I think the new on-hit effect for Fire damage looks awful

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DLKY wrote:

The new fire effects are too large, bright and distracting as shown in Invalesco's screenshot.

That is precisely my problem with it. It's much too big. Here's a new screenshot I took of me attacking a beetle with Frenzy (a physical attack) that emphasizes just how absurd it is. Imagine this with Split Arrow + Chain with a 0.25 attack speed and seeing a huge group of monsters constantly engulfed by this.



I'm honestly considering turning off Anger aura and cutting my dps by 25%. Or just quitting the game. I can't stand looking at this anymore.

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DavosTheOnionKnight wrote:

I'm honestly considering turning off Anger aura and cutting my dps by 25%. Or just quitting the game. I can't stand looking at this anymore.

Congratulations you win today's BiggestPOEBaby award.

Hmmm his pics looks kinda buggy to be honest (not because theres a bug in it herp derp herp). Can you can a few extra shots of it in another environment if you have the time. As it might be reacting to that fog and lighting weirdly. Also im not sure what all those weird white dots are. As you can see from the pics mine look nothing like that.

Im just trying to help. No need to randomly threaten to quit the game haha.

Sorry Rus :p It wasn't a threat (nor would I quit permanently; at most it would be a short break until the effect is changed and I can tolerate looking at my screen again), I am just a huge stickler for visuals and if I don't enjoy looking at a game I'm not going to play it. Turning off Anger aura is too big of a hit to my dips :( I'm also kind of OCD, so once my mind is set on something like this I can't take my mind (or my eyes) off of it. I obsess over it. If the effect was maybe 1/3 of the size I'd have no problem with it, nor would I if I was using a fire spell, but it just looks really silly with Split Arrow. As I said, this is what I'd imagine Explosive Arrow's visual effect to resemble.

Yeah those white dots are strange, not sure what that's about. I don't see them in your screenshot, however in your screens, the explosion is still really big which is my main problem with it. I'll take a couple more screens when I'm off work in a little bit. Thanks for your feedback! <3

I think the new effect is really awesome looking honestly. If I had my way, I'd reduce the size of the animation by roughly 20% though. It's a pretty big burst of fire, but it looks really awesome, as apposed to that random laggy nothingness we had before.

Overall it's a giant improvement, but a smaller one likely wouldn't hurt the effect.

One other thing, I'm not trying to be an ass here or anything, but saying you'll quit a game because of a single graphic you dislike just seems petty. If I quit every game where I didn't like one graphical element of it, I'd probably never play a single game for more than a day. I get you don't like the effect, but it seems like you're digging to get it changed via threat as Russel pointed out. Sorry, I just see that said so many times over little things in every game.

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Dellusions wrote:

I think the new effect is really awesome looking honestly. If I had my way, I'd reduce the size of the animation by roughly 20% though. It's a pretty big burst of fire, but it looks really awesome, as apposed to that random laggy nothingness we had before.

Overall it's a giant improvement, but a smaller one likely wouldn't hurt the effect.

One other thing, I'm not trying to be an ass here or anything, but saying you'll quit a game because of a single graphic you dislike just seems petty. If I quit every game where I didn't like one graphical element of it, I'd probably never play a single game for more than a day. I get you don't like the effect, but it seems like you're digging to get it changed via threat as Russel pointed out. Sorry, I just see that said so many times over little things in every game.

You're right, it was a stupid thing to say. As I said I wouldn't quit permanently, only until something was changed. Regardless, I should have kept that to myself. I didn't mean for it to come out as "if you don't make the game the way I want it I'm going to quit". For the record, I think Rus does an incredible job on all of the visuals. PoE is a great looking game. The new fire effect isn't bad, it's just way too big and I don't think it belongs on physical attacks. I am bipolar so sometimes I say things a bit less graciously than I intend :/

Anyways, I took some new screenshots as requested Russel, this time with Split Arrow. I'll be posting them in a few minutes.

Alright, here are some screenshots I took of Split Arrow. Unfortunately I can't take screenshots while attacking a large group, as my game locks up for about 1 second and being level 82, I don't want to risk dying. As you can see from these shots, the visual effect is huge. A couple of these screenshots were timed almost perfectly and encapture the effect at its largest point, which is almost as big as most monsters.

Hmm thanks for the images man. Why does it loook so different to mine though >.> Im so confused. Well ill shrink it a bit on Monday then. I wont be changing its design however. As a lot of people have been liking it it seems : P. Ill try figure out whats going on with your version though. As that does look reaaaaally ugly.

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Russell wrote:

Hmm thanks for the images man. Why does it loook so different to mine though >.> Im so confused. Well ill shrink it a bit on Monday then. I wont be changing its design however. As a lot of people have been liking it it seems : P. Ill try figure out whats going on with your version though. As that does look reaaaaally ugly.

Mine doesn't look like his either. If you need specs, just ask.

Edit: after I entered act III normal the effect looked as big as the one in his screenshots. If that helps.

That is great to hear :D I will be a happy camper once it's reduced in size a bit. Especially since this new version is better on performance. Sorry again to have across as an asshat yesterday. I was having a bad day and it wasn't my intention to be a tool. Let me know if there's any info I can give you regarding why my fire looks different than it's supposed to. My video card is a Geforce GTS 250 1gb and my driver is up to date. Not the best card, but it gets the job done well enough. I'm planning on upgrading soon anyways. Thanks for your assistance!