Let's talk about rain Animation/interaction

[Shiresan]

Hello fellow adventurers,

I have enjoyed FF14 a lot so far. I am deeply in love with the environments and map design. In every game I play, I always look into the details as they reflect the time and effort the developers put into the game.

A detail I have realized is missing (that was included in FF11!) is how rain interacts with the world. When it rains, the water droplets go through the ground (no bouncing/shattering effect). As a big, big fan of rainy environments, who likes to sometimes fish and/or sit around a sanctuary simply watching people run and gather while the sky is thundery and rainy, the current rain effects break this immersion for me.

I realize that this is not a big deal for most players, but I figured I'd mention my thoughts in case someone else agreed. Thanks for reading!

(I am sorry if this is the wrong place for this post)

[Teon]

A ps3 limitations
B pray when ps4/dx11 version is out rain will be better

I love rain effects too

[Shiresan]

Bump. I'd like to see more of people's opinions!

[storm]

B pray when ps4/dx11 version is out rain will be better

God,

It's me again. How's running the world going? Look I know we don't talk much but I wanted to mention to you my concern over final fantasy 14's graphic details... xD

[Milmoko_Gemoko]

Maybe they'll refine the engine over coming months and improves some of the enivromental details e.g. rain/sand etc... if it is possibe for them to do it on PC/PS4 hopefully they will, they could perhaps omit/disable the improved animations from the PS3 build like how they've capped the visable characters/NPCs on displayed on screen.

Im perfectly willing to accept a two tier game (in graphical/animation terms) due the PS3s limitations compared to the other platforms.

But I know nothing of game design or of how ARR was built so I dont know if what I suggested is even possible.

[yukikaze_yanagi]

We all still remember this is a MMO and not a single player game, right ? Can't you hear your pc explode with an effect like that while doing a fate with 100+ people and all their visual effects ?

[Acaelus]

We all still remember this is a MMO and not a single player game, right ? Can't you hear your pc explode with an effect like that while doing a fate with 100+ people and all their visual effects ?

Turn it off.

[yukikaze_yanagi]

Turn it off.

you can't turn off weather effects.

[Acaelus]

you can't turn off weather effects.

Not with that attitude.

[Kiayin]

Sure it would be nice, but to be honest I don't find it immersion breaking. Since I could immerse myself in the original pokemon red/Legend of Zelda games.

I would rather they worked on adding effects that impact gameplay -such as getting a blind dot [or decreased accuracy] during sandstorms, a chill dot during snowstorms we could get rid of near campfires/drinking alcohol :P -if not cured, it could become a paralysis dot...