[General Battuta]

Yeah, but I don't think we want the Shivans coming across as a bunch of fey little pixies waving their wands.

[-Norbert-]

Just had a random thought.
If you really go for an energybased flak, maybe you could do a soundeffekt like the seismis bomb from Star Wars Ep 3.... of course without the complete silence in the beginning of the explosion.
That would sound pretty threatening I guess....

[Ziame]

Maybe something like this?

Spoiler:

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[FreeSpaceFreak]

bright blueish white flash followed by a red electrical disturbance

I like that...

But that as well

[castor]

That's not bad at all. But I think the colouring doesn't look unfriendly enough yet.

[Qent]

Very pretty, but unnecessary. Unlike missiles, flak is just represented by a bunch of explosions. I don't see any reason to differentiate it from Terran and Vasudan flak. And if you do, you might as well be consistent and make new Shivan explosion and shockwave effects.

[Dragon]

Red Shockwave is done, it would be great if you could integrate it into Mediavps (and orange shockwave for Vasudans when we're at it). Different explosions for Shivan flak would help the player in distinguishing between enemy is firing at them and thieir own flak barrage, not to mention it looking really cool. As for proposed effect, I like it, it looks Shivan and would fit as flak effect.

[Bobboau]

it would also be nice if the shivan flak lasted a lot longer and left a red haze

[High Max]

^_^

[MR_T3D]

bright blueish white flash followed by a red electrical disturbance

I like that...

[awsome pic of the flack esploding]

But that as well

It also looks like a depiction of the big bang.

maybe our univese IS a shivan flak shot...

[General Battuta]

The big bang was an explosion of space, not an explosion in space.

[High Max]

^_^

[Aardwolf]

Too much sparkle.

[NeoHunter]

Well, considering that the Shivans have technology more advanced than the GTVA, they could have added something else into their flak shots so it looks "magical"? Slightly different effects from normal flak?

[General Battuta]

Holy ****, it's NeoHunter!

[High Max]

^_^

[Rodo]

Maybe something more organic, like a blood or acid splatter effect, no cloud at all, just liquid spreading.

edit: no wait.. IIt might look awful.

edit 2: for the sake of all that's right and good in the universe, corrected typo. thnks High Max.

[High Max]

^_^

[Galemp]

Too... regular. Needs uneveness.

Also greeness.

[Black Wolf]

For what it's worth, I vote against green flak for shivans. Would look weird. Some kind of energy effect, sure, but why green?