thoughts on the zeta glow effects?

[Ooshima]

MNK, DRG and WHM's glow looks cool

BRD's fugly as usual.

[Cynfael]

I actually like the Last Resort Zeta. It's distinctive without being completely overwhelming.

Omnilex Nexus wasn't bad, exactly, but the term "radioactive birthday cake" does come to mind.

I think the challenge with the books is that they just aren't very...big. Nirvana and Lilith Rod Zetas both look fantastic, but there's also a lot more room for effects. If there's a problem with Last Resort Zeta, it's that it's very understated compared to most other weapons even within the Zeta category.

[DracotheDragon]

when looking at the zeta i like quite a few of them, my least fave being excalibur. but i do wished they added a tracer effect to the ninja weapons

a tracer effect (for anyone who dosnt know :3) is an effect that draws a link from an objects original position to its new position and fades away after some time

noteable example from recent gaming
Ciaus' sword the ragnarok in FF13 lightning returns (the eye has this)

skyrim (image below) uses this effect for the dragger (the image is someone who modded it to allow them to have it)

(a good example of mid trace effect)
i felt the ninja weapons that were so flowing and moving could of benefited with a small tracer effect

other then that i do adore the simpler yet visually appealing glow effects this time

(oh and ragnarok should of dripped blood in my opinion but i know that wouldn't be aloud due to differing laws :c)

[ruskie]

Wish they made the bow more like the axe in terms of the glow. Ghost extension to the bow arms. Not the silly glyph infront.

[MistyMew]

The point is, some love a very dominant glow while others do not. Neither opinion should be "listened to" over the other.
Add a way to offer both should be the only solution SE considers. And toss in the option to turn off the glow for self and others as well.

I personally love the glows to be strong...faint glows look terrible imo.

-add ability to choose glow color, intensity, on/off options too.
plz consider SE ty

[OneWingedSora]

Give me back my old Stardust Animus Rod ;-;

[Adrian74]

Hi, the crazy relic user here!

So... I don't have all zeta (And, it's going to take time, heh...) But... I already have seen some of them and, comparing with the nexus I have to say that...I prefer most of Nexus, except for some exceptions:


BRD -> I like nexus more, but basically because I hate Yoichi's bow design, the glow in zeta is not baddish, similar to Last Resort, but...
Monk-> I prefer Sphairai nexus, Kaiser knuckles are ugh.
lolDRG -> I prefer Gae Bolg nexus, it's just... Awesome
NIN -> I prefer Yoshimitsu Nexus, it's daamn awesome! (But Sasuke's Blades Zeta are not bad)

WHM -> I prefer Thyrus nexus, Nirvana Zeta is not baddish, but... Still, not liking design and that glow doesn't compensate.
SCH -> Okay, This is one of the only ones I can say I prefer the Zeta, Last Resort has awesome design and... Omnilex Nexus blinds me, it's painful nya...

BLM -> This is another Zodiac Zeta I like more, because the glow is cool and because I hate Stardust design A LOT. (I seriously thought about glamouring for astrolabe, but... Relic pride)
SMN -> Can't say... I don't see many, and my SMN is the only one, together with BRD, that stills in atma state.

WAR -> I dislike Bravura's design a lot, and even in nexus it's not awesome. I like Ragnarok a lot, especially Ragnarok Zeta.
PLD -> While curtana is awesome looking too... Exalibur Zeta is just too awesome. I prefer the glow and design it has in comparison with Lightsaber Nexus.

[Keydah]

Some of the glows look very cool (Ninja, Paladin, Warrior, Dragoon, Black Mage) but some are downright ugly (Scholar, Bard). As a SCH, I was expecting an awesome update to The Last Resort (I was thinking glowy wings to accent the wings on it for example...daydreams are bad) but no, it's a circle. A mildly interesting circle, but it's nothing special. If you set it next to an upgraded Shiva weapon, it wouldn't look cooler or more interesting. After all the hours people put into their relics, they should have the coolest looking weapons in the game IMO. I like all the other SCH relic levels (minus original and atma) a whole lot more than what I've seen of The Last Resort Zeta.

A lot of the Nexus glows were way overdone, but you can have an awesome, "look at me!" glow without it being the center of a star. Look at the Dragoon and Black Mage Zetas - they're awesome, unique, and obvious.

Honestly, my standpoint on them is that some obviously got more love being created than others. That's how it looks to me, anyways.

The point is, some love a very dominant glow while others do not. Neither opinion should be "listened to" over the other.
Add a way to offer both should be the only solution SE considers. And toss in the option to turn off the glow for self and others as well.

I personally love the glows to be strong...faint glows look terrible imo.

-add ability to choose glow color, intensity, on/off options too.
plz consider SE ty

I agree with this 100%. Saying the glow is too dominant is an opinion and shouldn't decide what the items will look like. Saying the glow is too subtle is an opinion and shouldn't decide what the items will look like. Either way, an option would be amazing, at the very least an on/off option. It wouldn't be hard, the weapon would just stay like its sheathed non-glowing version when you take it out.

A way Square could make everyone happy is to sell a Lv50, zero/no stat version of each stage at the calamity salvager as we pass said stage. A straight glamour version of each one would give us a choice (without having to build a new weapon all over again) to pick the stage we liked best. Everyone's happy now.

I like this idea as well. An easier solution on SE's end, maybe.

[Michiko]

I really like my WhiteMage Zeta glow.. it almost looks like golden glowing feathers. A big improvement IMO from the gawd awful blindness of the Novus =P

[Razzle]

Got my Nirvana Zeta yesterday and I love it, and saw the SCH weapon and I also liked it. Just prooved to me that glows can actually look cool lol.

Edit- That said I'd love to be able to pick more colors for the glow. White would go awesome with my new glamour and pure white colored weapon