Dragoons changes effects removed and ideas

[Tanis_Ebonhart]

They could tie the aura to something else... It was pretty cool.

[Kahnom]

Just a one step closer to total homogenization

Perfect Homogenization…..
The final days is upon us.

[Vahlnir]

I was never a fan of the Dragon Sight ability to begin with. It's a large part of why I don't enjoy DRG nowadays. For me it was a step in the right direction. lol

[Noox-115]

So Drg has lost the Aura effect and now tether.
What’s next ? Tone down Stardiver and Dragonfire Dive’s effect because ppl can’t see shit ?

And they never changed Red mage lb3 visual even if that can literally wipe a party because you can’t see anything XD

[Kahnom]

And they never changed Red mage lb3 visual even if that can literally wipe a party because you can’t see anything XD

Well, Logically, LB3 is most likely 1 use per pull so people can get by.
But DRG uses Stardiver every minute, so… yeah….

[Raigoth]

I was never a fan of the Dragon Sight ability to begin with. It's a large part of why I don't enjoy DRG nowadays. For me it was a step in the right direction. lol

I mean its what...a 10% increase in damage for you and 5% for the person you tether with? I say the skill is more than worth it.

[LukaRoselia]

The removed the visual effect as a trade off to buffing the range. I guess they thought it would look too much or silly? I'm a bit torn personally. On one hand I'm really enjoying that I don't have to stand right up someones ass for it to function but on the other hand I do really miss the tether.

[Shurrikhan]

I like not having my view of the boss obscured by a tethered black-pineapple chaining jumps/dives and seeming to laser the raid each time.

What’s next ? Tone down Stardiver and Dragonfire Dive’s effect because ppl can’t see shit ?

Neither of those will have any visuals beyond the player physics/animation for most people, since their effects obeys players' VFX density settings. So unless we're worried about DRG's blinding themselves...

Only Tether, like summons, did not obey players' VFX density settings -- i.e., were not affected by being set to "Show Limited" or "Show None". (Such was arguably necessary when it had only a 15y range. Now, at nearly the width of a typical modern boss arena, there's no such need.)

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

The removed the visual effect as a trade off to buffing the range. I guess they thought it would look too much or silly? I'm a bit torn personally. On one hand I'm really enjoying that I don't have to stand right up someones ass for it to function but on the other hand I do really miss the tether.

Meanwhile we have SCH’s Fey Union, their fairy can literally p*** at their target from 30y lol.

[Floortank]

Lifelong LOLDRG here, going back to FFXI.

1) A 30 yalm tether would be distracting and not look great. They made it 30y, drastically improving the ability's mechanical function.

2) The animation may come out faster. Still testing this. If true, nice because it makes it easier to double weave.

3) There's only a certain amount of visual data each Job can have on its abilities. This is likely the prelude to them putting Blood of the Dragon's animation back on the Job. Which in turn got removed for the animation on Wyrmwind Thrust. Now that the tether is gone, Blood's animation is likely back on the table.

Dragon Sight's tether is 99% certain never to return.