6-mo Critique: Magic Light Orb

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  1. ditto

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    I just watched the 6 month video and I am very impressed by the progress of the team and community! There is one thing that may go overlooked during further devleopment which I really hope to see changed. The bright orb flying around the avatar is very distracting and would probably drive me to never go in dungeons or dark places.

    Would it be possible to either make it very small or change the effect to something more subtle? I imagine players will be spending a significant amount of time exploring the ancient caves left by the ancestors. It would be a shame to spend that time with a big distracting white orb in your face.
     
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    I liked in lineage2 having several cubics dancing around my head. Neverwinter has a similar thing with Ioun stones. The ones in l2 would strike opponents as a proc.

    My point is that if that find something that works, people might really enjoy having them.
     
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    It's alpha. I'm sure the design for the light orb will change. I wouldn't make a big deal about it.
     
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    Well lighting in general was a little dim for my tastes. I'll probably have to go into options and mess with the gamma some.
    And yes, I know this is pre-alpha, just stating my opinion.
     
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    I believe that was a light spell that he cast, you don't have to use it. I'm sure there will be a variety of light sources available to us, torches, lanterns, staffs with orbs on them... they can create a many so you can use what you like.
     
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    Personaly I didn't mind the light orb, and I suspect that practice will get someone utterly used to it. If it really bothers people, though, I'll betcha a simple "disable spell effects" button in the settings menu would allow for you to get rid of it without significant effort.
     
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    This will be so annoying
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    Or pretty, depending on one's perspective. I like the idea of the player's being able to throw a rave at a moment's notice.
     
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    The orb was fairly useless. Not enough intensity or range vs the size of it onscreen. Didn't seem to correlate.
     
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