Visual Revamp of Old Skills

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In addition we have revisited a few other skills in order to improve their performance.

Please do this with Icestorm. Cannot use Icestorm+Spell cascade with some friends since it makes the game literally unplayable for them

Pogchamp hope for part 2

cool but i have a old pc and i'm sure i'm not alone ...
hope this and light and water ameliorations will not kill my gpu x)

Ice nova looks nice in the dark now.

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generalchaos wrote:

How is fireball not on that list? It has the most hideous skill effect.

I suppose it needs to look good when casting once and when casting like 8 per second, which means making spells look good and still playable after 30 min is hard. I like how they improved magma orb to be less bright though, so good things can happen. On that note some suggestions:

Aura visuals currently still looking minecraft lvl
Explosive Arrow (and quill rain arrow) stacks on enemies
Blood Rage
Cyclone
Puncture

Unearth (newer skill i know, but even the reliquary skeletons have a cooler version)
Shockwave Totem (Seismic trap visuals, hint hint)
Flame Surge (intended as a conditional 'do more damage' but not showing it)
Glacial Cascade (Magma Orb treatment to prevent eyeburn and epilepsy)
Storm Call (Magma Orb treatment to prevent eyeburn and epilepsy)

Ice nova and Frenzy look really good. I prefer the old caustic arrow, (it looks more cloud-like) this new one looks oddly solid.
I'm not sure trails should be the default option. they're fine if people want to add them on, but they look like MTX and some people would prefer a more real look.

problem is not the visuals

the problem is the concept of 'starting skills' youve got there

no skill should be made crap on purpose. it might be simple, it might be bland, but it cannot be unusable BY DESIGN

skills like Cleave ARE unusable. your ineptitude to finally put an end to stupid concept of fake dual wielding (further exaggerated by even dumber stat sticks) makes it 100% only-for-dumb option

maybe, just maybe, your mtx/art departmend wasted several hours improving visuals on a skill that your balance/gamedesign department designed NOT TO BE USED. just maybe.

Good shit, hope you guys change sunder look as well :)

Ice Nova is awesome but how it will hit all MTXes for those skills? If i have Watery Nova and i use it on new Ice Nova will it bring "old" animation or MTXes will also be revampt?

Daddy likes

Ok so less grim and more flashy