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  1. May 24 2012 10:11 PM #1
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    Does this mean that Fog of War will be back?

    I'm not on the test server but just read the patch notes for 7.1 and if this means that the Fog of War will be back then I'm ecstatic.. "Mapnotes that must be discovered to be seen will once again not appear on your map unless they have been found on that character."
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    Re: Does this mean that Fog of War will be back?

    No, there was a bug in U7 which caused all Points of Interest flags to appear on all maps regardless of whether that character had discovered them or not.

    This is just fixing that bug. The map will still be revealed in full, but the PoI flags will not be there until you've discovered the location.
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    Re: Does this mean that Fog of War will be back?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ozeagle View Post
    No, there was a bug in U7 which caused all Points of Interest flags to appear on all maps regardless of whether that character had discovered them or not.

    This is just fixing that bug. The map will still be revealed in full, but the PoI flags will not be there until you've discovered the location.
    That's a bummer. I was sad to see the Fog of War go away. Speaking of Fog of War, I'm in the mood to play Warcraft 2 again. I love that game.
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    Re: Does this mean that Fog of War will be back?

    Did they really remove fog of war because it was bugged and simply easier to scrap it rather than fix?


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  5. May 25 2012 12:14 AM #5
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    Re: Does this mean that Fog of War will be back?

    Quote Originally Posted by PoeticNightmare View Post
    Did they really remove fog of war because it was bugged and simply easier to scrap it rather than fix?
    The fog of war was removed in...update 5 or so? Isengard? Was a lot of heated discussion about it back then. This has to do with Points of Interest only, as far as I can tell.
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    Re: Does this mean that Fog of War will be back?

    Quote Originally Posted by Macroscian View Post
    The fog of war was removed in...update 5 or so? Isengard? Was a lot of heated discussion about it back then. This has to do with Points of Interest only, as far as I can tell.
    No I know it's been awhile. Ive just never been clear on what the reason for its removal was.


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  7. May 25 2012 05:03 AM #7
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    AW: Does this mean that Fog of War will be back?

    Rumor has it, that it were performance issues. It's a lot database usage to store all the info about "been there done that".
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