Anarchic Razor VFX

[Dreams]

This probably seems like a small thing, but it was the #1 reason I was going to pick this weapon. THE UNHOLY PURPLE GLOW OF THE DARK SUN! Now that it resembles sith lightning, it's less appealing. Was the VFX changed for any particular reason? Is it changed on PGCC only?

For reference (undeniably awesome VFX on the original, and the doodoolightning on the new ones):


EDIT: Spyre added a poll.

[Party in the forest at midnight]

Wow, yeah, the new one looks a lot less cool, it's way too pink. The purple glow is the only reason anyone ever wanted this weapon. Nobody uses longswords because they're not as good as scimitars. I hope the purple glow is returned to the sword.

[AsteraceaeOculus]

reject lightening.
return to glow.

[LichBait]

Glo' fo' sho'!

(But really, old glow is indeed superior)

[DeepWebAssassin]

I don't hate the lightning and think it'd be cool as a spell fx or on another weapon, but I do think for [CYRIC SWORD] the original was way more fitting and made it a nice unique weapon where the new one is just a 3rd color of electricity now on weapons.

[Waldo52]

I'd also like to say that these purple VFX should be somehow available outside of anarchic razors and spellswords. They're just too cool.

[Wrips]

The purple lightsaber with a black core was the coolest single piece of equipment on the server

[Dreams]

VFX in general would be a cool addition if they weren’t limited to particular weapons. What if there was some runic chest equivalent purely for aesthetics?

[Waldo52]

VFX in general would be a cool addition if they weren’t limited to particular weapons. What if there was some runic chest equivalent purely for aesthetics?

Yeah. There are just so many weird things going on with VFX right now.

X weapon is automatically covered in fire.
Y weapon cannot accept any kind of VFX even though it's a legendary +4 thing.

Maybe there should be exceptions for special elementally themed weapons that are locked into the ice or acid look for example. But generally I think we should have control over the look of our gear.

[Party in the forest at midnight]

Hey just bumping this thread, is there any way this change could be reverted? The old glow effect was really, really cool and suited a Cyric blade really well.

[Spyre]

I added a poll to make it easier.

[Kenji]

I designed the original purple glow

Praise Cyric

Or don't

[Scurvy Cur]

I'm just curious which 6 people have the objectively wrong opinion here.

[The Rambling Midget]

I'm just curious which 6 people have the objectively wrong opinion here.

I'm curious why 3 people voted on a poll they obviously don't care about. lol

[AstralUniverse]

Because they want to express how much it doesnt matter and doesnt deserve any dev time in their opinion.

i'm not one of them i didnt vote i truly dont care

[Amateur Hour]

I'm just curious which 6 people have the objectively wrong opinion here.

I'm curious why 3 people voted on a poll they obviously don't care about. lol

"It doesn't matter" can also mean "I am not going to complain regardless of the outcome" or "I am curious what other people feel about this issue even though I don't have a strong opinion myself."

[AsteraceaeOculus]

ORIGINAL VFX SWEEP

[Spyre]

Based on the votes, I will work with the team to revert the VFX.

[Party in the forest at midnight]

This is great, thank you very much!

[Quidix]

Old one is better - agreed. Now, even better if one could pick and choose visual more broadly.

[Party in the forest at midnight]

Bumping this, the vfx hasn't been restored yet.

[Hazard]

I'm voting for the new VFX because it's what you all deserve.

[Waldo52]

Old one is better - agreed. Now, even better if one could pick and choose visual more broadly.

Generally this. For pretty much any weapon.

Let's have all VFX enabled on all weapons with rare/special exceptions, and let's not forget about those special cases like picks and whips where VFX are disabled or poorly rendered.

[dominantdrowess]

Red Lightning could be cool though, for Necronic/Negative Damage though! >:D

[Kalopsia]

We'll revert the VFX to the prior version in an upcoming update. The change won't be retroactive, so keep that in mind if you're currently crafting one.