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" [On Forever's lighting changes:] I think they were made here first, is a better clarification. I think they're planning on eventually doing some of these same things in the Retail game as well. So it's not like it's a Forever-only feature, like better water, better lighting, those things are coming for retail as well. I don't know when, but I know they're talking about doing it," via IGN.

Honestly, having put a solid 50 hours into the beta, I'm really glad to hear this. While I might hum and haw about some of Blizzard's design choices , the graphical overhaul of Forever is truly impressive. Part of that is in the hand-crafted nature of it; Blizzard has had to go in and, one-by-one, adjust each zone's lightning and color palette.

The results are downright gorgeous. Durotar is by far my favorite , with the saturated cool shadows contrasting the bright orange, Nordrassil visible in the distance at the top of Mt. Hyjal, and the lovely sunsets cast over everything.…