Boss Aura Mystery

Well, recently in an update ANet claimed to have changed all boss auras to this new, glow aura.

Example:


On the other hand, some guys still have the old aura:



At first I thought they changed the aura for humans, since admittedly they look hideous with the old one. A certain undead boss right before the Lich in Hell's has the new aura, further proving this. However, I found an ice golem boss with the new aura, and I feel Charr are equally, if not more human-looking than a golem and retain the old aura.

Thoughts? Anyone figure this out yet?

New aura sucks, old aura rocks! Anet probably had too much to drink.

I've had trouble distinguishing between a few of the bosses. I have mixed up many monks with mesmers and rangers with necros which i have never done before. I dont like the new auras.

The old aura was better - with the new one it's hard to tell whats a boss anymore or even what kind it is.

I can point out a boss much easier now...but I really had no problem beforehand, just used the ctrl key

I also have trouble distinguishing between ranger and necro bosses. When I have them selected and agro'd, thats only when I can see the skills they are using and what exactly they are.

Liked the old better too.

Yeah. The new one, although the update log calls it a glow, it's just a retinting of the model!

Same here, wasn't sure which of the Abaddon's Mouth bosses Spindle Agonyvein was till he used Restore Condition.

I saw a handful of bosses that had the very first type of boss aura last time I played through Prophecies about a month ago. I guess Anet just misses a few.

Two video cards ago, the bosses looked like this to me.

The Coppered Centaur, holy-*%$#



Striped (stripped?) turtle. Kinda cool, actually, even though it's damned ugly.

Lawl! I just realised you can tell how long ago I took that screenie by looking at the skillbars.

Are the Luxon/Kurzick auras the same as boss auras?

I like the new auras...
They are more harmonic and make the bosses look more realistic (you dont really think the inside the GW world the "bosses" really glow, right?)

I don't like the new auras. It just looks like someone spilled some dye on them now. I miss the real glows

I think all bosses should look like that.

I thought the first boss I saw with the new aura was a ghost.
o.O

some of these bosses look really really wierd, it looks like the centaur is like a candy cane or something

on certain enemies the new aura is nearly impossible to see, such as on djinn

This new aura on the bosses is ugly T-T!
Its bland and doesn't stand out that well imo. The old aura was pretty and it actually stood out ^^

Change it back please!

The strange thing is, some bosses seem to be missing their aura completely. A few times on Vermin runs Shreader doesn't even have one. Those oddly seem to be the same times he drops his green.