dev1037 New Battle Effects

[BelgianRofl]

Scroll to 0:54 - THIS is an example of battle effects done right... [link]

[Jennestia]

Scroll to 0:54 - THIS is an example of battle effects done right... [link]

Sadly, no as I'm actually playing Tera -- it's all subjective on what is "right" and what is "wrong" and a lot of Tera's particle effects aren't that great when you get down to it.

[Judge_Xero]

Scroll to 0:54 - THIS is an example of battle effects done right... [link]

Thanks for the Vid Belgian, almost looks as good as FFXIV's FMV.

How bout we collectively list our ideas about what we feel makes an Attack/Skill/Magic look Epic/Cool/Non-Lackluster.

IMO: I do like the FF style of magic. Ice is an ice shard falling on mob. Fire is a Flame on the mob more than an Explosion (Reserved for Flare or Ancient) Wind spells should have leaves swirling. Water, looks good IMO (short of having a wave rushing past, which would be rediculous IMO) Earth, Banish, Scourge, seem fine to me.

Melee WS - Animations look good IMO. for the most part they are believable, which I like. If all the Tier 2 WS had larger special effect animations over the Tier 1 that would be fine IMO.

For Puglist - When using Claws over Fists, the addition of a claw animation during WS would be cool.

For Buffs - Feriocity, should make hands have Flame Aura while buff is active. Shield Skills should make the shield glow while they are active. Hawks eye....maybe make players eyes glow while active.....etc

[Renshi]

FMV.

Full Metal Vag-

[Betelgeuzah]

For Buffs - Feriocity, should make hands have Flame Aura while buff is active. Shield Skills should make the shield glow while they are active. Hawks eye....maybe make players eyes glow while active.....etc

The game's style is supposed to be classy and more realistic than not, as opposed to cartoony and overdone. We don't need glowing characters and huge shoulder pads. Glowing weapons may still be fine if the effect is subtle.

TERA and this game do not have the same visual style. While TERA's is without a doubt better for what it tries to accomplish, it's animations and effects would not fit in this game for the most part.

The whole game takes everything to extreme in a true Korean fashion, as that is "epic". It should work for them, but that is not the case with FFXIV.

[Abriael]

Scroll to 0:54 - THIS is an example of battle effects done right... [link]

In a world that looks overally much worse, with characters that look much worse, and a much lower level of detail.
Some understand that hardware resources are finite, some others, quite evidently, do not.