I get that pvpers like to AB snipe in BGs. But can we please get a glyph that gives arcane blast a beam animation? Its been nearly 2 decades and I hate how it looks like my mage is just waving his hands around pretending to cast. Not a missile but a beam that instantly hits. This would also be a glyph and therefore optional. Be really nice if the beam got wider with more arcane charges too.
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lol blast does nothing in PvP anyways so a visual update to arcane would be nice overall. While we’re at it, I think ice barrier is possibly in the most dire need of a makeover out of any ability possibly of all time. Not to mention the ugly arcane orbs that we also still have from WoD…
I happen to like the current animation. Arcane Missiles and Barrage are already dramatic enough. Fine with a glyph but I really don’t want Mage visuals ruined or updated badly like the Druid healing spells had done to them (random butterflies and completely unrecognizable Rejuvenation).
Rejuvenation looked terrible. It was a 2D ribbon that swirled around and then disappeared all at once. Visuals from 2004 are not cute.
I’d love a visual to arcane blast. There is a mage where the Dalaran crash site is hitting a striking dummy and I think the arcane animation she is using would be great for blast.
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It was iconic. You can update a spell and still retain the spirit of it. I hated when Arcane Missiles went from the arcing missiles animation to the “funfetti” animation we have now.
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This! They don’t even have to do anything, the updated assets are already in the game and have been for years but only used by NPCs.
Arcane Orb is also in a desperate need of an update because it’s never been touched since it was first introduced in WoD well over a decade ago. And the updated VFX for that has also been in the game since BfA. It’s even used as a Plunderstorm ability but inexplicably isn’t available to players. It’s a tragesty!
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We can agree to disagree. Idk if you’re just an old timer missing the old days but the old arcane missiles animation was hideous. They didn’t “arc” it was fragmented pathing to appear arcing. The missiles themselves were stretched out diamond shaped. Please refresh yourself in what arcane missiles used to look like.
I know perfectly well how they look lol. The least they could have done was give players a glyph to use the old animation. It doesn’t look bad at all.
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I like that idea. 
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Be really cool if the beam could grow in size based on how many Arcane charges you had when cast.
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