"Deadmines Secret" changes

[Ellion]

Yesterday we went to a Deadmines Secret, and on our way I noticed that the "star arches" are gone. Previously they were visible from afar, but now they are changed.
Now this arches are blue and the stars are much more dispersed.



You can compare my video with any other to see the difference:
Deadmines Secret Outland Hidden Zone - YouTube
WoW Exploration - Deadmines Secret 4.0.1 - YouTube

P.S. Graphics are on "ultra".

[Elektropop]

That was...unexpected. I wonder what the change to that may be. The models aren't used anywhere else, right?
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[Ellion]

The models aren't used anywhere else, right?
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I'm not sure, but I think so.

[Emeraldqt]

That place is breathtaking :O

[akspa420]

That's interesting. My guess is that they changed the shader that generates the star effect, or something like that.

[OverLordErIcH]

That was...unexpected. I wonder what the change to that may be. The models aren't used anywhere else, right?
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That's the only reason that makes sense to me.

[spoutnik]

That's interesting. My guess is that they changed the shader that generates the star effect, or something like that.

That would be my guess too.

[WizardTrokair]

That's interesting. My guess is that they changed the shader that generates the star effect, or something like that.

Bastards! They should ask our permission before changing things that we find beautiful! Hopefully the change had a beneficial effect somewhere else that we can find.

Thanks much to Dellion for bringing this to our attention.

[jjshadoe]

Yeah, since the "star arches" are just the glitter effects from the visible edges of Dalaran/Kirin Tor purple shields (which are inverted under the ground here without the glitter effect inverting along with them), they must have updated the effect on the shield at some point.