Weather Reporter-Tu'lia

[RAIST]

Romanova, you are confusing two different conversations , from two different groups of posts.

The light discussion is about the "myth that qufim and sky are tied" statement in an earlier post. They aren't tied, but they follow the same weather pattern. If they catch the weather is up in qufim, then it is likely the timeframe for sky as well, so they run out there to check the forecast. Sometimes they line up, (light in qufim, light on same day), and sometimes it pops on different days--but they share the same time frames (popping around the solstices). Some misinterpret that as qufim and sky being linked 1:1, when in fact the link is the time of year and not the zones themselves. It just happens that i've found Light to have a very specific, narrow triggger of a short period around the solstices and not an entire season. thus everyone thinks it is ridiculously rare, even though it is fairly consistent to it's PATTERN.

As for the neighboring zones thing--there is a somewhat common pattern. When the dominant (ie, most common) weather is up in one zone, often times the same may go for the connecting zone (the more common weather may be up also)--even though they may be different elements. This can also sometimes apply across different regions if they are connected. Saw it again today...heavy weather was up in pashhow, rolanberry, and Vunkerl in the past on the same game day--but it was different elements (water and thunder) because Vunkerl has a different weather in that slot. I have also seen the pattern countless times of earth being up in altep and wind in teriggan and kuftal (two different regions, two different elements, but they were following each other very closely on the timing as they are the dominant weather in those regions).

The point is you don't HAVE to have check a weather NPC for all these zones if you see the patterns the desired zone follows. Other zones that follow the same seasonal triggers can clue you in that it may be a good time to go to that far out zone and check it locally. If you're running through altep or QSC and see fire is up...check it out, it's summer--that means you may be able to go do manticore in terrigan for fire, or bombs/opos/arcana in fire. Or, maybe its earth--might be a good time to check out kuftal for wind to snag some vermin/aquan kills or something. It's about spotting the patterns.

Edit:Here's a fresh example... checked with weather NPC in Bastok for altep...sunny in altep, OP to teriggan, sunny with clouds. Wind popped up...OP warped around to e. altep and zoned to W. altep... earth was up. It was brief, but it happened. weather crossed over to next game day and left... forecast for that next day was sunny with chance of dust storms. So it isn't in season, so it may have been a fluke. But when the season is up, I see them line up like that a lot.

[Raksha]

Edit:Here's a fresh example... checked with weather NPC in Bastok for altep...sunny in altep, OP to teriggan, sunny with clouds. Wind popped up...OP warped around to e. altep and zoned to W. altep... earth was up. It was brief, but it happened. weather crossed over to next game day and left... forecast for that next day was sunny with chance of dust storms. So it isn't in season, so it may have been a fluke. But when the season is up, I see them line up like that a lot.

I'm having trouble parsing what you're saying. Earth weather is common in altepa, and wind weather is common in teriggan. For any crossover theory to hold water you'd have to show wind weather in altepa or earth weather in teriggan. I've read the quoted text 5 times now and don't see any indication that that is what's happening, so i'll ask you to clafiy this a bit more.

[RAIST]

I don't have to run and find a reporter for volbow, and I don't have to waste my gil running out there to check for wind. I can check with the NPC right outside my moghouse for altep. If I see a lot of earth popping in altep, then it is likely a good time to camp in kuftal and terrigan because they are on the same pattern. Many times I've been tooling around on shopping runs and caught weather in a zone and it prompted me to check on an area either for myself or friend because those areas share the same pattern. Saves a lot of effort once you see the links.