魔兽世界：永恒——天翔视觉更新的未来
原题：World of Warcraft: Forever- The Future of Skyborne Visual Updates
Get insights from the World of Warcraft development team on refining the Skyborne visual style, revisiting High-Definition Druid forms, and expanding player choice with Standard-Definition character models.
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《魔兽世界》开发团队在踏上《魔兽世界：永恒》之旅时，怀揣着随着时间不断成长与演变的雄心。我们的目标始终是秉承《魔兽世界》原初纪元的美学，同时为玩家提供更多体验艾泽拉斯的方式。
在开发过程中，我们一直在确定合适的保真度范围，以及哪些内容契合《魔兽世界：永恒》的世界，哪些不契合。团队在此过程中学到了很多，未来内容也将继续加强这一点。
在这一过程中，团队曾想探索一些想法，但最终未能达到我们所追求的一致性与连贯性。为了更好地契合我们的目标，我们打算在未来更新其中一些视觉效果。以下是我们重新审视高清天空德鲁伊形态的一个例子。
我们去掉了一些柔和感，增加了更细致的毛发纹理，并调整了色彩饱和度。天空族来自异域环境，他们的德鲁伊形态也反映了这一点，但我们不希望这与世界上其他生物的视觉语言产生不协调。
天空族标准清晰度玩家角色更新
在选择为玩家角色提供标准清晰度或高清切换时，我们聚焦于《魔兽世界》原版的既有种族，因为许多人对这些模型有深厚感情。然而，我们听到了反馈，认为高清天空族与标准清晰度模型和世界放在一起时，对比会显得突兀，我们也认同这一点。
因此，对于偏好标准清晰度模型外观并希望有更多选择的玩家，天空族玩家角色（当然也包括标准清晰度德鲁伊形态）正在开发中，将于2027年初推出。我们期待在临近该日期时分享更多信息。目前，这里有一张早期开发中的图片。
这只是我们旅程的开始，整个团队对《魔兽世界：永恒》的反响感到非常激动。随着我们继续共同完善这一愿景，我们期待未来的发展——为了部落！为了联盟！永恒！
The World of Warcraft development team began our journey into World of Warcraft: Forever with ambitions that grew and evolved over time. Our aim has always been to uphold the original WoW era aesthetic, while giving players more choice in how they experience Azeroth.
Over the course of development, we have been aligning on the right range of fidelity and what feels like it belongs in the WoW: Forever world and what does not. The team has learned much in the process, and that will continue to strengthen more with future content.
Along the way, there were some ideas the team wanted to explore that ultimately didn’t quite meet the consistency and cohesion we are aiming for. To align with our goals better, we are taking aim at updating some of those visuals for the future. Here is one example of how we are revisiting the High Definition (HD) Skyborne Druid forms.
We removed a bit of the softness, added more detailed fur textures, and adjusted the color saturation. The Skyborne are from an exotic environment, and their Druid forms reflect that, but we don't want that to be dissonant with the visual language of other creatures in the world.
Skyborne Standard Definition (SD) Player Character Update
In choosing to offer an SD or HD toggle for player characters, we focused on the pre-existing races from original World of Warcraft since many people have an attachment to those models. However, we have heard feedback that the HD Skyborne can be jarring by contrast when placed in the same world as the SD models and world, and we agree.
So, for those of us that prefer the look of SD models and want more choice, Skyborne player characters (and yes SD Druid forms) are in development and arriving early 2027. We look forward to sharing more information closer to that date. For now, here is an early work in progress image.
This is just the start of our journey, and the whole team is thrilled with the reception for World of Warcraft: Forever. As we continue refining this vision together, we look forward to what lies ahead—for the Horde! For the Alliance! Forever!