Weather effects....Or am I blind?

[Mychael]

Really it's because there is nothing you can do about weather. It's all random and it absolutely blows when you need to get somewhere and, like in my example, there is a stupid rock in your way and you have to stand there for 20 minutes. We need to at least have detours in the cases like a river flooding that would be blocked off for a potentially long time.

Yeah, I see what you're saying. It would really suck if a major part of a zone was blocked--like if the lakes in La Noscea flooded and the entire Iron Lakes area was gone. Or if the narrow path to Broken Water was blocked. That's just a bad idea.

But what if there was a really nice exp camp that wasn't accessible during rainstorms (of course, SE is pretty good at one-way drops, so no worries about being stuck). Or a ship that was attacked could have somehow ended up onshore in a valley... The lower levels could only be accessible when the rain had stopped for a while, and during floods, a fallen tree (or whatever) could float to a suspiciously convenient location so that we could cross over to the upper levels. Maybe in rare ice weather in La Noscea, one of the lakes could freeze, allowing us to access a little island with something?

Don't think of it as blocking off areas/paths, but adding in special little areas for certain weather. ^^

For areas like the shroud, where there are (generally) several ways to bypass, it wouldn't bother me at all if those little streams we have to cross flooded.

[moeru]

something i would love to see is weather in town.

makes no sense for it to be storming outside then just cloudy or clear skys in town

[Laraul]

something i would love to see is weather in town.

No... no you wouldn't...

[moeru]

oh..right that would just increase the server or system lag wouldent it?

[Wynn]

oh..right that would just increase the server or system lag wouldent it?

Maybe in 2.0, that will change and no longer be an issue. It is very odd to have town be bright and sunny but the second you step outside it's raining.

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

I wouldn't mind rain, or lightning bolts in the sky. Snow worked well in town during the Christmas event.

Only one I really wouldn't want is a sandstorm. That's why uldah has those giant walls though ya know :P

[Biggs]

I can only hope that, with the new servers and the world map moving to zones, this free's up more space to add interesting weather effects. I would love to see more than just duststorms and rain.

[Zezlar]

I think the weather in XIV is alright but I would like to see a little more detail. As well as having the weather change at random intervals rather than at set times.

[Destain]

I have seen every effect demonstrated in the link in game. Make sure your effects are on, and take the ferry next time it's storming. You will see plenty of lightning.

[Estellios]

I could really get behind weather activating events instead of blocking things. Like Mychael's ship-brought-ashore example, stuff thats a sweet surprise but you aren't being punished if the weather starts.