[Pirotess]

I really love environmental effects like they are talking about there. The feeling I had in WoW when I first stepped into Dustwood from WestFall was pretty amazing. As the light dimmed you knew things were about to get dangerous. It really added to my experience and I still love traveling through that zone for that reason.

The Vanguard weather/cloud system seems like a great place to point out how Vanguard is a 3rd generation MMO. Prior to it all I can recall ever seeing of weather behavior is a loud crack of thunder and suddenly it was pouring in EQ. WoW's weather system wasnt much better. I really hope they get thunder and lightning and even varying degrees of rain density into Vanguard and looking right. It will make a world of difference.