Stone IV looks underwhelming, and Fluid Spit name is bad...

[PotatoTree]

I was fully expecting complaints on the lack of added utility in WHM come SB... instead you tell me the ANIMATIONS look lackluster? Oh my, whatever shall we do :/

The animations do look really bad though. I mean look at AST, that was amazing. SCH wasn't too hot but the menu thing and fairy tether are kind of unique. WHM looks like they just casted tetra a few times and did a fluid aura...

I want something like angel wings like what the PLD got...

[Gemina]

I disagree. What do you guys want? Mountains being split in half?



Also, I'm pretty sure Stone IV is AoE. I've been all hell bent about it

[SenorKanga]

Have to agree. Can we have the option to make it look like a stone 3? Having a spell that shows as coming directly from the mages hand is nice for the basic attacking move

[kattzkitti]

The basic Stone still has the best animation and most satisfying effect, in my opinion. It's a shame that they never swapped the animations for Stone II and Stone III, as it would make more thematic sense that way, not to mention flowing better into the new Stone IV. Fling rocks, then fling bigger rocks, then erupt rocks from under the enemy, then erupt bigger rocks from under the enemy.

[SenorPatty]

The stone animation looks artificial as F.

It looks like the WHM conjures up lego blocks, then dismantles it in the same manner it came in.

I'm sorry, it just doesn't look natural at all to me.

[Nestama]

I'm sorry, it just doesn't look natural at all to me.

Then that's good, isn't it? Manipulating the earth itself with magic isn't exactly natural

[SenorPatty]

Then that's good, isn't it? Manipulating the earth itself with magic isn't exactly natural

We're talking about the animation, not the nature of magic.

Even if I were to let go of the WHM conjuring perfectly well shaped cubes of earth, the exploding impact gives way to tetris-looking blocks falling apart that don't even land on the ground.

That's what I mean by not natural. Its just looks weird as F.

[Angel_Corlux]

I disagree. What do you guys want? Mountains being split in half?

Also, I'm pretty sure Stone IV is AoE. I've been all hell bent about it

Yeah ok you took a screenshot in the exact split second where the stones explode, making it look cooler than it is. Nice job. And I don't know obviously, but that absolutely does not look like an AOE spell. And as for your question...YES. This is Final Freaking Fantasy, master of the game world for beautiful and awe-inspiring magic. Maybe not a mountain, but they should be making it so powerful that they themselves have to take a look at it again and go "ok you guys, we need to tone it down...a bit".

This is Stone FOUR. It should be an amazing looking spell. Let me earn my lvl 70 White Mage and have amazing power to show for it, just like any other class in the game.

[Fukuro]

Yeah ok you took a screenshot in the exact split second where the stones explode, making it look cooler than it is. Nice job. And I don't know obviously, but that absolutely does not look like an AOE spell. And as for your question...YES. This is Final Freaking Fantasy, master of the game world for beautiful and awe-inspiring magic. Maybe not a mountain, but they should be making it so powerful that they themselves have to take a look at it again and go "ok you guys, we need to tone it down...a bit".

This is Stone FOUR. It should be an amazing looking spell. Let me earn my lvl 70 White Mage and have amazing power to show for it, just like any other class in the game.

[Kazrah]

Maybe not a mountain, but they should be making it so powerful that they themselves have to take a look at it again and go "ok you guys, we need to tone it down...a bit".

Maybe they did and just never mentioned that because of an internal preference toward showing us finished products rather than something done halfway (at least not intentionally). Ever think of that?

I kinda like the look for Stone 4, but mostly because I'm not expecting the look for it to be more like Stone 10. At the end of the day, I think it's more about showing a skill more powerful than its predecessor versions, and having that kind of explosion rather than just a pop from Stone 3 or just lobbing rocks like Stone 1 or 2 tells me they succeeded on that front.