Post aura rage here. I will lock any other aura thread I see.

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wiggin wrote:

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Edit: http://imgur.com/a/hU5Vb Album of all (I think) auras except Grace which didn't change much anyway.

Quoting in case others missed that gallery. ;)

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OldeSchool wrote:

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My early blush is that they went a bit too far in trying to trim down the aura effects. Auras are by definition ethereal, insubstantial, formless phenomena - the "borders" on the new graphics seem too sharp and crisp. I'm going to play for a few hours and see if I can offer something more substantive in the way of feedback; hopefully there is a middle ground between form and function.

Overall a good change in my book, but as you put it so well, some are too sharp and crisp. Especially on Clarity, the blue is imho too saturated and sharp like a razor's edge. At least the huge shields of Determination are gone, always felt like a UFO hovering around with it. :P

Good Change - no more UFO-World OF Warcaft auras.

Ofc new ones can be improved (they are not so good tbh) but EVERYTHING is better than old ones.

So...

Dont loo back.. dont return to old ones - they was rly crappy.
Improve new one because they are rly crappy too. They even dont look like auras now.

But CHANGE is overall good for the game.

And honestly Russell... BE CREATIVE FFSA... this looks like something made by 10 year old kid that is learning 3D effects or smth. With tutorial "auras for dummies'

As most things in POE:
contept = GOOD
execution = bad

Please bring the old ones back! (Atleast as an option)
I'm colorblind and just having half circles around you in different colours makes it harder for me to see what aura's people are using. Especially when there's alot of them.

And srsly when we tell you 'fix the auras" we dont want to change then to something like that. Why you not make them smaller and less flashy only? Then reduce effects on minions bo 50% and voila! Auras are fixed.

Geeezz....


EDIT:

My previous comments are based on screenshots in this thread... now i launch the client and i saw them all inmotion...

LOL

THEY ARE HORRIBLE.

Its totally rushed job... how long this takes? 1 hour for all of them?
How something like that can go trough QA? Its beyond me.

And its all because one week patch shedule... i bet it was 'rework auras - you ahve one day because we need tham in next week patch". I give feedback in other threads that one week patch shedule is harming the game. There is nothong worse than hyped but bad and bugged content (because its rushed). Its perfect example of this. Staph. PLZ.
Make normal upgrades, make normal patches.

Just hotfix the game and bring back old ones until REAL auras reveamp is done. Game was frustrating before.. now i cant even look at my char lol.

PS. I know that lot of this is not applicable to auras. Sry for this little rant. :)

New auras are shit.

While the new Auras are not a flashy/cool looking, I like the cleaner look.


Hopefully GGG works towards some kind of option settings, so everyone can get the graphics they want.

New auras are great.

Wait, I can do better than that...

As someone who cares a lot about the aesthetics of my characters, I find the new auras to be much more tasteful, and greatly prefer them over the old ones. I remember someone previously commenting that high-level group play in POE looked like a scene from the movie TRON because of the over-the-top auras! Totally agreed, and the new auras rectify this.

The more subtle aura style also makes cosmetic effects and different armour styles more significant, since it isn't all drowned out by the auras anymore.

Good job.

would having an option put players back into the same situation? half of the group runs old half runs new and lag spikes, fps drops and players complain.

or would the option to toggle back be for single play only?

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popohim wrote:

and I am sure that GGG will be losing potential customers because of it.

seriously? new players won't even know, and most people i hope care more about playability.
I would like to know what your opinion would be if you've never seen the auras as they were before

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Antistes wrote:

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popohim wrote:

and I am sure that GGG will be losing potential customers because of it.

seriously? new players won't even know, and most people i hope care more about playability.
I would like to know what your opinion would be if you've never seen the auras as they were before

You' re right, but we HAVE seen. There are more people like me that have been playing even in close beta, auras were there since more than a year, maybe two years or more, cant remember propertly.

And no problems with that, now open beta started and they changed their awesome, well made with dedicated effort, attractive auras for this crap?

What will be next? Nerf every spell effect and ended playing a 1980 game?

Seriously, I can't take it.

This must be an option for those with prehistoric pcs. Its like removing all shadows, high graphics options, and even removing high resolution for everyone because there are people with 600 x 400.

I normally support GGG changes and appreciate their effort, Im sure they did thinking it was the right move. But honestly it isn't. Still got faith in you guys, but make these such things an option, don't nerf your great game for all.