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WTF!?!? Why is Pharus one of the skins?
WTF!?!? Why is Pharus one of the skins?
What you're seeing is my art style (and that they both glow). I made both Pharus and the Mythic weapons. I was fully aware that this set's glow would mean encroaching on Pharus' territory so I did what I could to differentiate them and they really aren't the same. The shapes aren't even remotely similar. The only similarities are the glow and my art style. Pharus has so much more going for it that the mythic bows do not have: special projectiles, enemy hit effect, character draw effect, animated parts, glowing bow string with diamond grip, cascading effect on draw, unique metal material, etc. The mythic weapons simply glow and have my style. That's it.
Beautiful work :)
Thank you! :D
First of all you've made amazing job with those weapons.
Secondly, Mystic longbow/(shortbow)? and Pharus are both looking great, I am aware of Pharus's special particle effects, but we are looking at a still image here, which if you don't go to imgur is very small, that makes it even harder to diferenciate between those two, and casual player won't notice the diference whether on picture or other player's back while stowed.
I've speand around 5k hours in game and if someone haven't told me this wasn't Pharus I wouldn't be abile to figure it out myself (I have never been much into bows tho...), probably because of that glow, it was the most unique part of Pharus in my opinion (might be wrong).
Now, that's no longer the case, it's both sad to see Legendary loose part of it's appeal, but on the other hand more people will be abile to have awesome weapons.
Nice Style tho... :)
Thanks! And I completely understand. At a glance they can look similar if you don't have the other next to it and don't know what the other looks like. It's easy to focus on their strongest defining features: the color family and the fact that they glow. This means they become more similar in your mind than they actually are since you're only comparing those specific features. I agree, it's problematic, but I'm not sure there's a solution.
it was the most unique part of Pharus in my opinion (might be wrong).
When Pharus came out people argued that Pharus itself was a "copy" of the chaos bow. And herein lies the problem: with how many weapons we have now and the limited number of ways you can create cool weapons, there are inevitably going to be ones which you can pair up and say "these look really close". Anything that has a glow on it is a chaos weapon. Anything that has gold on it is like that other gold one. It's an ever increasingly difficult line to tread and one of the most difficult aspects of my job. I want more than anything to make unique, awesome weapons and make everyone happy.
Side comment: I'd also like to say that one of my goals for this Mythic set was to fill the void that we have for blue weapons. A lot of our weapons that have blue glows end up looking more cyan than straight blue so I tried my best to get these as blue as possible. Due to bright glows needing a bright color and how blue is not a bright color, they are still more cyan/baby blue than I'd like, but that's what you get with a glowing blue. You can see how some parts of them even shift a little into purple to get them as far away from cyan as possible.
I'm just sitting here like "Finally, a sword/Torch combo to go with Pharrus."
:D
glowing bow string with diamond grip
the part i like the most, sadly, it always disappear while dismounting, or for some reason is almost always gone while doing wvw.
but kudos, this is one of my favourite legendary weapons in game :D
<3
I really agree, and I can totally see how hard it would be to find new inspiration for weapons in video games. I think it's especially difficult for artists because weapons aren't just a cool skin anymore, but they are basically a whole audio visual experience. I want to say how exceptional the new legendary great sword is in how it addresses this, but it's quickly becoming the norm, give it 10 years and that'll be the starter weapon for x new mmo. Saying that, your work is really exceptional. I just hope to God that it's not released as a gemstore thing. That'd really kill the excitement for a new weapon release.
Thank you so much! <3