Night-dark and Day-light

Are the night stars that much brighter than Earth's Milky Way? I recently saw a video of AoC's day/night cycle with the undead and it reminded me of EQ. This is great except the night seems a little too bright! Am I the only one that is thinking this? If the night were darker it would open the door for light shows at night to be that much more beautiful such as FIRE WORKS!(Gandalf's favorite) and spells going off being that much prettier at night.. Just a mechanic that I think a lot of players could enjoy bringing back from the old EQ days. Also some items in EQ would have a glow to them such as the glowing velium axe and would function not only as a weapon but as a light source. Something the devs could probably have some fun with and build upon.

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Ravudha

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Some of you are way overthinking this.My vision is horrible and I can see just fine, if this current level of darkness impairs your gameplay you need to go get your eyes examined immediately. I'm not even joking.

Would you say you'd be able to spot a non-glowing herb or mineral node in those shadowed areas under a bunch of trees at night from a distance just/almost as easily as spotting them during the day?

That's the kind of situation I'm talking about - not just seeing well enough to walk around.

I guess this was already answered, but if that was your concern games like this typically add a couple ways to spot gather-ables, i wouldn't be to surprised if theres also an option to see it on the mini-map or something that allows you to track them.

Yep that was my concern regarding gathering mechanics, which seems like it'll work out alright.

My other concern was more of a personal preference on aesthetics. I just find this level of darkness visually unappealing (even though it's skilfully done) and would rather more brightness/visibility when I'm out and about exploring and looking at the world, mobs, and other characters.

JC31

I'm sure they won't show a truly dark night with overcast until they have implemented a plethora of intuitive and highly pragmatic ways for the players to deal with the darkness.

Could be a mage would catch some lightning in a bottle during a thunderstorm and use it to clear the skies a bit.

Enigmatic Sage

We could see various forms of torches or illuminating abilities tied in with the lumen system.

TheHiddenDaggerInn

I loved the dark, no issues with it. I don't want the dark to be like Rust night.

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