Weather effects....Or am I blind?

[HiirNoivl]

Hello Bethany!

Weather is a veritable treasure trove of content, especially for 2.0.

First of all, we can have certain mobs appear in certain weather. Certain drops can occur at gathering nodes more often in certain weather. In fact, I seem to remember you saying that under certain conditions, gathering nodes will spawn. Might weather be one of those conditions?

Mayhaps, a path will open to an area in certain weather. For example, when it is raining in Thanalan, a little river will appear that blocks a path, but in drier weather, you will be able to cross.

Back in town, it might be easier to raise chocobos, grow gardens or build housing in certain weather.

The plausibilities are endless!

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

Mayhaps, a path will open to an area in certain weather. For example, when it is raining in Thanalan, a little river will appear that blocks a path, but in drier weather, you will be able to cross.

I especially like this idea. In FFXII you visited the place with the sunstones or w/e they were called. At the beginning of the game it was all dried up like the desert. When you returned later in the game during the rainy season, it was like a swamp. The area was the same but because of all the water, there was different monsters than before and certain paths were changed. This was really cool and memorable for me, I hope they can do something like this in FFXIV too.