I noticed in the videos for The White March that when the devs used the Fireball spell they got this really cool mushroom cloud animation when it detonated. Then I played it myself, and while the wand you find (I can't remember its name) that gives you Fireball 1/day has that animation, my own Fireball spells did not.

 

So now I've started a new playthrough where my main is a Wizard, he's just about to hit level 5, and I was wondering if anyone had noticed if the Fireball spell has a new animation. Was my previous character's animation just a holdover since he learned the spell before TWM was installed? Does it have different animation based on where/how you learn it, or is it just the wand that got this new animation?

 

Any input would be appreciated.

That was an old effect, I think they didn't use it for the wizard spells after 1.0

 

If you're looking at the mushroom effect when they used it against the undead, that was a pretty old video. If not, then they might have upgraded some of the effects then.

There is 1 wand that still has the old effect (and also a whole lore more range for classic fireball into FOW)