Dispelling the "water ambush" myth

[Galdor-maelstrom (Galdor)]

@Mogar-stormrage

The original water fits the world, fits the theme, fits the authenticity nature of Classic, and of course you don’t have to worry about the balance implications between choosing water you can see through vs. water you can’t see through.

Did you even read my thread, Mogar? Here’s another video for you: https://youtu.be/t9-p76s-G5k?t=6629

If you’re looking to make all of the water in Classic opaque, you’re asking for a change. Read this entire thread and maybe we can figure this out.

Here’s an excerpt from your thread:

@Mogar-stormrage

There’s also the fact that the new effects give an advantage. You’re able to see things beneath the surface that you can’t see with the old effects. Just some quick screenshots I took from the demo…

Gee, I wonder what’s under the water: https://i.imgur.com/bOMRpVh.jpg
Oh, there’s actually a sunken ship: https://i.imgur.com/CsjvhqU.jpg

Anyone seen my voidwalker?: https://i.imgur.com/eXeIcmT.jpg
Nevermind. Found him: https://i.imgur.com/vdHna19.jpg

And those are just two quick examples. The implications for questing and pvp are obvious.

Here’s what the water in your screenshots looked like in 2006: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0BPUXwqpeg&feature=youtu.be&t=3230

Now, what I’m trying to figure out is if the Modern low water setting that you’ve shown was also in the Classic demo, is also the low setting from Vanilla WoW or if it’s actually a different low-res setting that didn’t exist in Vanilla. Maybe there’s another reason why the water is transparent in many places in these videos and it’s NOT transparent in those same places on the Classic demo and Modern WoW.

I haven’t edited my OP or following posts, because I want to leave my trail of thoughts and discoveries in their original state. The outcome of this thread is that I’ve discovered an inconsistency with the Classic water setting on the Classic demo and videos of actual Vanilla WoW footage.