Camera zoom-out by 5-6% (Will it make a big difference?)

I've had a lot of people tell me that the game (in their opinion) would look so much "smoother (?)" if the camera was just a tiny bit more zoomed out. I actually didn't care for it at the time, but now that I think about it, when I look at the game it does feel like the camera is a tiny bit too zoomed in on the character (compared it to D2 in order to have a point of reference).

Do you guys think increasing the view distance/zoom out by just 5% (a fairly small bit) would make the game look better or will it not matter all that much?

Just curious to see if there's other people who feel the same way.

Happy new league week!

This actually turned me off from playing POE for years. I went on steam forums and basically the answer was "shut up and like it". Then I found out I could just play windowed and resize the ratio to 21:9 and all my problems went away.

I also find it comical that on GGG official teaser streams, MANY TIMES, the zoom level is beyond what we can do at a 16:9 ratio.

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TorsoReaper schrieb:

This actually turned me off from playing POE for years. I went on steam forums and basically the answer was "shut up and like it". Then I found out I could just play windowed and resize the ratio to 21:9 and all my problems went away.

I might try that as well.

It's funny, because all the people I've tried to get into the game ask the exact same thing the first time they play and that's if they can zoom out a bit more than the default.

If you really want to go all out, you can create a custom 21:9 (or more) resolution on your monitor, then play full screen or windowed full screen to get the proper black letterboxing.

The problem is that the monster's activation radius is set by how big your screen "should be" rather than "is". So with these weird ratios, you get to see the monsters before they're activated. You get the initiative in every encounter. Huge advantage over someone who doesn't. If you don't mind that, go for it. But I'd feel like I was cheating.

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Shagsbeard schrieb:

The problem is that the monster's activation radius is set by how big your screen "should be" rather than "is". So with these weird ratios, you get to see the monsters before they're activated. You get the initiative in every encounter. Huge advantage over someone who doesn't. If you don't mind that, go for it. But I'd feel like I was cheating.

Do you think it would be a big problem if GGG were to increase the monster acquisition range as well or would it cause too many problems?

Since attack while stading still took 5 years to develop this will take another 1-2 years. The technology for zooming out is not ready yet.

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IIPheXII schrieb:

Since attack while stading still took 5 years to develop this will take another 1-2 years. The technology for zooming out is not ready yet.

I doubt it's much of a "technology", but I guess you were being sarcastic. :D

I just bought a 21:9 monitor and find the game much more pleasing to the eye with the extra view distance to the sides.

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Shagsbeard schrieb:

The problem is that the monster's activation radius is set by how big your screen "should be" rather than "is". So with these weird ratios, you get to see the monsters before they're activated. You get the initiative in every encounter. Huge advantage over someone who doesn't. If you don't mind that, go for it. But I'd feel like I was cheating.

1. As oppose to enemies always having the initiative on you
2. As if players are not already attacking off screen
3. As if being able to see a bear before you means you won't die.