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Old Jun 13, 2005, 09:05 PM // 21:05   #1
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Default Does Eruption have any visual effects?

I cast this all the time and I have it cast on me occasionally.

However, I have never seen any visual indicator that the spell is going off, other than the stream of dmg numbers that appear over the mob's heads and the blindness effect when the spell ends.

I don't see any flames or pillars of dirt or magma or anything.

When I cast the spell, there is the traditional "circle of smoke" over my head that normally occurs when casting an Earth spell, then...nothing. Yellow dmg numbers start appearing.

I can only think that maybe my install is screwed up because all other spells I cast have a visible effect, and considering this one costs 25mana and does so much and is an AoE I would expect it to be visible. How else can you avoid walking through the Eruption AoE while it is going off?

If it does have a visual, can somrone post a screenshot so I can see what it looks like?
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Old Jun 14, 2005, 04:58 AM // 04:58   #2
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You see dust motes on the ground if i recall.
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Old Jun 14, 2005, 05:08 AM // 05:08   #3
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Yes, there is a visual effect, but it's not flashy. You almost have to know what you're looking for. But it's good enough to see the area of effect if you do.
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Old Jun 15, 2005, 06:26 AM // 06:26   #4
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It has the same effect as aftershock, just a puff of dust in the area of effect.
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Old Jun 15, 2005, 10:46 AM // 10:46   #5
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It's hard to see, because I've never seen it either. Usually when I get it cast on me, I just run away until the numbers stop appearing, and hope I got out of the range before the blind hit.
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Old Jun 15, 2005, 01:25 PM // 13:25   #6
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Well, I would not say it is like aftershock, because aftershock shakes the screen.

That said, I am really dissapointed in the Eruption "effect". I want to see a pile of rocks and dirt spurt into the air or something.
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Old Jun 15, 2005, 02:19 PM // 14:19   #7
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you're dissapointed?...Illusionary Weaponry attack looks exactly like any other chaos damage, apart from that 0.6 second animation of you enchanting the weapon. Energy Drain dosen't even have an effect. Phoenix looks like a fireball and an inferno. This game's been poor for effects right from the start...just be happy with what you got...

...although, on the plus side you can recognise most effects easily due to their simplicity...and it dosen't clutter the screen the way D2 effects did.
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Old Jun 17, 2005, 08:28 AM // 08:28   #8
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Eruption looks like the dirt is being disturbed around your target (or you), but that's it.

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you're dissapointed?...Illusionary Weaponry attack looks exactly like any other chaos damage, apart from that 0.6 second animation of you enchanting the weapon. Energy Drain dosen't even have an effect. Phoenix looks like a fireball and an inferno. This game's been poor for effects right from the start...just be happy with what you got...

...although, on the plus side you can recognise most effects easily due to their simplicity...and it dosen't clutter the screen the way D2 effects did.
Agreed. I was hoping that Phoenix would involve some fiery bird fly out from my elementalist and fly smack into the opponent with a fiery explosion. But alas, a high arching fireball is all we get. Most other skills I'm good with visually.
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Old Jun 18, 2005, 09:01 PM // 21:01   #9
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There is dust.

But I don't bother to look at that.

I only care about the "-16 Eruption" then I move my warrior away to prevent being blinded
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Old Jun 19, 2005, 04:09 AM // 04:09   #10
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I was REALLY sad when fireball/phoenix/flare and the rest all looked nearly the same. Honestly, there could have been so much more.
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Old Jun 22, 2005, 08:57 PM // 20:57   #11
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I was REALLY sad when fireball/phoenix/flare and the rest all looked nearly the same. Honestly, there could have been so much more.
Well it wouldn't make you lucky, if all spells would have an optical pwnage. I just agree with Everous: if u want to have one big grafic lag then play d2 lod at a baalrun with 8 allys...
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Old Jun 23, 2005, 04:07 PM // 16:07   #12
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They don't need to look cooler; they just need to look different.
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