Relic and glows

[Gramul]

I find glows are often used as an excuse for actual strong design.
Don't want to put in the effort? Put an effect on it.

Glow on MMO weapons is like lens flare is to photoshop. It can be fine if used sparingly and subtly, but usually it's a cheesy and distracting technique that cheapens the overall work.

[Loki]

SE is just lazy it's not new

[Asael]

The next stage of the relic will just be a solid beam of photons.

~Please look forward to it!

[Obysuca]

This made me happy beyond words.

Sad part is, after I posted it I thought ">_> What if SE thought the same thing when they added the glow"

[Tauu]

This thread convinced me to switch to non-glow weapons. Whoa, I can see my character again!

[SinisterIsBack]

I like it!!!!!!

[EdwinLi]

It still not Bright enough!

It must be brighter to the point that...



then everyone screams..

[WellFooled]

I prefer weapons that, if they glow, do so subtly. I like the nexus designs...but to me they don't fit well in the world. I like to think of Eorzea kind of like Middle Earth as portrayed in the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. Magic is very much there, but it isn't over the top like in so many fantasy settings. I feel like the relic's glow is starting to get out of hand for Eorzea. The design looks great, but just not for this setting.

[Enthy]

If they kept their glow it means they like it. Why bother them if they're enjoying it?

Sure they like it, and they can have it for all I care. But I think it should be something you can toggle off like battle effects for self, party members, and others. (I also have most battle effects off because those are over done too) SE managed to turn a pretty down-to-earth, well detailed world into a flashy cheesy Korean looking MMO.

[Cherie]

Be glad the aetheral failsafes and emergency cooling measures are in place for such a big glow.

There was this one guy that failed to get the proper precautions on his relic. He liked the glow so much, he wanted to "overclock" it.

We were doing Ramuh EX and we were at like 6% left so we told him (monk) to go ahead and limit break. It seemed a tiny crack had begun to form in his fist weapon nexus's.

I took a screenshot.



We wiped.