take out the sparkles >.>

Grasping Darkness

Grasping Darkness

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2005

There are some graphic effects that I guess are related to skills like elemental but there are a lot of skills that show a sparkling effect like warrior skills that block battle vision and are just messy,fruity screen garbage.
yes? no?

The Hand Of Death

The Hand Of Death

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

Cavalon

The Last Pirates (SaVY)

N/

So what you are saying is that when a warrior activates a skill that no effect shows up? I think things are fine the way they are.

/notsigned

~Death~

Helcaraxe

Helcaraxe

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

On top of a mountain

A Bad Moon Rising [Moon]

Me/Mo

maybe just make it an option to turn skill graphics on and/or off.

Curse You

Curse You

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

South Pole

The Magus Order

N/Mo

What are you talking about? There are quiet a few warrior skills that have the sparkle effect. Things like Balanced Stance, Enraged Charge, or Deadly Reposte, to name a few.

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

/notsigned

2 days ago there was a thread about INCREASING the amount of animations in skills. Some people aren't happy either way, its called tastes and styles. Some people want different things then others (super realism in fighting like in some gladiator arena vs jumping up fifty 50 into the air to shot lightening bolts out of your sword). I think what a.net has in the game currently is a nice balance of the two.

Kuldebar Valiturus

Kuldebar Valiturus

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2006

Garden City, Idaho

The Order of Relumination (TOoR)

R/

Visual cues are important to playing the game, and many people rely on them.

Sure, ANet could put a user option to turn them off, but the time and labor involved to code that could be spent elsewhere considering the cost/benefit ratio.

gameshoes3003

gameshoes3003

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

I would say this should be turned off only for the people who can barely run the game so it won't lag as bad, so it would in the options menu.
but anyway
/notsigned

sasukeUchiha

sasukeUchiha

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2007

New Zealand

Da Nine Missing Nin of Akatsuki [llll]

W/E

Turn On/Off would be better but still...
/notsigned

Morganas

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

How would we know to spike a frenzied warrior if frenzy didn't sparkle?

bhavv

bhavv

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Morganas
How would we know to spike a frenzied warrior if frenzy didn't sparkle?
Or with healing sig. The animations are fine, if you dont like them, turn the graphics options down.

Bryant Again

Bryant Again

Hall Hero

Join Date: Feb 2006

You can't turn the graphics options down, unless you mean to turn down the resolution so low you can't see spit.

Regarding this issue, I think the graphics are pretty. Sorry, but I shall not sign this.

Redfeather1975

Redfeather1975

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2006

Apartment#306

Rhedd Asylum

Me/

I'm not too familiar with the details of graphic settings, but isn't there already particle effect category in it?
If not perhaps there should be. They are all particle effects and probably adding an option to simply disable those types of shaders could be done up by a game hacker in their basement in a couple of hours. lol

Ashleigh McMahon

Ashleigh McMahon

Site Contributor

Join Date: Apr 2005

North East England

WoTU[Warlords of the Underworld]

Mo/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by Morganas
How would we know to spike a frenzied warrior if frenzy didn't sparkle?
You could use the enemies skill activation display when you target

Things are fine the way they are in my opinion. If anything there should be an option to turn the animations 'off' for those with lower specs.

/notsigned...

Sorry.

dargon

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2005

The Seraphim Knights [TSK]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashleigh McMahon
You could use the enemies skill activation display when you target

Things are fine the way they are in my opinion. If anything there should be an option to turn the animations 'off' for those with lower specs.

/notsigned...

Sorry.
Yes, you could use the skill activation display, however the 'sparkles' allow you to see what skills are being used without targeting a foe once you learn what they look like.

lyra_song

lyra_song

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Oct 2005

R/Mo

Recognizing the activation Sound and Graphic of skills is part of learning to play the game.

Taking them out of the game is not a good idea.

actionjack

actionjack

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Kali

W/E

I miss the Bloom......

DarkGanni

DarkGanni

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

Malta

[CuTe]

E/

The game is fine the way I see it

/notsigned

Praetor

Praetor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Somewhere over the rainbow

Devil Me [DEvM]

E/D

Quick! Someone make a turn on/off skill effects (and/or other effects) thread.

tenshi_strife

tenshi_strife

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

in sardelac getting yelled at.

Angels of Strife[Aoc]

E/

yea i have to say i have been playing for almost 2 years and have learned to watch multiple chars and have learned all cues to the skills which makes me a valuable player... to remove this would be removing a type of stratgy and opting to set experienced players farther back giving no benifit to player who have played for a while over compleate noobs... i know there is supposed to be a balance but come on you need to throw experienced players some kind of bone

/notsigned.... majorly

onerabbit

onerabbit

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Thanks to all the guru [mods]

What u mean, like the thing in my avatar?..hell no, thats the best thing about skills!

tenshi_strife

tenshi_strife

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

in sardelac getting yelled at.

Angels of Strife[Aoc]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by onerabbit
What u mean, like the thing in my avatar?..hell no, thats the best thing about skills!
yes totally i agree..... it would make GW so bland with out them....

bhavv

bhavv

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by onerabbit
What u mean, like the thing in my avatar?..hell no, thats the best thing about skills!
That axe looks so pretty.

W T B full HDR suppot in GW

tenshi_strife

tenshi_strife

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

in sardelac getting yelled at.

Angels of Strife[Aoc]

E/

HAHAHAHA yes gw in HD = WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH PRETTY.... lol

Eldin

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

/notsigned

I take it you mean by "sparkles", particle effects (as in the trailing red dots when you activate sprint). Well, most skill effects that use particle effects would be bland without them, and even then, I see no way they could be annoying unless you have a REALLY bad computer.