Raining in Thanalan

[ArkhamNative]

What's the deal with so much rain in Thanalan?
It feels like it's raining half the time I'm there. Are they planning to add more vegetation in an update? that would be cool.
Otherwise please make it rain less, it just doesn't feel right.

It's still winter there. The Mojave desert in California also has a rainy season in winter. Perhaps that's why.

[Xieveral]

The rain amount is unrealistic but they can't set it on a timer more accurate to Earth conditions. Isn't rain a condition required to catch certain fish? Imagine how furious the fishers would be if they had to wait until summer or the tail end of winter to catch those fish.

I found fog in Sagolii to be vastly more... Odd...

Parts of Thanalan are near the sea which is conducive for foggy conditions and it is entirely possible for a desert to have fog but not fog that persists into the afternoon.

[Naunet]

It can rain in deserts, and does in fact, but the overall climate and geography is not good for vegetation to grow even if there is rain. The water tends to pool on the surface and/or drown things. It's not all that weird for it to rain in Thanalan, really. c:

Desert rain tends to come in very short, intense downpours, which is why the water remains on the surface - it doesn't have a chance to saturate the soil, so the soil remains packed and dry. Some areas in Thanalan are more reminiscent of savannah than desert, so it would make sense for a "rainy season" - though I doubt the intensity of the rain in game will vary over the course of a year.

It is funny that 9 times out of 10, if I'm in or around Camp Drybone, it is anything but... dry.

What I find more annoying, however, are the heat waves. They make me nauseous. :/

[Mysteltain]

The rain amount is unrealistic but they can't set it on a timer more accurate to Earth conditions. Isn't rain a condition required to catch certain fish? Imagine how furious the fishers would be if they had to wait until summer or the tail end of winter to catch those fish.

A guy in my old FC was pretty big into fishing, and the one time he wanted to catch a fish in Eastern Thanalan that only appeared during rainy weather, it didn't rain for about 12 hours straight. When it finally did, it lasted 20 minutes and he wasn't able to catch it. Never rained the rest of the day. I felt so bad for him xD

So yeah, it wouldn't matter if actual seasons were implemented or not--the game always has a way of trolling you.

[Akuha]

It is raining 1/2 the time there because the heaven crying for the innocents that lost their lives due to corruption, crime, vice and more corruption.

Don't live the in Ul'dah once housing comes into play. Can't imagine the amount of break-ins, extortions and beggers.

What happens in Veg- er, Ul'Dah...