[dev1037] Enhancement of Battle Effects

[Dargoth_Draconia]

Love the new effects, even though it should have been like that from the start.
http://na.square-enix.com/ffxiv/post_dev1037_en.jpg
Hopefully some of the weapon skills will have an increased visual effect as well.

(Duplicate post of another on my home server forum.)

[Akumu]

I agree I like the first initial improvement they are implementing. I can't wait to see what they look like when they actually change them.

[Jibe]

This is a good start, but I think they should do more than just make the effects bigger.

[Akumu]

This is a good start, but I think they should do more than just make the effects bigger.

Someone translated a dev response from the french forums stating it was just the first step. That's why they gave it a dev tag now so we could discuss it and improve on the idea. However, some people looked passed that and thought that was all they were going to do.

[Jibe]

Someone translated a dev response from the french forums stating it was just the first step. That's why they gave it a dev tag now so we could discuss it and improve on the idea. However, some people looked passed that and thought that was all they were going to do.

Nice! I can't wait to see what else they are going to do.

[Cairdeas]

I can see them start adding new animations for casting and weaponskills.

I'd love to see something along the lines of.

"Thaumaturge with a Stick and Shield starts casting. Lets go of stick and it floats in front of him. Spinning a bit until the casting starts and the "Magic" explodes outward of the spinning stick and hits everyone in front of him. "

or "A Conjurer with a Twohanded staff starts casting. They draw a extravigant sigil in the air with the head of their two handed staff then strike it like with a baseball bat. It flys outward, shows up on the monster they've casted on then explodes with the magic being casted."

[javid]

I like the enhancement of the battle effects. I hope the [visual] enhancement will also include vivid additional animations for particular battle effects. Example: BATTLE REGIMENS!!!!!!! Please make these combos (or some of the combos) visually distinctive--instead of just pink limbs, weapons, and monsters.

[Seif]

I hope this doesn't mean that they'll just skip making them look better altogether and is just a temporary fix.

[Alcide]

I don't know, I like the enhancement for the tier 2 spells (wich are quite insignificant right now) but IMO tier 1 should remain as they are since they are supposed to be weak spells, so their visuals should be weak too.
I hope it's a well planned enhancement and not just a "let's make everything bigger" fix.

Something I would love to see is a different visualization for AoE spells, for instance if I cast an AoE I should see a single animation on the whole area instead of multiple animations on the mobs, this would be cooler and would help understanding the AoE.