The title describes it all, but to put it in greater detail:
Love is in the Air added a new toy to change the skybox to one of 4 presets, the Date Simulation Modulator, the second of its kind together with the Environmental Emulator.
In most modern zones, the difference isn’t too noticeable, as they benefit from very detailed skyboxes, often tailor-made ones such as the Ohn’aran Plains. But in old zones, these two toys really bring out the potential that giving the old world a facelift could give:
Eastern Plaguelands at sunset, previously only ever red, burning skies
Likewise with Gilneas, which previously was exclusively overcast with rain (please let us get rid of the rain somehow while you’re at it haha)
Even the Barrens during proper day time and a modern skybox
These are just a few examples - because despite the toys having a 2 hour cooldown, they also have a 2 hour uptime, and have been amazing for setting the mood in RP scenarios!
The shortcoming however is that it has a ridiculously small range for such a long cooldown, regardless of uptime.
This is as far as it goes - for those unfamiliar with the distance, it’s barely even half the length of the Valdrakken staircase leading up to the city portals. This somewhat invalidates what would otherwise be one of the best additions to the RP scene, as most scenarios will inevitably require moving around.
If at all possible, please increase the range of the toys until, at least, /yell range distance, or even until the maximum line of sight. It would make it far easier to make use of the toy.
It suffers also from not working cross-faction even within the same raid group, which also somewhat hampers its usability, but not as much as the very short range for such a long cooldown. Being able to relocate it at will would be great, but lacking that, a bigger range would solve plenty of grievances.
Thank you regardless for adding a really cool toy that even people outside of the RP sphere can enjoy for screenshots!