Quote Originally Posted by YianKutku View Post
Eden, E7N mechanics:


Did anyone else get baited by the birds mechanic? I mean, if there's a flock of white birds, and a flock of black birds, and we're supposed to assign them Light and Darkness, I would assume the white birds represent Light, and the black birds represent Darkness.

So when I see this debuff tooltip:



That states I have an Umbral (Light) Effect, and as it states, damage from umbrally charged (Light) attacks are increased, while damage from astrally charged (Darkness) attacks are decreased. So it implies that I should stand in front of the black birds, since that's Darkness.

But no, it's the other way around: the debuff is dark-coloured (as opposed to the opposite light-coloured debuff), so I have to stand in front of the white birds. Despite the white birds being logically the Light (Umbral) aspect, which the tooltip says I will get more damage from.

So either the white birds are Darkness and black birds are Light (hence being baited), or the tooltip is incorrect (cf the Kelpie back in Skalla before it got patched).
Using a spoiler just in case...
Light was Astral, Darkness was Umbral. So it it says you take decreased damage from Astral attacks (when you have purple debuff), you have to get hit by the white birds.