NIGHT TIME!!

[Shougun]

In a world with little to no light pollution though, it's fairly accurate. Ever looked at the sky when it's truly, completely pitch black out?

It's magnificient.

Yeah (agree Llen), @Kio thats actually not - enough - stars.


Although it never got dark imo, the night sky is black, not blue(1.0). And the stars in 1.0 were visibly pixel-ated. The milkway was the worst colprit of being of very low res - it looked good at quick glance or if blurred but if you just stared at it.. meh.. lol

[Zehira]

Yeah (agree Llen), @Kio thats actually not - enough - stars.


Although it never got dark imo, the night sky is black, not blue(1.0). And the stars in 1.0 were visibly pixel-ated. The milkway was the worst colprit of being of very low res - it looked good at quick glance or if blurred but if you just stared at it.. meh.. lol

It would be cool if ARR can do like this...

But NOT this...

[Catapult]

In a world with little to no light pollution though, it's fairly accurate. Ever looked at the sky when it's truly, completely pitch black out?

It's magnificient.

This.

I highly recommend taking a trip out to the countryside at some point on a clear night, pulling over, turning off the car lights and then looking upwards after your eyes have time to adjust. You will probably have your mind blown.

[Zenaku]

1.0 had too many stars in the night sky, it looked like someone spilled a tub of glitter. It made the stars not really feel special. I kind hope that 2.0 has a more realistic night sky. I'd love to have distinct constellations maybe tying into lore. I think when it comes to the cosmos less is more.

The smallish pictures of the night time shots look really lovely. I'm impressed how it actually looks like a night, and not just day with a navy blue tint applied to everything. I'd love to see weather screen shots too! Particularly snowfall if there exists any.

really 1.0 was not realistic to you?

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Please explain to me how 1.0 was not realistic? it even had the wave of stars like seeing a galaxy from a inside view which it just happen to be just how real life is lol.

[Nakiamiie]

Real life

Having spent most of my life so far in Canada, I've seen similar starry skies like that quite often.
I lived in a small village and often went camping in the wood. Then, before going to sleep after putting out our fire, we would look up at the sky and wait. I can tell you, after only 20 minutes, your eyes can so many stars (you feel really insignificant too, haha)! It's still to this day my favourite night memory.

In big cities, you can't see anything... dull night sky. ◉︵◉

I hope we have super beautiful night skies in ARR (with a lot of diverse random "happenings")

[Soukyuu]

Here's a non-photoshopped image of the sky I took last August on a dark night in Europe, without the light pollution:


It's slightly blurry, but gives you the idea. I can imagine the stars are even brighter if you are in the mountains, the picture I took was taken at sea level.

[Klefth]

I remember someone's suggestion that they should add constellations related to primals or The Twelve depending on the day/month it is in game. I think that would be a pretty neat addition to an already awesome night sky. I wish they could do something like that someday.

[Munba]

I remember someone's suggestion that they should add constellations related to primals or The Twelve depending on the day/month it is in game. I think that would be a pretty neat addition to an already awesome night sky. I wish they could do something like that someday.

Yup. It would be awesome.