Re: Inappropriate Weather Effects

Or as my wife and I like to ask, why in the heck does it rain so much in Camp Drybone?

I love the weather effects in FFXIV. Seeing things like wind and rain affect my character makes the world of Eorzea that much more real to me. It is something I really appreciate as a player.

That's why it feels off when I go to places supposedly dry and arid and it's raining most of the time. It feels dissonant. Developers, is there some way to modify the regional weather so it is more appropriate for the area?

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Kacho_Nacho

Developers, is there some way to modify the regional weather so it is more appropriate for the area?

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Not sure if serious but easy answer. No.

The only problem with drybone is that sometimes it ISN'T raining. Everyone knows it's the wettest place in eorzea. It's part of its charm.

The calamity cause some areas to experience weird weather patterns, im making this up but it could be true.

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Originally Posted by Kai_Lee

The calamity cause some areas to experience weird weather patterns, im making this up but it could be true.

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You're not making it up. Remember how everyone kept on about how new the snow was in Coerthas Central Highlands?

...and here I was expecting someone having the same problems with certain weather patterns (certain types of rain; lightning) as I do - triggering heavy motion sickness and forcing me to leave the area if I dont want to play blind (as in: with closes eyes)...

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Originally Posted by Vidu

...and here I was expecting someone having the same problems with certain weather patterns (certain types of rain; lightning) as I do - triggering heavy motion sickness and forcing me to leave the area if I dont want to play blind (as in: with closes eyes)...

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Do you typically get simulation sickness? You can probably adjust aspects of the display (resolution and such) to help mitigate it.

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Originally Posted by dragonseth07

Do you typically get simulation sickness? You can probably adjust aspects of the display (resolution and such) to help mitigate it.

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Yeah, I do - its been getting worse and worse during the past years. I already have most battel effects turned off since spells like holy trigger it aswell, but there doesnt seem to be a fix for effects like that (or even enemy spells...). Wish I could just turn them off alltogether since non of the adjudsments I tried really work >.<
But since thats not possible and I can hardly "demand" that SE changes the game or the effects because of that I just avoid the shroud on rainy days and pray I dont get Lost city in my roulettes /shrug

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Originally Posted by dragonseth07

You're not making it up. Remember how everyone kept on about how new the snow was in Coerthas Central Highlands?

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Yep - this is the canon explanation.

When Dalamud descended and Bahamut appeared and tried to lay waste to Eorzea, it seriously messed with the aether in a number of areas, and since aether is tied up with the elements this shifted the kind of weather patterns present. Coerthas now suffers from a shift in the ice-aspected aether which caused a flash ice age of sorts, whereas Drybone is dealing with (I presume) a shift in water-aspected aether, hence the frequent rain.

If I recall correctly it used to rain very rarely in Eastern Thanalan as you would expect but as there were things that required rain in the area (cetrain sightseeing log entries) that were nearly impossible to get without camping out for days they increased the frequency of rain. It does make a bit silky though I agree. Would have been a better idea to ease the sightseeing requirements in my opinion.