Hell no. Glowing weapons look ridiculous!
Hell no. Glowing weapons look ridiculous!
I was thinking something along the lines of light elemental effects, such as some lightning sparks across the blade of a spear, or flicks of flame coming off a sword. Nothing cheesy, or over the top, but I think light elemental aspects would be nice. Would probably fit in well with the materia system.
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Why are so many FF XIV players so boring regarding the designs...
- Cool Magic weapons and gear with aura and particle effects! No thank you!
- Burning arrows or rare armor with glowing runes… No thank you!
- A variety of fitting mounts as an addition to chocobos… No Thank you!
- More colorful settings, more plants and greens in the cities… No Thank you!
- Rings/earrings with glowing crystals? No thank you!
- Smileys in chat? No Thank you!
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Kinda like how it is in Fable?
We find those features tacky. It's sorta like comparing a rainbow plastic necklace with a golden one. (An over exaggerated comparison, I know.)Why are so many FF XIV players so boring regarding the designs...
- Cool Magic weapons and gear with aura and particle effects! No thank you!
- Burning arrows or rare armor with glowing runes… No thank you!
- A variety of fitting mounts as an addition to chocobos… No Thank you!
- More colorful settings, more plants and greens in the cities… No Thank you!
- Smileys for chat? No Thank you!
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You're an artist, you should understand why such things don't fit with the overall feel and style the game has going for it.
I wouldn't mind some sort of slight "Aura" effect on near end-game items like a fire-axe slightly distorting the air around it as anything extremly hot would.
Wether they could do such subtle effects is up to debate, but I'm against flat out glowing stuff. It's tacky in every way.
Instead of GLOWING, i want it to be like aura like <3
I'd love it if say the elemental wands for instance had a subtle effect on them. Gear where it makes sense, but nothing over the top. Something like fog falling from the Ice one or tiny sparks coming from the lightning one, a stray flicker of flame here and there on the fire one, etc.
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