Skills from all five classes got new visual effects: slashes with light trails, shockwaves, marks and cracks on the ground, branching lightning, arrows of light, magic circles, fire columns, ice crystals, shadow spears and much more. 52 skills were remade. Evil Spirit and Chains of Fire, which had already received new effects before, stay the same.
The higher the skill's level, the more impressive the effect. Early skills are quick and clean, so everyday combat does not clutter the screen. High-level skills such as Blade Storm, Nova, Arrow Storm, Gigantic Storm and Seismic Tremor become big spectacles.
Only the look changed: damage, range, cooldown, mana cost and skill rules stay exactly the same.
Other players also see the new effects when you use skills near them, in a slightly lighter version to keep the game smooth when the screen is crowded.
In the game menu, the Effect quality option chooses between Auto, Ultra, Normal and Low. On Auto, the game lowers the quality by itself if the device starts to struggle. On Off, or on devices without WebGL2 support, the game keeps using the old effects.
The pictures below were taken in the game itself, on a test server.
Destroyer Strike (Knight, level 60): crystal spears burst from the ground around the hero, inside a ring of energy. In-game capture on a test server.Celestial Blade (Knight, level 50): beams of light fall from the sky along the strike line. The spears of the Destroyer Strike used before are still fading. In-game capture on a test server.Blade Storm (Knight, level 72): a hurricane of slashes spins around the Knight and hits everyone nearby. The dark circles are monsters respawning. In-game capture on a test server.Hellfire (Wizard, level 50): a ring of fire opens around the Wizard, with columns of flame. In-game capture on a test server.Meteor (Wizard, level 26): a circle of fire marks the ground while the meteor falls from the sky. In-game capture on a test server.Arrow Storm (Elf, level 70): a magic circle marks the area and arrows of light rain from the sky. In-game capture on a test server.Infinite Arrow being activated (Elf, level 58): arrows of light circle the Elf over a magic circle. In the back, arrows from a skill used before are still falling. In-game capture on a test server.Gigantic Storm (Gladiator, level 66): a giant bolt falls from the sky and opens a swirl of energy on the ground. In-game capture on a test server.Inferno (Gladiator, level 50): a fire seal opens on the ground around the Gladiator, with columns of flame. On the right, the mark of the Gigantic Storm is still fading. In-game capture on a test server.Shadow Dominion (Dark Lord, level 60): a seal appears on the ground and shadow spears rise around the Lord. In-game capture on a test server.Electric Spark (Dark Lord, level 30): a purple bolt shoots straight out of the Lord. The spears of the Shadow Dominion used before are still on the ground. In-game capture on a test server.Fire Scream (Dark Lord, level 40): the scream opens a purple wave and fire bursts in front of the Lord. In-game capture on a test server.
What changed
New visual effects on 52 Knight, Wizard, Elf, Gladiator and Dark Lord skills.
Grander effects as the skill level goes up.
Colored light on the scenery, ground marks and impact waves on skills.
Other players see the new effects, in a lighter version.
Evil Spirit and Chains of Fire kept as they were.
No change to skill damage, range, cooldown, mana or rules.
