Is the water that bad?

People really cares about water in the game!?

... Geezus!

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Originally Posted by Renshi

People really cares about water in the game!?

... Geezus!

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You can lead a game to water....

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Originally Posted by Renshi

People really cares about water in the game!?

... Geezus!

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Water can be used to open up new ways of playing and new places to play, you should care.

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Originally Posted by Sinzfeldt

Water can be used to open up new ways of playing and new places to play, you should care.

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Under water combat would be cool....
Its not a stretch to think the Echo can allow you to breath underwater for long periods of time

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Originally Posted by Rydin

Under water combat would be cool....
Its not a stretch to think the Echo can allow you to breath underwater for long periods of time

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Dolphins use sonar, after all, and sonar is similar to an echo, and thus an echo is similar to The Echo, and therefore those who can use The Echo are also dolphins!

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Originally Posted by gifthorse

Dolphins use sonar, after all, and sonar is similar to an echo, and thus an echo is similar to The Echo, and therefore those who can use The Echo are also dolphins!

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hahaha... now THAT is a stretch... but I enjoyed it, so carry on

The best water I could find with a few quick searches: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt_WKV_oPfs Notice the low quality water is equal to XIV's.

Honestly, I think people should care because SE's water is college student quality. I know because I was in class a year ago creating an ocean shader that looked like XIV's. It was an intro class.

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Originally Posted by gifthorse

There are new standards and it's weird to see a graphic's engine that seems so capable in other areas fall so far behind in this area.

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They gave us the option for depth of field meaning they have the tech to produce a depth buffer. I can see that they're using it for the water but they're *just barely* scraping the potential.

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Originally Posted by Icarus

The best water I could with a few quick searches: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt_WKV_oPfs Notice the low quality water is equal to XIV's.

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Not gonna lie... that was some good water...

The PS3 could be a reason why the water effects are rather low. I've never touched PS3 development but I do know that efficiently performing water that looks nice is always hard to make. I can't find a 360/PS3 video of great water right now..

id like to some more life inside the water, possibly the "Fish" type you can catch in it.
(or atleast some varity, dont want a shark swimming around in 2 inches of water do we...lol)