Add a "Minimal FX" option to ALL armor sets

Right now, Minimal FX is restricted to the "non-elemental" power sets. I feel that all powersets should get this option, for two reasons:

1. Technical Reasons: I'm not the only person playin the game on a low-end system. Mine is actually old enough that I can't play Dark or Fire armors without constant crashing, eeven with the particle count reduced to the minimum value, and the other "elemental" sets drag down my performance a lot. What's even crazier is that several of these powers look nearly the same, if not identical (Ice Armor has how many identical layers of ice cubes?). By letting us select the one aura we like best and turning off the rest, our performance could go way up for some players.

2. Roleplaying Reasons: Bobby Drake isn't covered in gigantic ice cubes, Spawn isn't dripping coalesced darkness from his body, and the Thing doesn't wrap extra layers of rock around his already stony body. Sometimes, a character would look better without all the glows from the powerset. Other times, one of the existing Aura costume pieces would look better for your concept than the default one. And by using costume auras, you can keep your toggles on all the time, but only burst into flame while fighting. And if you're level 1 and haven't unlocked any purchasable auras, you still have the option of turning on one or more of the auras in your powerset until you hit 30 and do the aura mission.

And while you're at it, grab all stealth powers, like from Devices and Illusion, and give them the option of Invisible, Translucent, on No Fade. For team-affecting powers, like Group Invisibility or Shadowfall, this option should only affect the caster.

Of course, just like the existing powersets with "Minimal FX" options, these options should be overridden and reverted to defaults while in a PVP Zone/Arena. But elsewhere, we should be able to control how many gaudy auras we're sheathed in.

I agree with this so very much.

The look of certain armor powers stop me from choosing certain epic power pools for example simply because I can't stand the look.

The Devs have said, repeatedly, that there is simply no way they are removing the sfx from stuff like fire, ice and dark.

HOWEVER.
However, I am of the opinion that is way past high time for some good alternatives to the default sfx auras. Like a thin, icy overlay effect for Ice armour, something subtle like occasional plumes of flame and fire from the mouth etc for Fire and more subtle options in general other than 'ZOMFG FIYAH! ICE! DARKY DARK!' which is what we, admittedly, have right now.

I am fully behind you for the call on Invis/stealth powers, however. I despise the ripple-glow effect on the stealth power in Devices. And that damn BUZZING sound! Ugh.

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