[Suggestion] Dim the lights...

[Rydin]

Does anyone else think certain parts of the game could be darker?
I know, I know.. i could turn down the brightness on my display... but that's not what I want... I like the brightness of the day... outside in Thanalan Desert under the scorching mid-day Sun...
Excitement and immersion are built out of Dynamics and Contrast...

The day is extremely bright... the night should be rather dark.... not so black you can't see... but night time in Eorzea seems a little to calm and serene... and the lighting is unnatural because of it...
The night should be dark.... a lot darker than it is now...

Caves are even more unnatural...
Go inside any of the little caves in The Black Shroud? There is a light emanating from the ceiling right in the middle of the room... but when you look up... all you see is solid rock... a little contrast goes a long way... Tam-Tara is way too bright.... both mines could be darker.... imagine the Cassiopeia Hollows as dark... and all the light originated from the little colored coral and stalactites all over the place?

Just turning down the brightness in areas that are supposed to be darker isn't tough at all... in fact, its an easy change, that would also cause less stress on the GPU client-side

Now for a big (and very unlikely) twist that would be much harder to actually achieve:

Make the dark areas REALLY DARK (with very low visibility)... and give certain classes "R10 Light spells" that have zero action cost so there is no penalty for equipping it on your bar and use very little MP... And these light spells illuminate the area around the party... increasing visibility
You could even go a step further and let each class have a different "type" of light...

Conjurer has the White light that envelops the party, emanating from the Sky above the party....
Thaumaturge has an ultraviolet light emanating from the ground all around the party
The Gladiators Yellow glow emanates from his sword...
Marauder has a red light that emanates from his eyes....

those are just arbitrary, but you get the idea...

[Rau]

I wish Night was "brighter"

[Rydin]

I wish Night was "brighter"

Really? Why?

[Kibo]

I think suicidal exploding Cactuars should come out at night.

[Xeno]

I think suicidal exploding Cactuars should come out at night.

lol they do look like creepers

[Rydin]

I think suicidal exploding Cactuars should come out at night.

Wolves should be more ferocious at nite...

Nightblade assassin's should be damn near unbeatable at night

Mi'qote should be completely covered in fur at night!!!

[Malakhim]

I agree with the general spirit of this post.

For a place called the Black Shroud, it isn't really that dark and/or menacing.

Seeing fireflies fluttering around would be sorta cool as well.

And yeah, a sort of "brightness" spell would be pretty interesting. I'm not envisioning anything like self-shadowing or totally dynamic lighting(although cool things could happen with ambient occlusion on), but it'd at least be something interesting to add to the mix perhaps.

[Gun_Anam]

I wish Night was "brighter"

I agree. I find visibility to be fairly low at night time in the Black Shroud and La Noscea to the point that I sometimes stand around and wait for day time before starting leves when solo. Night time in Thanalan seems to be just about right by visibility standards.

Perhaps I need to increase the brightness of my game.


Edit: I do like the idea of the light abilities as a concept for a future instance.

[viion]

I think its amazing how much light is in caves lol every cave is lit up like theirs 60watt bulbs planted everywhere. Looks so silly but it will never ever be changed. a New area might improve but at the end of the day the art director has a vision and he is way to up his own poopa to care what others want.

[Lahru_Hukurou]

Mi'qote should be completely covered in fur at night!!!

I hope you aren't meaning Seekers of the Sun as well. I really don't want to be covered in fur, at night or otherwise. If I did, I would just be a Worgen or Tauren on WoW lol.