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Max Camera Distance Reduction Being Met with Resistance - World of Warcraft News
SBFord
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Max Camera Distance Reduction Being Met with Resistance - World of Warcraft News
World of Warcraft players are expressing displeasure at a new version of the Legion alpha that has removed the ability to move the camera back from a player's location by using a known console command "/console CameraDistanceMaxFactor 4".
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"Its better to look ugly and win than pretty and lose"
apperently more than one hmm
1. WOW PVP mods
2. WOW Macros
3. Legal un fair PVP manipulations like cam range
By that logic they would also have to remove all addons that add QoL and functionality of the UI.
So why don't they just expand the range of the menu's cam distance slider instead of removing the option?
The rest was basicly just more of their typical display of "we know you will not like it, but we are going to do it anyway" arrogance.
TLDR:
Blizzard is just being Blizzard. Nothing to see here.
I wish... enemy cooldown/dr trackers are bad enough, but then you have crap like gladiatorlossa which is just completely ridiculous. Obviously these mods aren't carrying mediocre players to gladiator titles, but they do offer a significant advantage.
l2p
That sentence, imho, demonstrates that Blizzard are no longer building WoW out as a labour of love. When you do things because they are "sufficient", you aren't doing it properly.
I'm not an IT Specialist, Game Developer, or Clairvoyant in real life, but like others on here, I play one on the internet.
I agree with last poster,add-ons are a blemish on ALL of gaming and sometimes borderline cheat.
I have seen the limiting of view distance quite often,i found FFXI was far too short and EQ2 i used to load some command lines to get it to move out further.
The main problem i found was in Raid type content,you have a large spread out player base,you need a wide camera angle to see all the players,otherwise you should not be making Raid content.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
How are gladiuslossa and setconsole maxcameradistance unfair?
If u sucked at pvp, chances are, you should do more arenas than hating an addon.
Link me your toon so i can take a look at ur ratings or a vod showing how skillful you are in pvp.
For all the talk about how people should look at what happens on the screen instead of staring at their UI this approach goes for the exact opposite.
After 10 years (or whatever) of testing we feel this change is needed ... sure thing.
As Wizardry says it is much more likely to be something associated with e.g. lag as a result of the changes they have made.
And one of the things which has struck me about the recent interviews are all the "this is what is going to be in the game when we finish it". As was evident with WoD the "it will launch when its ready philosophy" no longer exists. Now it is "launching to a date that best suits our financial reporting and if it has bugs and some features are not finished tough".
Wa min God! Se æx on min heafod is!
Just giving it a quick read, it seems like this would be the culmination of Blizzard's 'graphical improvements':
"The post is filled with several visuals to show off graphical improvements. The new draw distance system would be applied throughout the entire game, not just in the Legion locations."
-mklinic
"Do something right, no one remembers.
Do something wrong, no one forgets"
-from No One Remembers by In Strict Confidence
It does matter. Try coordinating a raid as tank or melee dps glued to the bosses. I used the command when raiding with my rogue or enhancement shaman. It makes life a lot easier by giving you better awareness about what is going on around you.
Some times WoW devs give me the impression that they change established things just for the sake of "change".
most valuable comment I think. if you dont allow camera draw distance, people still have something else to do the same job (raid member list addon).. I would much rather look around in the world instead of stare to some raid frames..
so yes, it must be Blizzard finding an excuse for failing on the draw distance mechanic for Legion
Those that used it will be upset.
Some of those upset will simply call it a day.
This is an old feature. The type of thing that people get used to. Yanking it out will, for some, be the proverbial straw that breaks the camels back.
-If they believe that parity should be enforced with people who are using the default UI, they would disable all addons.
-They are not disabling all addons.
-Therefore they don't believe that parity should be enforced.
That said, it also means blizzard needs to design the stuff WITH the default max distance in a way that you aren't looking at a crotch all day and it does give adequate view distance at least to the extent being able to handle mechanics.
A command I didn't know about.
And now you are removing it.
That freaking SUCKS!
Of course, since the combat damage and other floating text seems to go off over the head of the foes, I never seem to see that at all when we're fighting the big boys, BECAUSE NOBODY CAN SEE PAST THEIR KNEES!
Oh yeah, you're hitting a sore point with me here Blizz.
Lost my mind, now trying to lose yours...