Would love to see moving fog like in master and commander opening fight. They got away in that. It would provide another option other than storms. Would also love to see huge waves that requires you to turn the boat with the waves to keep from sinking.
Fog
From what I have seen in various videos and such.. I actually think it was heavier and more obvious pre-launch... perhaps even pre-alpha...
They likely had to reduce it for some reason, perhaps technical, perhaps gameplay related... or it never existed in another form than it does now.
But I really think it had, and I think it'd be an excellent addition either way. The Master and Commander reference is just one of many which I think are relevant icons of naval battle kinetics and visual expectations.
Pity it's not there... like I said...maybe it's a hardware concern.. I mean hell look at the sync and fps issues we have even now!
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