Darkside Aura .. hurts my eyes. Can't turn it off.

[Valonir]

This is sad news indeed. The argument that it looked bad because it looked bad on mounts/etc is kind of weak, in my opinion, because warrior Wrath aura looks just as bad while mounted up.

At least give us the Level 50 DRK quest aura (on the NPC), or barring that..make it so the aura is centralized on the character rather than a dancing strobelight effect in a large area around them. Right now it looks kind of silly and you can spot a DRK from a mile away if they happen to have it active.

[Odstarva]

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I agree. Here's a poll.

http://strawpoll.me/5000689

[Laerune]

Simple add the original Darkside aura back and give the players the option to toggle it on/off. Those that agree with the developers that the black aura looks bad when running or on a mount have the option to turn it off. Change the red aura, make it so the hands, eyes or weapon glows, anything is better then the crap that you handed to us right now.

23 pages and this thread is still going on. We are not asking for class balance or anything gamebreaking, but the current aura looks horrible and very lazy. I did not expect this from the developers that gave us one of the best expansion in mmo history.

[Deathshiro]

I agree. Here's a poll.

http://strawpoll.me/5000689

Thank you kindly & a bump for promotion

[Orspeth]

I agree. Here's a poll.

http://strawpoll.me/5000689

I went and cast my vote!

[Velckezar]

Greetings,

We've been getting a lot of questions regarding the black flame aspect of the Darkside effect that was shown off in the job actions video and how it changed for release. The first thing to note is that the video showcased graphics and animations that were still under development. While the black flame animation looked great while standing still, it began to look very unnatural in many other instances, such as moving or while mounted, and so on. As such the dev. team decided to remove this aspect of the effect.

But we think it looks great. Why you didn't decide to remove Dragoons' "Blood of the Dragon" too? Because it looks exactly the same as it was promoted. And we get removed our cool effect with nothing in return. Maybe some people may find Blood of the Dragon "look very unnatural in many other instances, such as moving or while mounted, and so on" (c)tm, but it is in the game! And effect that makes us truly Dark knights is not.

[Prestige]

Either allow us to disable it, or change it. Simple as that. There shouldn't be anything else to say.

[NocX7]

C'mon SE,just change the aura to the one the npc has on the level 50 dark knight job quest.

[OliviaBadger]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...skill-Darkside

[Velckezar]

C'mon SE,just change the aura to the one the npc has on the level 50 dark knight job quest.

Totally agree. Looks nice.

And red-eye glowing effect =)