Quote Originally Posted by Gemina View Post
No. The side and back portals are not only different in color, they also function differently as well. By her saying different, I have no idea how they differ from each other outside the obvious color schemes and positions.
They don't actually function differently, they're just colour-coded. Shots go into one portal and come out of others with the same colour.

Even if they seem to function differently, you don't need to fully understand how it works.

You just need to know that:
1. You should be lined up with two portals of different colours, and
2. You need to get hit by the opposite colour beam first, just like the earlier mechanics.


The details of how it plays out are that... let's say you have the Dark aether effect, and the Light aether beam is lined up with a red portal behind you. You need to stand with blue to your side.

1. The aether beams fire for the first time and hit the portals at the back of the arena. Light goes into the red portal, Dark goes into the blue portal.

You got hit by the Light beam. You are now Light-aspected.

2. The beams re-emerge out of the side portals. Light comes out of the red portal. Dark comes out of the blue portal.

Because you lined yourself up with the blue portal, you will be hit by the Dark beam as required.

This will stay predictable regardless of which way the colours are arranged.