Night time darkness levels and lighting

I really want to hear if anyone has any great reasons why night time shouldn't be so dark sometimes that lighting is important.

It's not incredibly relevant to gameplay, though it would add some very interesting dynamics. I just think it's one of the coolest things you can do in a game, a very immersive feature. It works out fantastically in minecraft and terraria, though they are very different games I could imagine it working just fine in AoC.

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Sapiverenus

daveywavey wrote: »

So, anyone who wants to actually see what they're playing has to roll one specific race, assuming that there's even one that has better night vision? That sounds like a pretty sucky "solution" to the problem. It's an MMO, not a Horror Survival. We're allowed to see what we're doing!

Everyone is 'allowed' or 'forbidden' from doing anything.
I had in mind that each race had different levels of night vision. Mountain Dwarves should see a bit better at night, for instance.
And as I said:
"I'd like a stat benefiting night vision, class and racial modifier affecting night vision as well.
Certain potions and foods can increase night vision."

Sapiverenus

heebi wrote: »

The idea is great, but unfortunately the first thing I thought was the same as in the comment above. So there is no way to implement something like this.

as @Atama said, you can simply send silhouettes and not send data of certain objects based on light level and a character's night vision level.

prymortal

People wanted a Dark night in FFXIV & BDO. They also wanted night spawn monsters. All good ideas.
Except they nerfed Nights in BDO because people stopped going out at night & other reasons E.g. you equip a light & done you can see.

PapaWhiskey

@CROW3, I was aware of the game but I haven't played it. Thank you so much for mentioning it! I took a look at various videos (The skies, the nights, the gloom, the fog and ambience were awesome "RAGE engine"). I really enjoyed how fire looked, also the glow and lighting in towns.
Can't wait to see what the Devs come up with (with UE5). Time will tell! Keep up the good work, Devs!

Have a good one all. Be well!

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