Day and night cycle

[Arrowstormen]

Ooooh noooeeeeeeeeees!

On a serious note; I'd prefer a 3h cycle (1h night, 2h day)

I think they want a specific amount of day and night cycles for each day, making it 12 cycles for each day.

Seems fair enough.

[Deleted]

Would love to see how the grove will look at night

and I also read that sylvari will have luminous stuff on their bodies

[HaruGlory]

[terrahero]

Could you imagine a day/night cycle in SWTOR?
Different planets would have to have different cycles, it's not like it could just be night everywhere at the same time. :P

But I look forward to the day/night cycle being short, mostly because events change based on the cycle's time of day and since I mostly play at night, I look forward to being able to enjoy all of the content regardless of when I play.

A day and night cycle wouldve been wonderfull in SWTOR. Especially with planets having different schedules. It could be night on Ilum but day on Dromuund Kaas. And a cycle may take only 4h on one and a massive 36h on another. It wouldve helped the immersion.

Its one of those things that i really like in a game. And im glad GW2 has it, and that they are keeping day/night on a shorter timescale is interesting aswell. The world is not only changing based on events but even on what time it is. Interested in seeing it in action

[GeordieMagpie]

This is sweet, but 2 hrs is. not alot unfortunately, usually I like zones at night time because most of the time you see it at day time, I think it should be 6-8 hours

[DrakeWurrum]

That actually sounds perfect. One of my favorite features of Minecraft is the Day/Night cycle, but each only lasts 10 minutes, which is WAY too short for my tastes.

80 minute days and 40 minute nights sounds great, with the simple fact that it can affect events. :3

That means a 24 day in real life will have 12 GW2 days, and one month in GW2 is only 3 days long (ish). So a year in GW2 is equivalent (ish) to one month of real time. :O!

[Howard Moon]

Ya I'm thinking I prefer a more natural cycle.

Problem with that is some people can only play at night. Like me; months passed before I could see what the new Stormwind looked liked in the light after they revamped it in WoW, because I could only play at night. :P

[Larynx]

Tyria must have one wicked orbit around its star.

[DrakeWurrum]

Tyria must have one wicked orbit around its star.

Except a day/night cycle is caused by the rotation of a planet. :O

Tyria is probably just significantly smaller than Earth is all, or perhaps rotating faster.
Or both.

It's possible that a Tyrian year is significantly longer than 365 days.

[Larynx]

Except a day/night cycle is caused by the rotation of a planet. :O

Tyria is probably just significantly smaller than Earth is all, or perhaps rotating faster.
Or both.

It's possible that a Tyrian year is significantly longer than 365 days.

For the days to be twice as long as the the night, the rotation can't be the only factor. :x

[Delias]

Except a day/night cycle is caused by the rotation of a planet. :O

Tyria is probably just significantly smaller than Earth is all, or perhaps rotating faster.
Or both.

It's possible that a Tyrian year is significantly longer than 365 days.

I think someone else is on Larynx's account.
That is what I choose to believe from his last two posts.

[Larynx]

I think someone else is on Larynx's account.
That is what I choose to believe from his last two posts.

I'm off today. I'll be back in an hour or two, I need to take a nap. >_>

[terrahero]

If the cycle was synced with our normal day and night cycle it would be a pain for it to affect the world in GW2. It would mean for people with a regular job or long school days that they hardly ever see as much daytime events as they do nighttime events.

So they almost have to make the cycle relatively short or it wouldnt be nearly as interesting. "Yay at night we see ghosts, during the day we see centaurs (example).. hmm, that means ill mostly ever be fighting ghosts..." Not nearly as much fun as really seeing how the full day-cycle affects the world, and would almost defeat the purpose of having a world change based on what time it is.

[Jaron516]

Personally im glad they are adding night/day cycles, i just hope theyll also add weather cycles! Ive always like how rain looks in video games, i just hope they might also add something besides rain, like snow or something! How cool would it be to see a meadow zone covered in snow and all the mobs have snow on them =D

[DrakeWurrum]

For the days to be twice as long as the the night, the rotation can't be the only factor. :x

Don't be ridiculous. Night and day aren't perfectly equal even on Earth!

It's possible, of course, that Tyria is rather irregularly shaped.

[Jaron516]

Don't be ridiculous. Night and day aren't perfectly equal even on Earth!

It's possible, of course, that Tyria is rather irregularly shaped.

When i read this i thought of a planet shaped like a square.../facepalm

[Thulvaso]

I would like if the cycle was a few hours apart. I think 5 hours is a pretty good spot to have both day/night.

[terrahero]

When i read this i thought of a planet shaped like a square.../facepalm

Minecraft? o.o

[Deleted]

It has been mentioned before, but such a cycle was needed for certain (dynamic) events and such things. I think it is ''only'' 2 hours so that casuals can also experience all the specific night/day events without having to wait hours for it to get night/day again. Perhaps it makes no sense science-wise, but neither does the other 99% of GW2.

[DrakeWurrum]

Minecraft? o.o

Minecraft is more like a never-ending plane, seated on top of a never-ending void.