It's not like it was impossible to get the effects with FFXI, if you followed the .dat moding community on it's highest note it discovered how to not only make armour more detailed by changing the resolution size of .dat files they also could add effects such as.

This

If your really craving those super duper glowy weapons it's only a matter of time before the .dat community gives them too you, as for the rest of us having a modist glow/aura will suffice. Man I wonder if Mooshy plays XIV...