I think the first time we saw Blizzard put "outlining" on gear was Firelands. Then they started adding it to mounts. And more gear. And now the hippograph mount.
It looks terrible IMO. Anyone else feel the same?
I think the first time we saw Blizzard put "outlining" on gear was Firelands. Then they started adding it to mounts. And more gear. And now the hippograph mount.
It looks terrible IMO. Anyone else feel the same?
Couldn't agree more, the amount it is used in the new bear form artifact forms is just disgusting.
I think it looks neat and adds some comic flavor to the models, even if it doesn't make any sense (the hippogryph's beak for example).
I hate this too, my fiance has also been complaining about it since it started to appear on models and now it's incredibly overused in Legion, mostly when there's no need for it at all. It's really... immersion breaking in a way, because the outline makes no sense as it's a 2D thing on a 3D model. When you spin the model round and you see the outline move sides to compensate and it really irks me. A fel, arcane or fire glow (or whatever is relevant) would just flow so much better in the ingame world than a harsh line.
Outlining isn't an aesthetics addition, it's strictly for gameplay. By removing it you hurt gameplay, or at least you hurt gameplay according to Blizzard designers. You have to keep that in mind.
I'm not sure if I even know what you're talking about. Some people will notice - and more importantly, complain about - just about anything.
Look at the beak and the feet/claws.
http://media.mmo-champion.com/images...rcaneMount.jpg
See that outlining purple thing? This thing is in almost every new weapon.
In any case, no, no they won't.
He is talking about outlining that is inherent to the model.
For those that were not aware there is an option in game to turn off mouseover outlining, but this is about outlining as an effect on the actual item, like a particle effect, that, AFAIK, can;t be turned off.
It is pretty annoying if you ask me.
Is it really that big of an issue? Can't please everybody I guess... The outlining is called cell shading, pretty popular in games and I guess they're trying something new for WoW.
They probably should bundle it in options with the gameplay outlining. That way when people turn off gameplay outlining (I guess they still can) it would turn off there too. There might be technical issues that prevent them doing that we don't know about (e.g. it might look better this way, provided it would be turned on in options too).
It's not just gear, it's mobs too now, it seems like every other model is plastered in these horrid neon lines.
They don't even work properly, they're only designed to be seen from specific angles, so if you look at them from another angle they just glitch out and try to adhere to the model in a way it's not supposed to, and fails. Not to mention how they make everything with them look so sharp and jagged - it makes the low amount of polygons on the models even more apparent.
The really annoying thing is, if you go into the model viewer you can remove them, and it all just looks so much better without them.
Last edited by Netherspark; 2015-12-22 at 01:41 PM.