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

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The_Langolier wrote:

Any official words on whether a graphical option for old auras will be considered at all?

And what exactly is the rationale behind the aura change? Is it for performance enhancement or just a so call "graphical improvement"? If it's the former, I certainly didn't notice much difference (mostly solo). If it is for the latter, then the new auras failed horribly. This is a giant step backwards in terms of look and style for POE. I really cant stand the look of the new auras :(

The patch notes cited performance reasons; check back in this thread and you'll find a post from Russell talking about how the old auras were made, and that the aura graphics had been slated for a rework for some time.

I think the community has been loud and clear that the new aura graphics fall short - the "disco balls" are gone, but with them went a lot of eye candy. Also, if you're standing in water or even thick terrain, the aura goes away entirely. Given the rather vociferous negative reaction from their cu$tomer base to the aura nerf, I think it's a virtual certainty that GGG is talking about possible options. I know I would be. Hopefully GGG will take action sometime soon...but I imagine that there are other things ahead of a "rework of the rework". The current graphics definitely need some additional beef; time will tell whether that comes in another patch or is made available as a microtransaction.

I my self as an old school D2 fan loved the Old auras in path of exile, i Nearly jumped out of my seat when i saw all the nostalgic aura themes back again.

When they reduced the auras to the hoola hoops they have now. i gave out a big sigh.

I'm sure they will make an option for it in the future and well i really do hope the fancy auras come back into play. Heck ill even donate for them to come back in.

I honestly feel like a big part of the game has been cut out..like..when you get a really horrible hair cut..and nobody wants to look at you.

Thats how I feel now..lets hope the hair grows back.

Seriously...its bad.

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Secksy wrote:

I honestly feel like a big part of the game has been cut out..like..when you get a really horrible hair cut..and nobody wants to look at you.

Thats how I feel now..lets hope the hair grows back.

Seriously...its bad.

Great analogy.

When the old auras were active in a very dark area, used to be so beautiful the contrast, now there's no contrast at all.

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Kahless1121 wrote:

Hell i would even pay for a micotransaction that would let me use the old auras vs the new.

This is my personal opinion and only reflects how I will conduct myself; your mileage may vary...

If they offered the old auras back as a microtransaction, I guarantee - no threat- no hyperbolic reaction to try to get my way - that I will leave this game and never donate to it again.


At this point, I went from running three auras to running none. This change has affected my enjoyment of the game - your opinion may differ, which is fine. To bring it back at a cost would feel similar to an insult. I've donated quite a bit of money since the start of OB. My plans would be to continue doing such. Donating to bring back a feature that I liked, which was replaced by something I dislike so much that I refuse to use, is ridiculous and unacceptable.

I actually wouldn't mind the old auras as cheap shop items. That would mean we can mix and match new and old looks to our liking, instead of just have a new/old checkbox in the options. I miss the eye-candy too, individual auras where damn nice to look at. Once you stack a whole bunch it got too messy though. How they look right now, I would actually opt for no aura FX on me at all and just have them in my buff icons. :/

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trollkind wrote:

I actually wouldn't mind the old auras as cheap shop items. That would mean we can mix and match new and old looks to our liking, instead of just have a new/old checkbox in the options. I miss the eye-candy too, individual auras where damn nice to look at. Once you stack a whole bunch it got too messy though. How they look right now, I would actually opt for no aura FX on me at all and just have them in my buff icons. :/

Yes, lets start charging for stuff we've already created and released for free because, fuck dat community of ours.

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Exilium wrote:

An option would be great. My machine had no trouble with old, beefy, flashy auras and I think they look and feel better than these ones.

Sure, they make look silly and exagerated, but at least I feel powerful. Something the new effects just don't do. They're just... stale.

I think they just need to redo the new auras altogether.

This would keep the intention of less power-hungry effects, but would allow them to make the effects BETTER than they are in the current state.

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tgodoy85 wrote:

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Secksy wrote:

I honestly feel like a big part of the game has been cut out..like..when you get a really horrible hair cut..and nobody wants to look at you.

Thats how I feel now..lets hope the hair grows back.

Seriously...its bad.

Great analogy.

When the old auras were active in a very dark area, used to be so beautiful the contrast, now there's no contrast at all.

Another reason for them to just be completely overhauled again. They simply went too far, even with the right intentions.

We might not need effects all over the place, but they have to look COOL at least, they have to be eye candy to some extent, and not just "eh..."

I just want to repost that I like the new auras because of the
performance improvements. Further I prefer using 2 auras.

The only reason I like the new ones is the low frame lag,
they are less beautiful.

I look forward to and encourage the development of beautiful
low lag auras.