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Templar Weapon Glow

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Rraith
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Greetings,

I am a new player playing a templar. Sometimes my weapon starts to glow and it stays that way. I suspect the templar ability Solar Flare causes it. Is this working as intended or some kind of a bug? The screenshot below might explain it better.
imgur.com/soGOSdg
  • Usara
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    The glow is the enchantment on your weapon.

    Some skills can activate a glow on the weapon too : Molten Armaments of the Dragon Knight (if a DK cast it near you, you'll be affected), Evil Hunter (Fighter's Guild tree), Siphonning Attacks (Nightblade Siphonning tree)
    Templars don't have any.

    By the look of your screen, it looks like a fire enchantment. Check your weapon, you probably have one ;)
    Edited by Usara on May 22, 2016 5:45PM
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  • Rraith
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    Usara wrote: »
    The glow is the enchantment on your weapon.

    Some skills can activate a glow on the weapon too : Molten Armaments of the Dragon Knight (if a DK cast it near you, you'll be affected), Evil Hunter (Fighter's Guild tree), Siphonning Attacks (Nightblade Siphonning tree)
    Templars don't have any.

    By the look of your screen, it looks like a fire enchantment. Check your weapon, you probably have one ;)

    Thanks a lot for your valuable insight :blush:
  • Usara
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    @Rraith
    Usara wrote: »
    The glow is the enchantment on your weapon.

    Templars don't have any.

    Ah, I was just playing with my Templar and I was wrong. Solar Barrage does indeed put a glow on the weapon, I was so sure it was on the hands, but no it is on the weapon. It's a golden/light effect though, so I still think that yours is a fire enchant, but I just wanted to correct what I said earlier ;)


    What? Lead? Me? No, no, no. No leading. Bad things happen when I lead. We get lost, people die, and the next thing you know I’m stranded somewhere without any pants.

    Usara v531 - Usara2 v322 - Escouade Sauvage - PC - EU - EP

    Usara Den Thasnet - Retainer of House Hlaalu (Dunmer Templar, heal)
    Livia Augustus - Deserter of the Imperial 7th Legion (Imperial DK, tank)
    Aspen Vael - Battlemage of King Casimir III (Breton Sorcerer, tank/dd magicka)
    Caris Vael - Missing Student of the Mage Guild of Shornhelm (Breton NB, dd magicka, vampire)
    Eugene Fitzherbert - Wanted con artist hiding in Wayrest (Imperial Templar, tank/dd magicka)

    Chante-avec-les-escargots - House Hlaalu snail breeder (Argonian NB, tank)
    Ryl Serandas - Mournhold Ordinator (Dunmer DK, dd magicka)
    Dar'Aiean - House Hlaalu Smuggler (Khajiit NB, dd stamina)
    Ferinwe - Alteration Instructor of the Mage Guild of Ebonheart (Altmer Sorcerer, dd magicka, retired)
    Torafhilde Frostdottir - Winterhold Cryomancer (Nord Sorcerer, dd magicka)
    Senecar - Daedra hunter, former Thalmor corps (Altmer Templar, dd magicka)
    Ondres Hlaalu - House Hlaalu Skooma Trader (Dunmer NB, dd magicka)
  • Van_0S
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    Its a visual effect to make you know that the empower is active.
    Empower- increases your damage of your next attack by 20%
    So, it grants you Empower similar to inner light.
    Edited by Van_0S on May 23, 2016 12:56AM
  • Enraged_Tiki_Torch
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    You can "bug" out the empower effect on your weapon to keep it for however long you like. I do it by Dark Flare, charge heavy attack and then as Dark Flare hits, Puncturing Sweeps. Timed right, you can keep the effect which is cool to run around with a glowing weapon. You don't keep the empower buff though, it's just a weapon effect bug.
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  • Rraith
    Rraith
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    Van_0S wrote: »
    Its a visual effect to make you know that the empower is active.
    Empower- increases your damage of your next attack by 20%
    So, it grants you Empower similar to inner light.

    Problem is the effect never vanishes. It would be useful to know when my next attack will hit %20 more but since the weapon always glows it does not help. I tried everything to get rid off it but only logging out solves the issue.
    Enraged_Tiki_Torch wrote: »
    You can "bug" out the empower effect on your weapon to keep it for however long you like. I do it by Dark Flare, charge heavy attack and then as Dark Flare hits, Puncturing Sweeps. Timed right, you can keep the effect which is cool to run around with a glowing weapon. You don't keep the empower buff though, it's just a weapon effect bug.

    I am not doing anything intentional to keep the buff forever (Maybe I accidentally do). I really don't like this weapon glow. I generally play in first person and it has a negative effect on my gameplay. In my opinion the effect is somewhat poor too.
    Edited by Rraith on May 23, 2016 7:52AM
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