Divine Aura

I just had another thought about the Aura. If in fact you can turn it on and off at will, won't it be a handy thing to have in dark places?

The Aura sounds pretty sweet if I do say so myself. I really liked emotes (End of Beta Dance Party *laughs*). I also wasn't expecting anything special with the PO items. Either way, the determining factor for the CE for me was the soundtrack and art book

Some of you guys should stop complaining about the Divine Aura. You don't know exactly what it is, so what are you complaing about.

I still wish that instead of either an equippable item or an emote, they'd make it an aura that could be applied to your weapons. I'd rather have my weapon glow than me.

A glowing weapon would be great! What if it was a crap weapon though? I don't think I would want that glowing!

Here was the response I recieved from Gaile:
I never meant disrespect but my initial reaction was a negative surprise at learning it was something like an emote. I have full confidence in her words and will wait patiently to see the aura for what it is and discuss it in this or other forums.

Enough said then. Thank you for the post.

interesting, so will we be able to take off the divine aura anytime we want or will it be on permanently?

anyone check this out yet?

I would just like to point out that in order to put a value on something you MUST have something to compare it to!

if you were a beta tester for City of Heroes you got.. umm.. nothing, oh we may get a 'badge'

If you bought the collectors edition you got..

a VIP 'badge'
Badges do nothing at all by the way, but are part of a 'gotta collect um all' style of play which people like.

A Slide power.
This also was nothing more than a nice glowy effect around your feet as you travel the city.. it did nothing, and in honesty looks crappy and cheap.

So, compare this to Guildwars....
An Item that.. WHOA, actually DOES something!

and an Aura which... Well, if it does anything more than look crap all the time im looking forward to it , I like the idea of it doing something with an emote.. hopefully it would make for some interesting screenshots

So in conclusion:

You are already getting FAR more than the industry already regards as acceptable.. so er, show a little appreciation

The Snowman

War Pick (Game Stop Pre-order item)
18 - 33 (Blunt Damage) Req 9 Hammer mastery
+45 Health Req 8 strength
+20% Damage

Pretty damn dood starter weapon, I've been using it all morning and I'm lovin it. From what I hear the Ithas Bow (EB Games item) is sweet also.

oke this might help:

just bought CE and back of box says:

Collector's Exclusive: "divine aura"
Each character you create manifests the gods' favour with a glowing aura,visible to all

Ithas Bow 13-24 Req 10 Marksmanship
+5 Armour Req 10 Expertise
+20% damage

Yeah, I like the preorder items.

Most games would have had it like 7-10 or something.

I just bought the CE and tested the aura in the game. It's not an item, and isn't an emote itself, but it appears whenever you do an emote (e.g. /laugh, /dance, /guitar, /wave). It's not a full-body aura as I had expected, but it appears at your hands. For example, the necromancer has a green poison-looking liquid (like the sludge that comes out of a necropolis in WCIII) around his hands, the mesmer has pink stars, the ranger has fluttering leaves, and the elementalist has a blue energy cloud. I don't know what the other two look like, since I haven't played as them. The "aura" automatically shows up whenever you do an emote (I think the exception is /sit, where you don't get the aura). This wasn't what I expected, but is still cool, and I must say I'm very satisfied with it.

here're some screenshots:
Necromancer's aura
Mesmer's aura
Ranger's aura
Elementalist's aura

I bought it soley for the aura. As a leader of a clan, seemed somehow fitting. As I could care less about the art book, the sound track I'll never listen to, the teamspeak server I already have and don't need another of, and the headset of which I have 5.(Naughty kittens like to ruin my wires hence why so many)

And yes I realize it's just an item for show. However we were sorta hoping our group who all got the CE, could run into battle with the aura on.

Oh well, here's to gank + /violin

Im just curious to see what it does...

Doesnt really look like an 'aura' yet it still seems interesting. Light show while doing an emote!

i was hopiong for a power that would ultimately be somewhat worth the xtra money i paid for it...character light shows werent what i had in mind lol...hosed

So are these items just from online pre-order? I pre-ordered and picked up the game at my local gamestop. But there is no mention of getting an in-game item. I got the CE and all it says on the box is getting the Aura.

ahh cool, I see I did see some glittery stuff. Hmm not what I expected but, The book and cd are worth the extra 30$ That book is awesome!