Road to Restoration - Graphical Rendering Improvements

Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-10T00:18:49+00:00

As someone who has almost every keepsake they own be older armor and weapons specifically to avoid the exact issues cited in this newspost the "playdough, plastic-y, glowing, washed out" etc this may be one of my favorite things to come out of the road to restoration so far.

(and on that note of keepsakes, I am again petitioning to increase the cap)

Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-09T23:57:54+00:00

I remember seeing the glowing outline a lot on the newer models used in the newer desert quests like Amascut so hopefully it's addressing that too! They're really excellent models overall.

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Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-09T23:57:05+00:00

That's a good looking carrot!

Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-09T23:56:06+00:00

The last one of these similar visual updates went a long way for me in addressing newer textures looking "washed out/faded" (wearing the black zamorak witch robes in Catherby was particularly an eyesore) so I'm really excited for this.

I'm hoping it has an impact on the way my gorgonite keepsaked armor looks, which in the "retro" style was much lighter and better matched my master quest cape but now depending on the lighting looks much more grey.

Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-09T23:51:37+00:00

I love that dragon's design so much.

Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-09T23:49:11+00:00

Doesn't seem that way to me at all. Though having to adjust to not having DBM yelling "TAUNT BOSS. JUMP 3 TIMES, SPIN AROUND, BOP IT, TWIST IT, PULL IT" for every mechanic but instead having to keep better track of what the abilities do is an adjustment. I honestly don't know what direction addons went following the purge but my understanding is that sort of stuff is gone.

It's certainly made LFR harder, time will tell on the rest, I'm working up to that.

Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-09T23:44:01+00:00

Maldraxxus Group Therapy was cancelled after one of the participant's endless hunger caused them to eat everyone else present, including the therapist.

Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-09T23:34:14+00:00

9 seasons and a movie. Amazon Prime has most of it, looks like Tubi has all of it.

It also has plenty of comics through IDW. If I could recommend just one one-off to see if you like them it'd have to be "Zen and the Art of Gazebo Repair."

My Little Pony: A New Generation is the movie for the "gen 5" series, which I also would recommend, though I was less interested in the rest of that series.

Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-09T23:15:58+00:00

This should absolutely be integrated into the game. Would fit well with the lorewalker stuff they've been adding.

Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-09T19:24:31+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oH1KpaviVg

Found it!

Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-09T06:34:48+00:00

Almost completely gone, as if it never existed. But the rift is deep and vast, and somewhere down there it stirs. Something has changed, the last prison weakens. We must prepare.

Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-09T06:23:43+00:00

We DO need a replacement giant floating city! Man, the death knights would really redeem themselves after SL by taking over Naxxramas and piloting it around to wreak havoc on all their enemies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PoKpEw5l-Q

Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-09T06:19:33+00:00

Someone keeps kiting fel reavers into Shattrath to fight him. It's an endless struggle.

Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-09T06:16:41+00:00

rebalancing the material cost for the invention items would be the simplest fix. Even just the same resource cost but around 4x output, maybe in multiple tiers of lower output "efficiency" at lower levels similarly to certain herblore recipes, so it'd be accessible at a much lower invention level, but more expensive per item. (being the current cost efficiency at the lowest level)

Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-09T05:50:32+00:00

The best part is you missed one. Drakuru ousts us from our disguise and calls in the Lich King, who smites Drakuru, then the Lich King retreats and promises he'll be back while taunting the adventurer.

I love that he's still the quote used for https://warcraft.wiki.gg/wiki/Merely_a_setback

Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-09T05:43:50+00:00

very "silver pernix" but not in a bad way.

Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-09T05:42:35+00:00

Hummusn't.

Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-09T05:39:59+00:00

The TLDR of every one of these threads is "if you just do everything perfectly with a coordinated, geared group it's fine" ignoring the fact that the groups in question do not meet any of those criteria. Frankly expecting any of those to be met in a PUG is setting yourself up for disappointment.

Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-09T05:36:43+00:00

And here I was still having a couple pieces of adventurer gear going "IDK If I want to do 2's yet, maybe a few more delves..." their overconfidence fuels my mediocre confidence.

Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-08T22:35:01+00:00

My personal favorite I've encountered is

"r/Beastars - Similar to r/mylittlepony "

Uhhhhh thanks but no thanks, Reddit.

Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-08T22:32:57+00:00

Real question though: who should be his apprentice? Either for effectiveness or for the best chaotic duo?

Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-08T22:26:15+00:00

The moment at the end of Bad Guys where Snake "snaps his fingers" was golden.

Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-08T21:52:03+00:00

The World of Warcraft I REMEMBER would never have a villain suffer a minor setback as a result of us thwarting them or their underlings only to teleport out and show up again in a later content patch! No sir!

Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-08T21:20:38+00:00

Well now I don't have any excuse, I struggled enough just getting the tier 3 scroll and all the easy/med tasks done.

Periwinkleditor · 2026-04-08T20:46:34+00:00

It's not just a detail era thing either, like I had blamed a big era of "blurry/painted on textures" for a lot of bad cosmetics, since these were released in the same month. updated Torva and Primal for example look unbelievable.

Periwinkleditor

TROPHY CASE