Albion Online Shines The Spotlight On Magic Staffs In Its Final Into The Fray Preview Blog
Sandbox Interactive has managed to squeeze in another Into the Fray preview blog before the update rolls out on Albion Online’s live servers tomorrow. The dev blog offers a more in-depth look at the visual upgrades made to magic staffs to make their attacks and spells more “readable”.
“The Magic Staffs are one of the oldest weapon lines in the game, and therefore carried around very old animations from the early days of Albion Online. All colors and shapes now clearly show what kind of magic to expect from a staff. For example: Holy Staffs now have a glowing, white circle in the headpiece; Nature Staffs are made of wood and have leaves in their respective tier-level colors; and all faction-based artifact staffs now have the look and feel of the specific faction they belong to.”
According to the team, they used what they learned from creating animations for War Gloves to create new, easier to read animations and effects for magic staffs, even when chaining attacks and abilities together. “Since War Gloves we've been iterating animations with more effort. We want the animations to be as legible as possible, and to visually communicate player behavior correctly. Each animation should feel high-quality and dynamic and be precisely synchronized with the weapon’s effects. With that in mind, we aim to continue polishing older weapon lines in the future,” they concluded.
Into the Fray launches tomorrow on PC and mobile devices, bringing with it new quality-of-life features such as Outlands Portal Towns, Castle and Outpost updates, the Crystal Arena, and of course, the magic staff visual reworks which you can learn more about on the Albion Online official site.
