GFX soup: Which power effects do you want to see toned down?
By
Arilou,
Posted on: 2011-05-27 11:42 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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This is true, if your fire is yellow. I play fire blasters a lot, and so does my mom. We frequently color our fire to be something unique (say, pale blue, or violet, or even white). In those cases, Hasten's insistence on yellow flames clashes horribly with our themes.|
Originally Posted by Rabid_M
It works well for fire-based characters.
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We suffer with it because Hasten works exceptionally well with Blaster Defiance. But if there were any way at all to suppress its effects, I'd donate the equivalent of my lifetime 401k investment to get it.
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As matter of fact, the only toon she has it on, that she like it on is a fire blaster. |
Originally Posted by Rabid_M
It works well for fire-based characters.
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Her only other is a homage to Fathom and she has almost dumped it every respec she has done. But since she is a defender, she feels she needs every advantage to solo.
Hasten: yes, remove the graphic (and sound!) immediately. If we ever get pool customization, it can be restored by the few people who want that look. It would be more suitable if all Fire were orange, but it often isn't.
Fiery Aura: That pulsing Fire effect is a real eyesore. It's hard to say what I dislike about it exactly. It just looks like less of an animation and more of a pulsing banner to me.
Everything else: I'm fine with for the most part. I don't get the sense at all that the effects are designed to be the only ones on the screen. I get the sense that the game was built to look chaotic, which is something it achieves. The Ice shields are unattractive though. I wouldn't mind Ice shields that looked more like a swirling icy mist.
The Energy Aura powers are a huge drain on computer resources and need some serious toning down. Yeah, I know that set kind of sucks, too, but I have a level 50 Stalker with it.
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I'd love to see ice shields be nothing but added reflectivity off of a character. Even Icicles is way too much for me and could be almost non-existant IMO. I figure the damage can come from the absolute zero surrounding my character, not from little pokey ice pieces.|
Originally Posted by Oedipus_Tex
Hasten: yes, remove the graphic (and sound!) immediately. If we ever get pool customization, it can be restored by the few people who want that look. It would be more suitable if all Fire were orange, but it often isn't.
Fiery Aura: That pulsing Fire effect is a real eyesore. It's hard to say what I dislike about it exactly. It just looks like less of an animation and more of a pulsing banner to me. Everything else: I'm fine with for the most part. I don't get the sense at all that the effects are designed to be the only ones on the screen. I get the sense that the game was built to look chaotic, which is something it achieves. The Ice shields are unattractive though. I wouldn't mind Ice shields that looked more like a swirling icy mist. |
I just really think there should be minimum/no effects options for as many powers, AT or pool, as can have such options.
That's all I've got.