Can we get a Quality of Life improvement on the backgrounds behind our characters?
After playing this toon for a while, I realized how I love the background of the Xenedar against my character...
And then I logged in my Tauren Paladin, all decked out in High rez spikey armor and glowing bits...in a dirty barren field outside of Thunder Bluff.
This would be an opportunity for Blizz to get some milage out of that selfie cam paperweight they gave us back in WoD.
Take pictures of exotic locations, new backgrounds for your toon selection screens. Achievement opportunities too.
Compare the new allied races to the classic ones. See the difference.
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I really wish they’d update the Night Elf background.
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totally behind this
would honestly be cool if the background changed to where we last logged off at (ex: dalaran), but i don't know the technological limits behind that one
would honestly be cool if the background changed to where we last logged off at (ex: dalaran), but i don't know the technological limits behind that one
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They still haven't updated the loading screens from 2004...
11/10/2018 07:35 AMPosted by Daulivantotally behind this
would honestly be cool if the background changed to where we last logged off at (ex: dalaran), but i don't know the technological limits behind that one
High Rez background screen for like what...100 zones across all these expacks?
Compared to the other magic they got up their sleeve this should be a parlor trick.
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So the charred remains of Teldrassil for the Night Elf background? That actually might be cool, honestly.11/10/2018 07:34 AMPosted by TiridanI really wish they’d update the Night Elf background.
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The current crop of character select backgrounds were revamped back in Cataclysm, so they’ve already been updated once.
Unfortunately the updated backgrounds replaced most 3D models with 2D planes using low-rez textures, so ironically some of the updated backgrounds actually aged worse than the vanilla backgrounds they replaced.
Point in case, here’s the tauren selection screen in BfA:
https://i.imgur.com/unGzaUA.jpg
And the same from the Classic demo:
https://i.imgur.com/xFXuuqa.jpg
The Classic one is a bit lower rez, but at least it’s still full 3D whereas the BfA selection screen is very obviously a paper cutout of a Mulgore screenshot with a couple of 3D doodads taped on.
TLDR: I agree that the selection screens need another update (like we got in Vanilla and TBC), and this time should be full 3D instead of the paper cutouts we got in Cata.
Unfortunately the updated backgrounds replaced most 3D models with 2D planes using low-rez textures, so ironically some of the updated backgrounds actually aged worse than the vanilla backgrounds they replaced.
Point in case, here’s the tauren selection screen in BfA:
https://i.imgur.com/unGzaUA.jpg
And the same from the Classic demo:
https://i.imgur.com/xFXuuqa.jpg
The Classic one is a bit lower rez, but at least it’s still full 3D whereas the BfA selection screen is very obviously a paper cutout of a Mulgore screenshot with a couple of 3D doodads taped on.
TLDR: I agree that the selection screens need another update (like we got in Vanilla and TBC), and this time should be full 3D instead of the paper cutouts we got in Cata.
Yeah they're super outdated and would take 20 mins to fix. You can tell alot about an mmo from it's character select screen, and our characters honestly deserve better.
Absolutely Night elves should have theirs be of a burning Teldrassil while Undead could have blight bombed UC
Absolutely Night elves should have theirs be of a burning Teldrassil while Undead could have blight bombed UC
They ought to adjust the scaling for Death Knights too. If you cycle through your characters, any Death Knights look like they are camera shy - they're about 15% smaller than any other class of the same race.
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I would prefer the ability to choose your own background screen to be honest.
And as I said before, it would open up opportunities for unlocks annd selfie cam use and such
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I must admit I like the LF Draenei background.
Come on Blizzard!!! I need to set my own background!!!
I want a Venthyr Troll who looks dark af, not some beach bumb!
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