Posted by EmeraldDawn

I agree, but I also like to add that I wish we didn't have to share the LB. It's such a fun ultimate ability to use and I look forward to seeing people use it even if I can't use it. To me it's such a fun build up and I love using it, but as a healer I don't get to use it much unless it's an emergency.

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You mean individual LB bars, and not shared on the whole party? Yeah I've thought of that before. In my opinion, I think the LB3 should be shared to the party. But LB1 and LB2 on the other hand should be individual, for use on dungeons. Lets be honest here. Healers and tanks never get to use LB on dungeons, only dps. Heck, I think LB1 only would do. Just tweak the numbers a bit so that everyone gets to enjoy lbs on dungeons without them being broken.

Just rewatched all of the limit break animations and noticed something interesting. In the latter part of the animation the White Mage is praying before a green pillar of light, and inside that pillar of light is Aerith's staff.

I guess they could change it to make it look different from Breath of the Earth (they won't), but when does anyone ever use WHM's LB2 anyway?

Yeah it definitely could use a new coat of paint, it looks very underwhelming compared to the SCH and AST LB’s.

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Originally Posted by Quartz_Celestial

They could keep that. But the animations need to change. Like the idea of others where patches of grass and flowers start to bloom with a pulse of light coming from the WHM. That would be so cool.

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And fitting, specially now that the lilies are actually useful. WHM, at least in XIV, is a mid point between cleric and druid, so more nature theme is always welcomed.

WHM LB3 is actually my favorite of the three. The praying animation is what sells it for me. Flash does more to distract me than impress me. However, I certainly wouldn't complain if my WHM turned the arena into a field of flowers that bloom during the animation.