Exotic weather

[treuhavik]

The elemental aspect of the aether and its transitions make total sense, I agree.

I was thinking more on this, and the bridge as to why the elemental affinity changes can be placed in my theory as well. Simply put, as aether gathers and transitions from astral to umbral it grows more and more volitile and eventually changes -- some sort of reation causes the aether to shift into the next element and dispurse, repeating for each element, of course.

Now, it's possible the above is linked to the global density of aether, but for now I'm going to settle with the idea that it goes through a similar, yet independent, cyclic process.

Wait a second, I just had a thought. The hours on an Eorzean clock are organized into the six elements, and further divided into Astral and Umbral. So there's two hours each day for Umbral Wind and two for Umbral Static, one in the AM and one in the PM. Has anyone checked to see if the times for those weather effects coincide on the same time each Eorzean day? That is, when they show up, which may not be every single Eorzean day.

Nice catch! I'd be very interested in these findings as well.

[treuhavik]

Simply put, as aether gathers and transitions from astral to umbral it grows more and more volitile and eventually changes -- some sort of reation causes the aether to shift into the next element and dispurse, repeating for each element, of course.

So, Moose informed me last night that the elemental wheel can move both ways -- clock or counterclockwise -- which pretty much busts my theory, as I can't yet explain coherently how a light concentration of aether (astral) would suddenly become dense (umbral), or visa versa, upon transitioning to another element. The theory as it stands would dictate the element is plainly unable to change into another, continually bouncing between umbral and astral aspects of itself. This is all probably gibberish to most, but for those that follow, thems the breaks. :\