Atmosphere, Lighting and weather effects

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My new favourite thing in this game is the inky black potion:

For those who don’t know it turns every zone into a really moody nighttime version of itself. And it is gorgeous (especially in HDR)!

It got me thinking that I would love for the game to allow it to get dark at night, really dark. (Not exactly sure how it would work with the timing and people playing at the same time every night…but I am no game dev).

The Arathi Basin Blizzard version is another example of how that same BG gets absolutely transformed by the weather, and I think the game could throw more of that our way too. Actual blizzards, fog, heavy rain, etc. It actually changes the way the game plays adding nice variety.

BG’s are ripe for this sort of thing IMO as they are not tied to the clock in the same way. Imagine Alterac valley or winder grasp in a snow storm? Or Warsong Gulch at night?

Anyway I love the inky black potion and would love more dynamism in the atmosphere/weather in the world.

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Only if it’s an option that I can opt out of. My vision sucks and darkness in game gives me headaches when it’s too dark. Like the darkness story in Delves. I can’t do them.

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Very good point!

Some of the daytime effects: fog, heavy rain, blizzard, do those affect you in the same way?

Also, i seem to remember a cvar that changes weather intensity, I would imagine they could do the same for night/darkness.

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Yeah, sometimes. I do put those down to setting 1.

And I think it would be a great idea to have a section in options for darker nights (like inky black), constant daytime, etc.

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