Quote Originally Posted by Unholychinchilla View Post
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.
Actually the number of Rain (5%)/Showers(15%) weather patterns has stayed the same since ARR launched. What was changed was that original only Rain (5%) triggered the sightseeing location now both Rain and Showers (20% total) trigger the location.

There was always a 1/5 chance of it "raining" but most of the time it was the windy rain weather known as Showers.