I hear birds singing, but where are they?

[Mug]

Yeah. I hear waves crashing in Lomsa Lominsa, yet the water always looks super calm. Where are the 'thrashing waves' against the rock cliffs, or how bout some boats sailing beneath those enormous bridges in Lomsa Lominsa?

Oh, I agree. Especially about the boats in Limsa. It's a naval city-state, but there are no boats sailing about? Hmmm!

[Impulse]

Well considering birds, waves, ships and player built settlements are hardly considered environmental effects, you can see why they would have to leave those aside.

Birds, boats and player homes, yes. Those aren't exactly environmental effects. Wave crashing animations however, can easily fall under that category.

[Kibo]

Owls??????

I hate owls.

[Sinzfeldt]

Oh, I agree. Especially about the boats in Limsa. It's a naval city-state, but there are no boats sailing about? Hmmm!

Probably because they are stuck in that 2d water and can't move.

[Impulse]

I hate owls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjQWbc0MVBA
This is the reason I hate Owls. Goddammit, Kaepora!

[Seif]

They do need more detail in the enviroment and things happening here and there.

I agree it's just so empty and dead absolutely everywhere. And not empty and dead in an atmospheric, breathtakingly beautiful XI-kind-of-way but just empty like a new warehouse where SE expects us to care about this world.

[NOZ]

i wan see birds butterflies bunnies and more more living things :3

[Donta]

As for these questions, make the game DX11=) and optimize the engine a bit more and they could have all these things.

[Mug]

i wan see birds butterflies bunnies and more more living things :3

You can see butterflies in Gridania, in case you didn't know ^^

[MonsieurVerde]

The Rivers have frogs!