World of Warcraft polishes the view distances – with Legion, the view distance in all areas is drastically increased!
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It was already shown in a small example at BlizzCon, and now there are first images from the beta showing how significantly the view distance really changes. Where in the current version of World of Warcraft the world fades into a murky gray after a few hundred meters, soon clear colors will shine. Currently, as the distance increases, the world becomes increasingly gray, resembling the “Fog of War” from old strategy games.
With Legion, the “draw distance”, i.e., the view distance where objects retain their full color and shape, is tripled! Thus, panoramic screenshots will be the order of the day, and the world looks even more beautiful than before (though one can certainly debate about the “beauty of the world” in WoW).
Here we have some examples for you, where you can clearly see the increased view distances – the system also works in all old areas (click to enlarge).
Especially while flying over the broken isles, this change will probably be noticeable – but this will only be possible with a patch 7.1 or 7.2.
