Glowing weapons : a visual plague

[Xirean]

They inherently lose value if they can be obtained with no real effort.

The value is that they look pretty and nothing else. If you think they lose value because everyone is able to get what they subjectively like on their character then good, devalue it more by backtracking all the old ones onto newer jobs.

[yoshinoharu]

The value is that they look pretty and nothing else. If you think they lose value because everyone is able to get what they subjectively like on their character then good, devalue it more by backtracking all the old ones onto newer jobs.

Even taking away the glow, I do firmly believe that to get nice things in the game there should be effort involved. It's an argument that runs way deeper than just the glow itself. Rewards in general, regardless of what they actually are, are just worth less if they are easy to get. Milestones, achievements, progression as a player should all be rewarded with nice things and players that want those nice things should be thinking "Oh, I want to be a better player so that I can earn those things" instead of "Man they should just let me buy those with tomestones."

That's my point.

[Thurmnmurmn]

I think this thread is a pretty clear reason as to why we have so many glowy weapons.
People like it.
People want it.

[Genbe197]

Um… relics have always had multiple glowing stages, and primal weapons have always had their crafted/upgrade glow. This is 90% of glowing weapons now… theres just more expansions so more weapons. The only real additions are ultimafe weapons and the new criterion weapon. Even pvp and the ilvl110 weapons glowed in ARR. lol

[Gullis]

not a fan of glow myself. I wish I could toggle them off most of the time. current MCH relic is perfect example of this

[TheMightyMollusk]

not a fan of glow myself. I wish I could toggle them off most of the time. current MCH relic is perfect example of this

What, this mess?



Which is unfortunate because it's a pretty nice minigun under all that.

[Saraide]

Even taking away the glow, I do firmly believe that to get nice things in the game there should be effort involved. It's an argument that runs way deeper than just the glow itself. Rewards in general, regardless of what they actually are, are just worth less if they are easy to get. Milestones, achievements, progression as a player should all be rewarded with nice things and players that want those nice things should be thinking "Oh, I want to be a better player so that I can earn those things" instead of "Man they should just let me buy those with tomestones."

That's my point.

A scathing argument against the existence of relics.

[ChrysOCE]

I thought this was about glowey weapons in general? Not going down that well worn road of EW relics AGAIN.

[Saraide]

I thought this was about glowey weapons in general? Not going down that well worn road of EW relics AGAIN.

If it puts your mind at ease I am talking about relics before endwalker.

[Jojoya]

Can't say I'm a fan of most of the glowing weapons (I'm fine with the ones that have a subtle glow) but then I also can't say I can think of a time when another player's glowing weapon has been a distraction or other bother to me. If it's my own weapon, I just glamour something else over it. If they make a player happy, let them have their glow.

The glowing Eureka armor is more obnoxious than any weapon I can think of.

The glowing special effects of combat actions are the worst since you can end up with layers upon layers of them happening at the same time unless you turn battle effects off completely. .