Glowing weapons

[viion]

Lanturn Shield already has a glow, so its been done, why are people worried about it being tacky, that shield looks ace.

I'm all for glowing weapons.

[Randis]

Lanturn Shield already has a glow, so its been done, why are people worried about it being tacky, that shield looks ace.

I'm all for glowing weapons.

good example! Lantern shield rocks.

[zoekwon]

latern shield glows???

[Elexia]

latern shield glows???

The shield itself doesn't glow, just the indentations have 'flame' aura in it. You can spot it, but it's not turning you into a one man light show like certain MMOs.

[Shai]

Lanturn Shield already has a glow, so its been done, why are people worried about it being tacky, that shield looks ace.

I'm all for glowing weapons.

Lantern Shield just pwnd this thread. Ouch.

Final Fantasy ... well, Final Fantasy has always had special weapons. It's had diamond sword and ice brand that look like their namesake. Ice Shield, Flame Shield, Stone (Medusa) Arrows. I could go on and on. I always wondered why the MMOs do such a drastic job of taking the FF out of the XI(V).

I'm not saying I want a sword made of fire, glowing and blaring and looking tacky and ridiculous - but it could certainly be designed to look like fire, even have subdued aura/glow or runes that make it look magical, or have a "flame" animation as you hit the monsters.

All of this is part of what it's meant to be Final Fantasy for 20 years. So it's weird to hear so many people dead set against it. It's like XI is the only FF you ever played. Good choice, but there's more to the series than that.

Edit: By "designed to look like fire," I meant a metal sword that has the shape or coloring of a flame, not designed to be flame itself. Sorry if that caused confusion.

[Ostia]

Lantern Shield just pwnd this thread. Ouch.

Final Fantasy ... well, Final Fantasy has always had special weapons. It's had diamond sword and ice brand that look like their namesake. Ice Shield, Flame Shield, Stone (Medusa) Arrows. I could go on and on. I always wondered why the MMOs do such a drastic job of taking the FF out of the XI(V).

I'm not saying I want a sword made of fire, glowing and blaring and looking tacky and ridiculous - but it could certainly be designed to look like fire, even have subdued aura/glow or runes that make it look magical, or have a "flame" animation as you hit the monsters.

All of this is part of what it's meant to be Final Fantasy for 20 years. So it's weird to hear so many people dead set against it. It's like XI is the only FF you ever played. Good choice, but there's more to the series than that.

Edit: By "designed to look like fire," I meant a metal sword that has the shape or coloring of a flame, not designed to be flame itself. Sorry if that caused confusion.

Actually i think a sword made out of fire would look awesome, like tidus sword in FFX, it looked like it was forged out of water, so a sword/spear that is made out of like flame done right could look awesome, again SE does design awesome looking wepons on their offline games.

[OJtheLIONKing]

Actually i think a sword made out of fire would look awesome, like tidus sword in FFX, it looked like it was forged out of water, so a sword/spear that is made out of like flame done right could look awesome, again SE does design awesome looking wepons on their offline games.

I think this precedent is the kind of thing to go for. I like the armor and weapon design in the game as it is, though, but I'm a big fan of the art director's previous work. I don't see a problem with glowing weapon accents or maybe a subtle effect like Brotherhood's bubbles/water blade. Doesn't need to be WoW's super-glowy shoulders and staves, just a little thing to let us know the weapon is pulsing with magic power.