We want 3D polygonal battle effects [dev1037]

[Neptune]

The proposed change to increase size is good for right now. But we want to see 3D polygonal battle effects. All the buffs in FFXIV look great:

-Protect
-Shell
-Stoneskin
-Rampart
-Effect of getting hit through protect

Great effects!

All offensive magic effects look flat and 2D.. resize isn't going to fix it. Please redesign it to look like great 3D elemental magic.. this is 2011 for Christ's sake! We don't want SNES graphics again now! We've been imagining great spell effects since the 1980's.. come on! Look at this stuff right here:

http://www.syaoran.net/blog/wp-conte...ppaiceball.jpg
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/IPm60Khr9wo/hqdefault.jpg
http://nerdreactor.com/wp-content/up...0_848475_n.jpg

That's what we want! Fire up your imaginations!

[Reika]

I am in agreement here. 3D effects would rox

[Lusavari]

Are you sure Last Airbender is the greatest demonstration of what you want? Even in 3D, it was really just 2D layers with space between them, the picture was overly false due to the process of turning 2D shots into 3D images combined with the dark glasses, and I STRONGLY prefer Yoshi-P or even Tanaka over M. Night Shyamalan as director.

[Neptune]

Damn it, can I not say 3D without meaning 3D movies? I'm not talking about glasses, I'm just talking about 2D sprites vs polygonal 3D. lol @ your last comment though, haha.

[Evovenom]

No thanks. Go away.

[Lusavari]

Damn it, can I not say 3D without meaning 3D movies? I'm not talking about glasses, I'm just talking about 2D sprites vs polygonal 3D. lol @ your last comment though, haha.

I got what you meant man, but I had to set up that joke.

[Grit]

Those pics definitely aren't the best examples, but we see your point.

There are already multiple threads and hundreds of posts about the lackluster animations/effects. But I agree that protect/shell looks pretty decent.

[Neptune]

Those pics definitely aren't the best examples, but we see your point.

There are already multiple threads and hundreds of posts about the lackluster animations/effects. But I agree that protect/shell looks pretty decent.

I'm so touched by your mention of the hundreds of other posts.. let me point something out though. This is about polygonal graphics. It's the difference between something that looks like a fake overlay and something that looks like real elements, like in the movie stills above.

[Jinko]

Good luck in making polygonal fire and air effects.

[Neptune]

Good luck in making polygonal fire and air effects.

Oh you are saying you prefer a 2D photoshop overlay for your fire effect? Why don't you go make a thread called 2D Photoshop overlay fire effects then?