Guild Wars 2

I posted a few weeks ago about the bug where the greatsword “Foefire’s Essence” was invisible while sheathed and overlapped against the character model.

After the 26th Feb update they fixed that problem, but they completely removed the ghostly fire effect while the weapon is sheathed. It looks much worse now…was this intended? Can we have it changed so we keep the particle effects while the weapon is sheathed? (I’m going to assume this happened with the other ones too) I wouldn’t have bought it if this was how it was before. It just looks like a baby blue toy. Can some anet employee enlighten me on this change?

I’ve added two screenshots of before the update and after the update.

EDIT: Looks like some of those pink mist weapons also have the same change. No particle effects/trail while the weapon is sheathed.

EDIT: Changed one screenshot since it’s misleading

Hmm… I think I like it that way.

Gives a distinct separation between in-combat and out-of-combat.
I think the ghostly aura effect is rather hazy, and don’t want that stuff floating around my character’s head anyway.

DreamOfACure.4382:

Hmm… I think I like it that way.

Gives a distinct separation between in-combat and out-of-combat.
I think the ghostly aura effect is rather hazy, and don’t want that stuff floating around my character’s head anyway.

But but…

I also think it looks better. I didn’t really like the fact how transparent it was even tho that was the whole idea. Giving it a bit more of essence (see what I did thar?) is a good thing.

Hicci.8761:

I also think it looks better. I didn’t really like the fact how transparent it was even tho that was the whole idea. Giving it a bit more of essence (see what I did thar?) is a good thing.

I’m happy that it is no longer invisible behind your back. I just wish that they kept the particle effects while also fixing that invisible sword thing.

This is a screenshot of the hero panel before the update (where the weapon was not invisible and also had particle effects when sheathed. See what I mean?

I see what you mean. The flame-like effect has been changed into this mild glow. Particle effected weapons and legendarys tend to get alot of love so you just have to wait for the next patch and hope they fix it. =/

the more ethereal one is better

Changed the screenshot again so the lighting is the similar

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Removed-particle-effects