Why was this removed? (Vanilla Rain)

[Deleted]

As in; It was too much for their computers to handle? Or did it seriously distress them that it was raining? I find it calming

They saw that a lot of players simply logged out when the rain/darkness were enabled in zones. While the rain is very soothing and looks great, it also decreases your visibility by a shit ton

[Shibito]

Stormheim says hi. Borderline annoying to play when it rains there. Though I must say its pretty immersive and would never like it removed or reduced. Id like them to do the same with fog and snow.

stormheim does not say hi, stop it allready the says hi fad has gone too far just end it!

[ComputerNerd]

People that can't move away from Potato class computers are the reason I'd be willing to bet. It wasn't just like that in Classic though, since I remember rain of that nature from WOTLK and Cata as well..

There is a reason why blizzard support a variety of hardware, some of it very old by some "standards".
And not just blizzard either.
It obviously represents a substantial number of players.
Stop being so damn ignorant.

[Lane]

Stormheim at night when it rains is visually challenging to say the least. I love weather effects, but in other MMOs I've played they're temporary flavor usually lasting less than 10 minutes (if that) while in WoW they can continue your entire play session.

[Pull My Finger]

It's an MMORPG.

So?..

"Hey, look at me, I'm not making sense, let's just use a canned phrase and hope nobody will notice."

[SL1200]

It caused "visual distress" in some players.

The rain in game causes "visual distress" right now. I can barely stand to play when it's raining and it rains everywhere all the time right now.

[Thornquist]

I'm sure there's a reason for it, I just don't know it. I wish we still had this

They were removed because the current devs couldnt understand immersion even if you bashed them to death with it.

[Hey There Guys its Metro]

You been in the new zones?
The new weather is far better than that shit. Its not all over the world, but its way better than nothing.

[Echocho]

It caused "visual distress" in some players.

It's part of the experience though. I mean a flat green landscape in the day time with sunny weather would get annoying too if that was all we ever got.

[Queen of Hamsters]

There is a reason why blizzard support a variety of hardware, some of it very old by some "standards".
And not just blizzard either.
It obviously represents a substantial number of players.
Stop being so damn ignorant.

Woah, triggered over nothing, are we? And I'm anything but "ignorant", I was part of the Potato-class computer crowd for a long time and still am compared to many modern setups. Fact still stands that changes in graphics to make them less taxing are probably made for that crowd.

[Vellus]

If you don't remember, it was REALLY irritating when it was happening in game. I used to turn it off completely while playing. The noise and the overall visuals was just obstructive and you couldn't see much in front of you. The rain sucked, glad its gone.

[Deleted]

They were removed because the current devs couldnt understand immersion even if you bashed them to death with it.

wat. It was removed in vanilla dude. This is a great heroic leap of logic you made there.

[Vargur]

Stormheim says hi. Borderline annoying to play when it rains there. Though I must say its pretty immersive and would never like it removed or reduced. Id like them to do the same with fog and snow.

It's annoying as fuck, so http://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/1670093294 makes it a bit better.
What's really annoying is how the day/night cycle is tied to your computer's time. Or the server's, I don't know. The point is that I'm always playing in the dark. And it's way too dark.
I just want sunlight in-game.

[mhdoe]

People crying is the most likely reason.

[Beet]

Wow I forgot all about that. It is a shame that they got rid of it. I still remember seeing the rain in STV on PTR when it was added. I was blown away. It looked and felt great.

[Usernameforforums]

When i played on nost i had to turn that setting down. It was a bit annoying cuz it happened all the time.

[FelPlague]

well the massive storms where just horrible for FPS and seeing far, so people dident like it

darker nights has returned slightly, as it does get rather dark in legion, but they dont want to make it very dark, because at night it would be hard to play normally, and of corse those who only could play at night, would be as an unfair time

its mostly yes its cool, i love rain and snow!
but it uses up alot of CPU and few people will use it, as it makes it hard to see when its happening...
i would love them to return the old "weather" slider, maybe have a "darkness" slider, but the amount of people who will turn it to max, will be SUPER low, cause, who doesent like to see what their doing..?

[Deleted]

Woah, triggered over nothing, are we? And I'm anything but "ignorant", I was part of the Potato-class computer crowd for a long time and still am compared to many modern setups. Fact still stands that changes in graphics to make them less taxing are probably made for that crowd.

He felt that you may be in someway be criticizing Blizzard and that is something that cannot be tolerated. You will notice that Pull My Finger has also attacked someone for no reason too. It upsets them.

[Alvito]

Stormheim says hi. Borderline annoying to play when it rains there. Though I must say its pretty immersive and would never like it removed or reduced. Id like them to do the same with fog and snow.

That is more then 12 years down the line with completely different ways to process things on the players end and execute them on Blizzards side. Even with that mist, fog, weather effects and other random see through moving things is murderous on fps for a lot of players.

[Pandragon]

if i recall right, it was removed to get improved, but they scraped it or it got forgotten. Same thing with the "Nights" in vanilla actually beeing dark.

nights were removed because people complained that they couldnt see anything at night....no crap. thats what night does. Basically anything like this that gets removed was done so because of bitching. I wish night was like the Rexxar hunter campaign quest, where you need a torch just to see 5 feet in front of you.