dev1037 battle effects need a lot more than a resize

[Majidah]

Here is a video containing all ancient magic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wodu_aYjSdU

This is pathetic. Those glare things that we cast look nothing like the spell that's being casted. The weapon skills all pretty much look the same. Some weapon skill animations make no sense with the weapon you're using (feint + axe for example).

Battle effects need more than a simple resize. They need a complete REHAUL!

And I can't emphasize enough how much do weapon skill animations need to be remade. Seriously, they all look the same! There are a few exceptions sure, but nothing that really makes them different from eachother.

[Akumu]

I'm sure the visuals will be changed. However, making the effects 2x bigger adds a quick fix to the problem. Changing the visuals on the magic and the animations will take a lot longer.

[Spuffin]

I will have lost all hope for this game if they "resize" the weapon skill animations too... This change is minor and not what the game needs. What it needs is a revamp of ALL animations possibly keeping some with a few tweaks and yes sizes are nice but not all it needs... /facepalm

[Benji]

Pretty sure this is just one new topic of changes coming so we can dev tag this specific thing. I doubt this is all they're doing.

[Spuffin]

PS: that video makes me laugh so hard~

[Betelgeuzah]

What it needs is a revamp of ALL animations

/facepalm indeed.

These are particle effects.

Not all the particle effects need to be remade. The most don't need to be remade.

You have no freaking clue what else is going to be done to the animations and effects.

[Kazza2003]

I think it´s not the size that make most of the caster angry. It´s more the effect itself. Ancient magic for example is just a joke. The effect looks weak even if you nake it 10 times bigger. They need other effects. Like the big spells in XI. They where awesome. But here being a DD mage is just a joke.

And bigger effects won´t change it. Sorry SE that´s a fail change.

[Spuffin]

/facepalm indeed.

These are particle effects.

Not all the particle effects need to be remade. The most don't need to be remade.

You have no freaking clue what else is going to be done to the animations and effects.

And neither do you. Where is your proof that they are or what the new ones look like? I'm just innocently assuming because I have that right?

[Betelgeuzah]

And neither do you.

And with that said am I bitching about something I have no clue of? That would only make one look ignorant and retarded.

[Kilta_Firelotus]

how to you get these spells and at what level? Just because they use similar names DON"T make them acient magic. Like quake in ff8 was from the brothers and needed float to avoid it. I think this is again ppl stuck in ffxi. In ffxi those were acient magics and getting them wasn't easy. They hand long cast times consumed a tone of mp and did a ton of dmg. More so with a magic burst.

unless ffxiv also classifies them as an AM, then yes you got a point. But so far it seems like you see name flare or quake then automatically think of ffxi. Recall in post ff games where holy was a massive spell? yet in ffxi it isn't.