Dun Scaith Ferdiad debuff confusion

[Burningskull]

I feel like the debuff that Ferdiad gives you should have a minus(-) symbol instead of a plus(+) symbol since the debuff is elemental defense down.

[ItMe]

Interesting point.
I could see that working nice.
Just the plus or minus might not stop people from needing to mouse over the debuff to see what it's all about though.
I wonder if there's a way it could be make to look more like a vuln stack, because it really is just an elementally themed vuln debuff.
But you're def right, the wording doesn't really agree with the icon lol.

[Iscah]

There's an icon? I just always saw the "your resistance to [element] plummets" text on screen and worked from there.

[SomeRandomHuman]

There's an icon? I just always saw the "your resistance to [element] plummets" text on screen and worked from there.

People always have and always will be confused by if they need to make the bubbles fire or water. They never listen to "don't know don't touch"

Doing + and - would eliminate some confusion since you'll always want the + since it's defense down you get afflicted with.

Ex: you get a red - so you wanna make the water puddles be a red + and vise versa.

[Burningskull]

Maybe instead of a - or + it should be small Down Arrows or Up Arrows in the corner of the icon. This could work for other icons as well.

[Neri]

I can't remember, what's the visual of it again?

[Burningskull]

I can't remember, what's the visual of it again?

It's just a red/blue icon with a + symbol. When you scroll over it it says Fire/Water Resistance Down.

But I think the design of not just this icon but other icons would benifit from a redesign. Especially for contoller/PS4/PS5 players. To more quickly see things like, "oh that has down arrows so something is being lowered" or "that has up arrows so something is being raised."

[Dzian]

I feel like the debuff that Ferdiad gives you should have a minus(-) symbol instead of a plus(+) symbol since the debuff is elemental defense down.

Isnt it a plus because its not elemental defence down. Its elemental vulnerability up..

Or damage you take from this element will be increased... hence the plus..

[Neri]

Ah, I guess it could work out this way:

Red+ as more damage taken from fire, and vice versa for Blue.