New scourge AOE effects very irritating

Please find a different solution for the scourge AOEs. These really large red pulsating AOE graphic effects are very irritating and confusing, especially when they fill half the screen. A lot worse than before

Scourge is the new disco master. B)

I like them more now since before you didn't know who's shade was who's

@Abelisk.4527 said:I like them more now since before you didn't know who's shade was who's

You could just solve that problem with using different colors for the shades. As of now it is just unbearable. There was only one scourge in enemy team and I hate it, can only imagine it how it looks with 2 or more scourges

I actually really like it, makes me wish that more skills in PvP has pulsing AoE effects to make it clearer when to dodge. Maybe it's the red that's obnoxious since it does tend to look like a nuke is going off.

I do think the visual effects could be toned down though, but I'd like to keep the AoE tells.

i almost think that the devs might have put more time into visualizing and making the effects for those big freaking red blobs on the floor than thinking of ways to actually rebalance it and necro in general. That kind of hurts me on the inside.

@ZDragon.3046 said:i almost think that the devs might have put more time into visualizing and making the effects for those big freaking red blobs on the floor than thinking of ways to actually rebalance it and necro in general. That kind of hurts me on the inside.it is actually strange. no other class got this treatment. What about meteor showers for example?now necro got special treatment and looks like a raid boss...

It was an odd addition, shade skills always had animations, the problem was that the order used to be effect hits -> then animation plays. All they had to do really was reverse the order and it would have been fine, the new tell is just super obvious and quite the eye sore.

First time i seen this in patch notes i literally couldn't stop laughing...even anet thinks players are too stupid to not sit on in every shade on node.

But seriously they should tweak this, it feels really weird to deal with this.

@ZDragon.3046 said:i almost think that the devs might have put more time into visualizing and making the effects for those big freaking red blobs on the floor than thinking of ways to actually rebalance it and necro in general. That kind of hurts me on the inside.

I mean it works, I don't see a lot of scourges anymore and this is a power meta now.

@ArthurDent.9538 said:It was an odd addition, shade skills always had animations, the problem was that the order used to be effect hits -> then animation plays. All they had to do really was reverse the order and it would have been fine, the new tell is just super obvious and quite the eye sore.^ This. It was never really hard seeing he AoE before. It was just instant and unavoidable.

The new flashing red isn't game breaking for me...but I'm just glad that I'm not prone to epilepsy. =P

@Malediktus.9250 said:

@Abelisk.4527 said:I like them more now since before you didn't know who's shade was who's

Colored shades would not give you a visual indicator of when a Scourge is using a shade attack.

Idk why people think the shade rings are so bad, the ground effect is literally a copy paste of the red circles that raids have been using since 2015. Are you seriously telling me that you can't handle something that PvE'ers have been handling with ease for years?

@Crinn.7864 said:

@Malediktus.9250 said:

@Abelisk.4527 said:I like them more now since before you didn't know who's shade was who's

I agree that the effect is way too intrusive. We need less AoE effects, not more. Just reduce the "visual noise" like you thought would help so long ago.

@Crinn.7864 said:

@Malediktus.9250 said:

@Abelisk.4527 said:I like them more now since before you didn't know who's shade was who's

@Malediktus.9250 said:

@Crinn.7864 said:

@Malediktus.9250 said:

@"Abelisk.4527" said:I like them more now since before you didn't know who's shade was who's

Oh good heavens the circles aren't half as "visually noisy" as proton forge/Mesmer skills/guardian blue vomit

I complained about those before, but Anet deleted that topic. Apparently it was too disrespectful despite only saying they give a headache and should be tuned down

HAHAHAHA People hated necro pre patch.. they get nerfed again and people STILL hate the necro post patch.. if it's not because of our skills but because of the system telling players we're about to use a skill hahaha

Why can't we convert the hate into a positive boon for once.

@HardRider.2980 said:HAHAHAHA People hated necro pre patch.. they get nerfed again and people STILL hate the necro post patch.. if it's not because of our skills but because of the system telling players we're about to use a skill hahaha

Why can't we convert the hate into a positive boon for once.

Because they just nerfed our condition->boon conversion.

Agree with OP!

May be better something like Elementalist's Churning Earth or Skyhammer Shot.

"Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it"

@shippage.1983 said:

@ZDragon.3046 said:i almost think that the devs might have put more time into visualizing and making the effects for those big freaking red blobs on the floor than thinking of ways to actually rebalance it and necro in general. That kind of hurts me on the inside.

I wouldn't say its a power meta its a power meta for mesmers till they change the confusion on mirage axe to torment then condi meta will come right back. Or it will be a hybrid meta which might not be so bad. But i do expect them to tune mesmer down some from where it is now in the next few months.

@Malediktus.9250 said:

@ZDragon.3046 said:i almost think that the devs might have put more time into visualizing and making the effects for those big freaking red blobs on the floor than thinking of ways to actually rebalance it and necro in general. That kind of hurts me on the inside.it is actually strange. no other class got this treatment. What about meteor showers for example?now necro got special treatment and looks like a raid boss...

Meteor shower isn't being spammed 24/7 , I liked the obvious big red.

@Rukia.4802 said:

@Malediktus.9250 said:

@ZDragon.3046 said:i almost think that the devs might have put more time into visualizing and making the effects for those big freaking red blobs on the floor than thinking of ways to actually rebalance it and necro in general. That kind of hurts me on the inside.it is actually strange. no other class got this treatment. What about meteor showers for example?now necro got special treatment and looks like a raid boss...

Meteor shower is not instant damage and usually you see it coming and the caster has to remain still for a pretty large portion of the skills duration. IT was really not needed for a skill like that. I there is anything else I would say needed it. It would be mesmers shatters. They are instant activation and really shouldnt be.