anyway to change my field of view?
 

Sometimes I run on a netbook and looking at the game world through that screen makes it hard to play sometimes. is the a way to "zoom out" the game world in first person?

no, just play in 3rd person (use mouse wheel to zoom out).

yeah I was afraid this was the answer. Was hoping for a .ini setting though :(

Play in third person as was suggested... and just drop the opacity on all your different windows. I play on a netbook too. It's tough sometime's to see what's going on, but with the right feng shui to your UI you'll be fine

Also* certain spells in the game, I think, let you see in a wide angle as opposed to a telephoto perspective. like the druid spell mask of the hunter? Or am I wrong here?