Glowing weapons

[Nuru]

Id just like to point out to all those "Glow" haters, there's much more than glow that are visual effects that can be used for weapons.
It dosent have to be WoW related & with intense glow. (cuz some of glow in there are too much)

Tiny sparkles, smoke, heat, frost, distortion visual effects (even if small / tiny)
Id love to whip up some artwork to show you but im so tired from my daily work im not even gonna bother.

But i do suggest SE plays with the idea of implementing some (not all) weapons & gear with some badass looking visual effects.

Crystal Sword... dosent need to glow, some glass-reflective visual representation. (sword is just an example)

Frost sword... chilled vapor emiting from swords blade, faint crackling sound.

Skull staff... heat vapors / colored smoke comin out of the eye sockets slowly then fades out, repeat.
(the color itself could represent wich elemental status the staff has for example)

Blood Shield... slowly dripping blood shield.

- I really like the design of the "Bullhead" shield (forgot its name), but it would look much cooler if
some smoke came out of the nose, like its going wild, ready to charge.

Lantern shield looks cool but feel useless for a mage.

Anywayz, it's just some ideas, i wish i could show you.
Have faith, dont ignore imagination.

- Sorry for any missed typos >.<

Needless to say that Magitek does exist, otherwise I would point out that SE would be more focused on how that steam would be coming out of the bull, you know, the inner mechanics of these armors and weapons.

In other words, there would have to be some elemental affinity to these items to add certain effects, or else it probably wouldn't make too much sense. For example, adding the Fire Element to that Shield could be plausible to the shield emitting that steam.

[Peregrine]

Blood Shield... slowly dripping blood shield...would look much cooler if
some smoke came out of the nose, like its going wild, ready to charge.

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Why doesn't it just moo while you're at it.

[Nuru]

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Why doesn't it just moo while you're at it.

lol, like the goat sounds? That would be one annoying shield. that'd be awesome! xD

[Zantetsuken]

Show me a FF game that has weapons that glow (outside of special attacks) and I'll consider throwing my weight behind the concept.

Until then, I am staunchly opposed to it.

Even if they DID implement it (God forbid), who here would like to see glowing weapons for any rank below 90? This is a topic for years down the road, not now. SE has better things to worry about.

[Laughlyn]

well i can cast fire using my staff wand, there dosent seem to be any mechanic on how thats even possible, we simply call it magic.
Same thing with the shield, it would be considered magic, enchantment or infusion, w/e they like to call it.

Much like myself, im an artist i can paint, design etc...idk why i can do this & many others cant, i just can...
Some claim... it's in your blood, some say its a gift... and some say genetics, to me it dosent matter much, i just accept it as it is.

I hope this made some sense to ppl. ^^

[Nuru]

Show me a FF game that has weapons that glow (outside of special attacks) and I'll consider throwing my weight behind the concept.

Until then, I am staunchly opposed to it.

Even if they DID implement it (God forbid), who here would like to see glowing weapons for any rank below 90? This is a topic for years down the road, not now. SE has better things to worry about.

Actually, no other FF game i've played has had anything glowing. But the example I gave of FFX, Tidus's Brotherhood.. that is how these weapons should be like.

Much like myself, im an artist i can paint, design etc...idk why i can do this & many others cant, i just can...
Some claim... it's in your blood, some say its a gift... and some say genetics, to me it dosent matter much, i just accept it as it is.

I hope this made some sense to ppl. ^^

I, too, am an artist, and am in much respect to the art of Akihiko Yoshida. This is why i feel a need to defend my Yoshida. When it comes down to making his designs all glowy, it needs to be done in Akihiko Yoshida's fashion. Rather, Yoshida needs to think of the concepts of how the glows will work.

[Laughlyn]

Show me a FF game that has weapons that glow (outside of special attacks) and I'll consider throwing my weight behind the concept.

Until then, I am staunchly opposed to it.

Even if they DID implement it (God forbid), who here would like to see glowing weapons for any rank below 90? This is a topic for years down the road, not now. SE has better things to worry about.

Think FFX & FFX2

...god...why is everyone so hang up on glow... there's so much more than just glow.
nvm, i tried...

[Rau]

Actually, no other FF game i've played has had anything glowing. But the example I gave of FFX, Tidus's Brotherhood.. that is how these weapons should be like.



I, too, am an artist, and am in much respect to the art of Akihiko Yoshida. This is why i feel a need to defend my Yoshida. When it comes down to making his designs all glowy, it needs to be done in Akihiko Yoshida's fashion. Rather, Yoshida needs to think of the concepts of how the glows will work.

NURU HAS SPOKEN.

[Sorel]

Show me a FF game that has weapons that glow (outside of special attacks) and I'll consider throwing my weight behind the concept.

Until then, I am staunchly opposed to it.

FFXIII comes close. When you cast an enspell (e.g. Enthunder) on another character, that character's weapon glows with the color of the element.

Since FFXIV & FFXIII use the same engine, it's not unreasonable to think that the Development Team can add a similar effect without having to re-invent the wheel.

However the case, I would rank something like this around [dev2999] on the Development Team's priority list. This is not something that will likely cause a storm of rage-quit to occur.

[Lenneth_Valkyrie]

Some glowing weapons as if there were a few leds in them.. = good..
Glowing weapons as lightsabers.. Lineage 2 weapon enchantment style.. = bad..