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

+1 for old auras

bring em back, if it is a performance thingy... just can say - stop playing on gameboy color and super nintendo classic

if its is an money thing, stop being greedy, i think people invest more than enough with real money, and i dont stack auras for being stylish, i do it because the build works like this and a bit style is a need

i think the characters looking crappy enough in high lvl gear with out microtrans gear




so, dont suck the community and bring em back please

I have been lurking for a long time. And i am pissed off with the aura change. I hate the new ones, they are too plain and boring. I think the old auras were badass, i felt badass and awesome when i played . I didnt think for a minute that they dont fit the environment or the world of Wraeclast. And most importantly, i had no performance issues whatsoever when i used them ( desync occured even with the new auras, so many char's died because of it ). I have paid the closed beta supporter pack, okay i know it was 10 dollars, and for ten dollars i had a great time playing, and if they decide to charge for the full game when it released, i am willingly pay for it. But i think, that they throw the old auras just because they can charge for the new nicer microtransaction ones it is a rip off.

+1 for OLD AURAS !


I dont know how easy or hard it is but...

Can you not make a local setting which could use different files for the auras so every player can change the auras self.


I think many Computer handled the old auras and they really look great, why nerf them for all people just because some got performance problems...

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hybTM wrote:

I think many Computer handled the old auras and they really look great, why nerf them for all people just because some got performance problems...

No matter how powerful your PC is, even if you have an SGI Workstation under your desktop, your PC WILL MELT (!!!) when you use 6 old auras on your chara and at the same time these full aura effects will also appear onto your Minions when you play Summoner, it's just overkill.
13 Skeletons, 9 Zombies, 3 Spectres, all with the old Aura effects is insane and to be honest, the old auras looked way to dominant onto the screen.
I could live with optional Aura-quality settings and also keeping the Aura effect onto the own chara only (not visible onto your minions/party members like it is now). But I'm actualy very happy with the new decent auras, they don't visualy distract you from the actual gameplay.

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Fusion_Power wrote:

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hybTM wrote:

I think many Computer handled the old auras and they really look great, why nerf them for all people just because some got performance problems...

No matter how powerful your PC is, even if you have an SGI Workstation under your desktop, your PC WILL MELT (!!!) when you use 6 old auras on your chara and at the same time these full aura effects will also appear onto your Minions when you play Summoner, it's just overkill.
13 Skeletons, 9 Zombies, 3 Spectres, all with the old Aura effects is insane and to be honest, the old auras looked way to dominant onto the screen.
I could live with optional Aura-quality settings and also keeping the Aura effect onto the own chara only (not visible onto your minions/party members like it is now). But I'm actualy very happy with the new decent auras, they don't visualy distract you from the actual gameplay.

I played as a 7 Aura EB Summoner with zombies, specter and even a skeleton totem with the old auras. i never had any problem with the performance, not alone and not in a full group (maybe they got problems but not me :P)

And that was what i mean, a local setting change so you could change between the auras just for you and not the other with a bad performance or whatever.

Can you post a ss of what you liked looking like?

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Snorkle_uk wrote:

someone mentioned this in another thread recently so I did a screenshot split of the two

Like that, just the old auras stacked :)

Ok, I just have to come back to comment on hybTM's pic, as it could not be more clear than this.

Looking a the pic, your character on the left looks WAY more badass than your character one on the right.
You look like a freakin god! And this is awesome.
This goes a long way towards your enjoyment of the game.
Making you feel powerfull, badass, etc... isn't that the whole point of these games?
Slowly, painstakingly, aquiring more and more power untill you reach a level of power correctly portrayed by the pic on the left?
Just look at it! Its soo badass! Now look at the one on the right. Yeah, weak. Lame. Doesn't make you feel powerfull at all.

Also, like mentionned before, the new Purity aura looks horrible.

And finally, the new Determination aura is very underwelming and you have no idea what it represents when just looking at it,
while the old one could not possibly be more clear! (and awesome)

Purity needs a change, it doesn't match the rest

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Antistes wrote:

Purity needs a change, it doesn't match the rest

I don't think "matching" is important anymore; auras were nerfed into near invisibility, while weapon effects became over-the-top flashy. The new weapon fx are good matches for the olde auras...but good luck finding a weapon effect to match the Awesome New Auras. In fact, I'll wager that the Awesome New Auras are nearly totally obscured by a character dual-wielding one of the aforementioned new weapon effects.

The olde auras were fine, a couple just needed to be turned down a notch or two. GGG made a drastic change in its art direction with the Awesome New Auras, then failed to follow that direction with the new microtrans effects. If the Awesome New Auras are here to stay, then please get away from the Blowtorch/Tesla Coil/Roman Candle weapon effects. Thank you.