Visual effect change for Sanctuary set?

VindictiveRidge · August 2022

Alternative title: "Where are my (green) balls, Summer?"
I have a character that uses the Sanctuary set, which normally has three floating green orbs that drift around the character. I logged that character in, and found that the green orbs are gone, apparently replaced by a faint circular outline of greenish light at ground level to mark the extent of the healing-received buff area. Which is nice and all, but... where are my green orbs? I checked the patch notes, but I saw no mention of this VFX change.
I tried removing and re-equipping all pieces of the set. In fact, when I removed just one piece of it, I heard a dramatic little sound effect that seemingly related to the deactivation of the 5-piece bonus effect. Putting all five pieces back on got the same sound as the effect activated--but still no green orbs, just that greenish ring on the ground.
I also have characters with Worm's Raiment (floating blue orbs) and Ebon Armory (floating red orbs) sets, but their visual effects are unchanged.

VindictiveRidge · August 2022

Addition: A friend of mine who also has a character with the Sanctuary set confirmed that she was seeing the ground circle instead of the floating orbs, so it isn't just something wacky on my end.

Ashiralana · August 2022

Hubby and I can also confirm this.
If it is really because of the range of the heals, then it is a bit understandable, but it should be somehow optional adjustable, because solo, or generally outside combat, this effect is rather annoying and hindering.
And we really miss the pretty green orbs as well.

Necrotech_Master · August 2022

the hircines set from selene web also had the floating green balls, so they probably changed the visual to differentiate it from the hircines set

the hircines set is effectively the same as worm cult, but for stamina instead of magicka

Icy_Waffles · June 2023

Is there a video of what it looks like now? I’m curious. (Console) I know it was the same as hircine which was annoying so I’m all for a change if it looks cool

Necrotech_Master · June 2023

Icy_Waffles wrote: »

Is there a video of what it looks like now? I’m curious. (Console) I know it was the same as hircine which was annoying so I’m all for a change if it looks cool

they did the change on this set like many patches ago at this point, at least a year or more, so even being on console you should already have this change

ive seen it used at least once and its kind of like a faintish white ring on the ground, if your standing in the ring you know you have the bonus

im having trouble finding the exact patch that they made the change (if it was noted in the patch notes at all), but it was not part of necrom, the closest i can guess was that it happened around august 2022 (which was PC release of U35/lost depths)