please change monk's empty body

[darthacidwit]

since u9 is coming along and PMs are getting their auras reworked (and please change the sound too), i got to ask: has anyone covered empty body's purple fog of *i can't see where i'm going, but i'm going really fast*?

these "upgrades" on forums didn't help much on gathering info, but that's a different thread-.-

the effect of shadow walk (which empty body mimics) clearly says :

"A significant disadvantage to Shadow Walk is vision is severely limited, and a heavy purple cast alters normal colors. Hence, it's unsuitable, for example, for exploring unfamiliar quests."

but why purple? PURPLE...granted, PM's new aura is also purple, but why?this isn't WOW... IIRC every time you die, you go to plane of Dolurrh, plane of shadows (please correct me if i'm wrong, i'm more faerunian than eberronian ^_^) and see the world as shades of gray, even in Tomb of unhallowed where Dolurrh becomes coterminous with our plane you see the world through exactly the same shades of gray...but when you "transport to the edge of the Material Plane where it borders the Plane of Shadow" its somehow purple...

it doesn't make sense to me...maybe this edge is purple?you cross this purple *edge* on your way to bleak Dolurrh?
*i see purple at the end of the tunnel*

wouldn't it be more logical to see the world as gray as Dolurrh?

maybe it's WAI because of the speed bonus or whatnot, but couldn't you for example increased the ki cost to lets say 20, 25? or cut down on the 20min duration?and ditch the "ha-ha you're blind, see how far you'll run this time" attitude of the ability

and in what quest am i supposed to run for 20mins and not hit anything? *please don't say Reaver* ^_^

what are your opinions? do you even use the ability? can it be tweaked somehow?

[Zorack00]

Maybe Empty Body is a self injected super secret highly toxic monk steroid. So when they use it they see a extremely annoying and vision blurring purple hue... and that would also explain why they're faster.

But I'd agree, purple makes my eyes hurt.

[darthacidwit]

self injected super secret highly toxic monk steroid

ROFLMAO

but yes, drugs would be a logical answer to purple goggles...also happy pills

[FuzzyDuck81]

I refer to it as Hendrix mode...

[Memnir]

I hated it at first too, but it has it's definite uses.


For me, the more annoying thing is the chimes... they grate on my nerves more then the purple haze all in my brain.

[darthacidwit]

personally, i only use it to quickly cross Aussircaex's Valley to farm prey, for *oh s**t* moments i got abundant step or haste pots

[rest]

I like it, since it allows you to run Rainbow in the Dark without having to rely on the light

[SolarDawning]

I like it, since it allows you to run Rainbow in the Dark without having to rely on the light

This. =D
Many, many solo monk runs of Rainbow.

[sephiroth1084]

For me, the more annoying thing is the chimes... they grate on my nerves more then the purple haze all in my brain.

But when active things just don't seem the same.