Why are Destruction spell visuals so lackluster?

[Highlord Hanibuhl]

For a spec that's called DESTRUCTION, you'd think the visuals embody that.

Instead, we have small fireballs and sparks that twirl slowly towards the enemy. Compare that to the frost/fire-bolt from mages or any other fire-spell from evokers.

With all the fancy new effects some classes got, it feels like the destruction spells still use the 90's particle effects.

Is it just me?

[ShadowOfThePast]

Well personally I liked the old spell effects more on Incinerate and Immolate. The new ones look worse visually etc. They could've just updated the textures of the old effects but keep the spell animations the same.

Also warlock in general the newer Shadow bolt also looks pitiful compared to the older version it's such a dumb looking minor projectile and they also somehow changed Shadowburn to not have the old sound effect anymore and it really lacks on the visual part too.

Chaosbolt is almost the only spell that I think is fine on destro..from the base spells. Cataclysm is ok too and RoF Infernal etc. I hope they would make Incinerate, immolate and conflagrate have more Oompfh!

[Highlord Hanibuhl]

Well personally I liked the old spell effects more on Incinerate and Immolate. The new ones look worse visually etc. They could've just updated the textures of the old effects but keep the spell animations the same.

Also warlock in general the newer Shadow bolt also looks pitiful compared to the older version it's such a dumb looking minor projectile and they also somehow changed Shadowburn to not have the old sound effect anymore and it really lacks on the visual part too.

Chaosbolt is almost the only spell that I think is fine on destro..from the base spells. Cataclysm is ok too and RoF Infernal etc. I hope they would make Incinerate, immolate and conflagrate have more Oompfh!

Yeah I was wondering if it was just me or the spells used to look better in older expansions, but I'm glad you cleared that up for me!

[ShadowOfThePast]

Yeah I was wondering if it was just me or the spells used to look better in older expansions, but I'm glad you cleared that up for me!

Yeah and I'm not the only warlock who thinks the old visuals looked better. Could've kept the same spell animations and just made them better looking. It's a shame they haven't touched them since.

[Snakepit]

Go play hunter (especially BM) and we'll talk again about boring Especially when a single Demo summon (think it was Tyrant) looks better than all my class + full kit.

But as for Destro - yeah, Incinerate boring as hell, Wither ia invisible, but most of all I hate the pedestrian-speed slow travel time (and thus delayed hit times) of the spells, what the hell...