Zoe.8310 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Anyone notice how horrible the stairs look on the Astralarium?? Looks like some dev was pressed for time and copy-pasted an asset of 5 steps over and over and over. Looks horrible!! Sad that they are not smoothly rotated like the stairs in the god's Library we was in the PoF story......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrizzFreston.5290 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Have you seen what has happened to the great hall and Kamadan? I think these stairs a beautiful in comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoe.8310 Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 > @FrizzFreston.5290 said: > Have you seen what has happened to the great hall and Kamadan? I think these stairs a beautiful in comparison. No.... I haven't been to Kamadan yet. Is it even worse?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khisanth.2948 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Aren't stairs usually a repetition of steps? O_o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoe.8310 Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 > @Khisanth.2948 said: > Aren't stairs usually a repetition of steps? O_o haha, yeah. But *these* stairs are clumped in sets of 5 before they rotate a few degrees clockwise, as opposed to rotating after every step. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrilana.1396 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 > @Zoe.8310 said: > > @FrizzFreston.5290 said: > > Have you seen what has happened to the great hall and Kamadan? I think these stairs a beautiful in comparison. > > No.... I haven't been to Kamadan yet. Is it even worse?! > Can’t even recognize it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesilverdragoon.3078 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 I noticed it yesterday with my friends. With experience in 3D modelling, yes all they did was copy, paste, rotate. It bothered me, but I got over it. The rest of the area is pretty enough to forgive it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H.6142 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 I thought they were built with SAB clouds with a stone chip texture myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oglaf.1074 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 I was expecting a Seinfield-gag, lol. Anyway, anyone have any screenshots of this? I've not started the new LW as I am not done with the older stuff yet, and I'm curious... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoe.8310 Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 > @"Matt H.6142" said: > I thought they were built with SAB clouds with a stone chip texture myself. hahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davin.5784 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 > @"Matt H.6142" said: > I thought they were built with SAB clouds with a stone chip texture myself. Agreed lol, but they are terrible. Someone really failed on the QA here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohoni.6057 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 I do have to say, I get the mechanics behind copy-pasting the stairs, and don't really expect more than that, but I do object to the stairs they decided to copy-paste. They just look too rough and random to match the polish of the rest of the area. I would have preferred something more in a polished marble, maybe with some gold filigree. These stairs just seem like they belong to a totally different area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayakaru.6583 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Its not pretty, but im not not bothered by it either. Nice if anet fixes it, but really, its secondary polishing if you ask me. Theres plenty of stairs that are worse because they have ridges that make you stop walking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaklex.6308 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Really, you find those stairs annoying just because they aren't perfectly built...did you ever stop to think they were made that way be design? I'm sure it's on purpose, you have heard of different architecture haven't you? I looked more closely at the stairs leading from the third floor level to the level above, if you look at the building itself and see how the stairs curl around the wall you'll see that they are designed to go with the flow of the exterior wall, which apparently isn't a smooth curve, hence every set of 5 stairs takes a little jog to the right. So, I know you'll say this doesn't make sense for the rest of the places where it doesn't hug the wall...my response is consistency, keep the style of stairs consistent and that's why they're all formed that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayumi Spender.1082 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Would like to see a screenshot of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khisanth.2948 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Got to the Astralarium a while ago but forgot about this thread. I don't think the stairs are that bad. In fact I am pretty sure some people build stairs like this on purpose IRL as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickenooble.5014 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 The stairs in Astralarium are some of the shittiest stairs I've ever seen in a game. The game used beautiful stair assets all over PoF and then, for Astralarium, they built it like a friggin guild hall. I have to avoid that area just because seeing the stairs kinda triggers this weird anxiety I have about environments (office buildings, rooms in houses, roads, etc.) where things aren't aligned properly with anything in the room. Those stairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaklex.6308 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 > @"Chickenooble.5014" said: > The stairs in Astralarium are some of the kitten stairs I've ever seen in a game. The game used beautiful stair assets all over PoF and then, for Astralarium, they built it like a friggin guild hall. I have to avoid that area just because seeing the stairs kinda triggers this weird anxiety I have about environments (office buildings, rooms in houses, roads, etc.) where things aren't aligned properly with anything in the room. Those stairs. Those stairs are aligned with the walls between the third and fourth floors, I just looked at them, that is why they are designed that way...then you keep the same design all around for consistency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khisanth.2948 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 If there is any issue with the Astralarium I think the telescope is a bigger issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menadena.7482 Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 > @"FrizzFreston.5290" said: > Have you seen what has happened to the great hall and Kamadan? I think these stairs a beautiful in comparison. Do you mean the spiral steps in Palawdan? I completely loathe those things! Trying to climb them while mobs are firing at you is asking to fall off them. Even without an event going on I can not see them being practical as you can fall off them. Not practical stairs at all. I often skip the chests at the top of them as it is often a waste of time. Compared to them I had no complaints at all with the Asta ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickenooble.5014 Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 For you guys thinking the Astralarium stairs are acceptable...  [unsized Image for higher detail of eyes bleeding.](https://i.imgur.com/zjL2xwW.jpg "Unsized Image for higher detail of eyes bleeding.") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayumi Spender.1082 Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 I've seen just as bad in every single map I've been on in this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noa.7490 Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 > @"Chickenooble.5014" said: > For you guys thinking the Astralarium stairs are acceptable... > >  > > [unsized Image for higher detail of eyes bleeding.](https://i.imgur.com/zjL2xwW.jpg "Unsized Image for higher detail of eyes bleeding.") It's lazy map making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner.4621 Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 I spend so much time avoiding the stairs at all costs via mounts that I have never even looked at them beyond "Nope, not doing that." But now game is literally unplayable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickenooble.5014 Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 > @"Sojourner.4621" said: > But now game is literally unplayable. Pretty much. I avoid that area now. Won't even WP there because of how triggered I am by those stairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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