CLUTTERED COMBAT

With heals going off (ugly flakey animations), people casting spells, critical-hit animations that look like mini tornados, not to mention weaponskill animations, eventually it all gets a bit overwhelming.

I think the combat effects need to be made to look more beautiful so that they don't just end up looking like a huge mess when they're all on your screen at once.

The cure and critical-hit animations are probably the worst offenders.

Also, not being able to toggle our own names off means that there is always something blocking the center of ours screens.

I've been saying this since patch. Now you just can't see animations...or even the monsters due the oversized battle effects when they happen to go all at once.

1.17 was terrible flaw in almost every aspect...hopefully we will get command line to swap between "old mode" and "big mode". After all, adding this kind of flexibility is the best way to have most of players happy since a chance never will please everyone.

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Originally Posted by Lienn

I've been saying this since patch. Now you just can't see animations...or even the monsters due the oversized battle effects when they happen to go all at once.

1.17 was terrible flaw in almost every aspect...hopefully we will get command line to swap between "old mode" and "big mode". After all, adding this kind of flexibility is the best way to have most of players happy since a chance never will please everyone.

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Even before patch it was ugly.

Every single effect in the game is just an eye-sore; flakey effects that look like they were done in Maya by a five year old with ADHD and a brain tumour and rheumatic arthritis in both his hands.

The effects don't just need resizing, they need redoing.

Protect and shell and shockspikes all look okay, but Cure has to be the worst one of all, not to mention the horrible purple whirlpool that spews forth from your wand every time you cast.

what an horrible amount of mental/bodily disorders the graphics designers have. My heart goes out to them ; ;

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Originally Posted by Reika

what an horrible amount of mental/bodily disorders the graphics designers have. My heart goes out to them ; ;

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I have set up a charity fund to help pay for their medical bills.

I don't know conjurer spell, but thm's magic was almost invisible how much was small. At least now i can see it :||

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Originally Posted by gifthorse

Also, not being able to toggle our own names off means that there is always something blocking the center of ours screens.

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You can, try using the command: /names

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Originally Posted by Nakiamiie

You can, try using the command: /names

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I said toggle OUR names, not ALL names.

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Originally Posted by gifthorse

I said toggle OUR names, not ALL names.

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Oh! Sorry! Good idea! :o

I dunno... I can see the battles and animations just fine. A few even look sharper than before (rampart, obsess). When the party distances itself to the max range that class allows, everything flows as it should. Not sure whats wrong with cure, since its always been little sparkles.

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Originally Posted by gifthorse

Even before patch it was ugly.

Every single effect in the game is just an eye-sore; flakey effects that look like they were done in Maya by a five year old with ADHD and a brain tumour and rheumatic arthritis in both his hands.

The effects don't just need resizing, they need redoing.

Protect and shell and shockspikes all look okay, but Cure has to be the worst one of all, not to mention the horrible purple whirlpool that spews forth from your wand every time you cast.

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Every single effect? Come on... Most Pugilist, Archer, and Gladiator effects look nice (although Gladiator animation could use some work). Magic needs improving, but some of the II level spells look pretty good as they are. Flare and other elemental time bomb spells need improving (2 part effects, first the cast and then the explosion after the countdown), but ALOT of the effects did need resizing.

Sorry if this comes across as abbrasive, but WTF game are you playing? Cure is the most unsightly spell effect ever seen.

First the mage assumes casting position. Next thing you know, hideous, flat sparkles spew out from his wand. And then, before you know it, a whirlpool of purple lines is summoned forth from a First Year student's Maya tutorial. Then - if it wasn't bad enough already - every single person in your party is surrounded by green, white, glittering, uglifying, blinding petals of light.

I'd rather just die next time in battle than have to endure the eye-sore that is the Cure in this game. Next time just don't heal me, please.

And while many archer and Pugilist weaponskills are nice, an equal amount are not. Wait until you have to perform Raging Strike. It goes something like this: [insert youtube video of He-man charging up with one-dimensional, red flames covering his whole body for no reason, and a sound effect that makes scratching chalkboards sound like Mozart]

Sorry, but there's just no artistry to the spell effects, and with the exception of a few weaponskills, pretty much every other effect in the game is hideous.

Even crappy Korean grinders can do 3-dimensional spell effects and maintain some level of dignity in their designs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlTAZj81h_o

I don't know why SE considers it beneath them to bother bringing the game into the 21st century.

yes, please.. SE please at least allow us to toggle other peoples casting/action lighting effects off till you can redo all the casting/action lighting animations. It also doesn't help that our target icons are airbrush light just like all the lighting effects and makes it hard to see when theres a ton of lighting effects going off at once. Maybe slap a little boarder on the target icons too?

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