Thread: Immersive or Annoying?

Just a quick rant here from a relatively newish player:

I'm sure the vast majority of the player base finds the nighttime/raining/storm effects to be amazingly immersive, but they just annoy the hell out of me.

Seems like > 50% of the time that I login it's night and/or it's raining. When it's both night and raining, and I'm out in the field doing regular quests, I can't see a damned thing. I find it super un-immersive when it's a bright and sunny day IRL but the game world is deep night and stormy.

That's my rant. TY for reading.

I'm the same with the fog weather, just irredeemable to me

I'm glad the weather effects pop often and that they are relatively strong. Makes old locations look a little new. Weather effects happen so rarely in WoW and when they do it's hardly noticeable outside of the Shadowlands zones.

Yeah, 50% is day and 50% is night because that's how days work when you don't have seasons.

There are times when I logon and I'm, "Raining, again, and it's nighttime? I can't see anything!" I mean I'm a terrible enough player to begin with, but when you handicap me with adverse weather conditions, then my questing is even more sad.

"50% is day and 50% is night because that's how days work..." Now you tell me!

Reminds me of a cartoon I came across a few years ago regarding the classic clueless CEO. He's in a conference room filled with his subordinates with an outraged look on his face and angrily exclaims: "A billion is a thousand million! Why wasn't I informed of this?"

Originally Posted by Januaria81

When it's both night and raining, and I'm out in the field doing regular quests, I can't see a damned thing.

This makes me think you might benefit from adjusting your display settings; regardless of whether it's night time or raining, you should be able to see clearly. There are some games that want darkness and weather to make it more difficult to see, but FF14 is not one of them.

Originally Posted by Januaria81

There are times when I logon and I'm, "Raining, again, and it's nighttime? I can't see anything!" I mean I'm a terrible enough player to begin with, but when you handicap me with adverse weather conditions, then my questing is even more sad.

Have you tried adjusting your brightness and contrast settings? It should be possible to change your settings so things are visible even at night in the rain. I don't have the best eyesight but I do all right under those conditions.

As for the day/night cycle, there are approximately 3 real minutes per Eorzean hour so it's switching between the two every 36 minutes. It shouldn't be surprising if it's night when you log in but you don't have to wait that long for it to be day.