Affliction Visuals Idea

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I love the idea of affliction, but sometimes its so visually unappealing. It just dawned on me, that a great way to beef up the visualization of Affliction would be to use similar animations to that of the Witch Doctor from Diablo 3 where when curses/spells are applied to the target, a monster’s face appears above the target and “vomits” the curse or spell. Affliction could use similar visuals but instead of monsters, Demon faces could appear above the target and “vomit” corruption or vile taint, etc.

The forum won’t let me post links, but if you want to see what I am referring to the Witch Doctor spells are “Horrify” and “Acid Cloud.”

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I miss Malefic Grasp. It was a pretty channel that felt visually appealing.

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This might be cool, but visual effects that go over enemies’ heads are going to get lost and covered up by nameplates and other visual clutter.

The main VFX problem with aff is 1000% malefic rapture. In instances you can’t see the effect at all, and its a big reason why the spec feels bad to play IMO. It’s the main spender and the thing that does the most damage, so it needs to feel satisfying to press.

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