Foggy march is unplayable bro

[Watermelon Man]

Me and my friends were about to finally pass quota 3 and we got placed on march with fog and there was no conceivable way to see anything. We all spammed scan in different directions for about 4 or 5 in game hours to try and find the entrance to no avail and all ended up dying to water because we couldn't even see the ground. Pro flashlights did nothing. Was this even playtested? Am I missing something?

[zombiezac708]

skill issue man, just keep walking around and scan until you literally find the entrance/ if you can't figure that out, go back to kindergarten

[PuffinIV]

You gotta go to a different moon check the info on the console and see the weather

[Inspektor]

Its hard to survive weather untill u know some things. u can look for the maps online. they are not that big. once u know the entrence u can find it almoust blindly. still i get lost sometimes but im mostly in scan range then. One of u should stay at ship. With the new radar booster u should be able to make your way. On the other hand as puffin says u can always check the weather. We rather go on rain or storm then fog. u can easy do a quota up to 800 only on the first 3 planets. if there good weather go for them. P.s. u can only sell what u need to reach quota. U can take the risk and keep everything else for the next quota.
So u dive 3 days. make 500. Sell130 to reach quota and keep the rest for the next quota.
Also. flying and landing on company planet doesnt cost a day. u can always do that to buy stuff while u are safe.

[Akameka]

Had that happend with randoms.
They suggest going to March. I oppose the fact there is Fog, and we won't see the giants at all. I add :
" - Also there is a giant pit in the middle of the map, it will be dangerous.
" - Naaahh, we're not that dumb, we won't fell like this."
They land and then I look at them as they proceed to immediatly jumps like lemmings in the pit. Obviously no teleporter to save them.

Welp, time to start the ship engine ! XD

[Watermelon Man]

Originally posted by PuffinIV:

You gotta go to a different moon check the info on the console and see the weather

Yeah my friend accidentally picked a planet with fog, but I don't think he should be to blame because he didn't know it would be that bad.

I'm not gonna respond to people that say skill issue without giving any actual input; I am new to the game and the game itself is really new so I don't want to make any hasty judgements about the design but I feel like the fog, at least on this map, is so overtuned that it isn't really fun or interesting to work around anymore, if you can even do that without already knowing where everything is.

edit: I also want to add that I feel like the fog should be a mechanic that limits your ability to see things that are further away (friends/enemies) but instead it just flashbangs your screen for the entire round. That's why I think it's overtuned.

[Ruf]

just don't land at the planet that has fog?

[Watermelon Man]

Originally posted by Stede Bonnet:

just don't land at the planet that has fog?

Again, like I said, it was an accident. But fog should make you have to weigh your options more carefully, not just completely bar you from visiting a planet until it's gone.

[KEEB]

Originally posted by zombiezac708:

skill issue man, just keep walking around and scan until you literally find the entrance/ if you can't figure that out, go back to kindergarten

most helpful steam forum response

[Lance]

I feel like this type of fog is intended. It also caught me off as well, but players will need a lot of map experience to mitigate a bit of the issue. I've currently sunk about maybe 40+ hours and I'm pretty familiar with the general layouts for all the planets except Rend and Dine. Titan is an exception because your ship lands right in front of the building. Whoever is the first post offered 0 value to this discussion.

[Khalani]

Got over 100h now in this game and I always try to avoid foggy march.
It's not impossible but you need to know the exact layout of the map and even then there are chances to get lost.

What helps is somebody staying on the ship with a walkie. If you get lost you can ask him how you get back to the ship. He sees which direction you have to go on the radar to find your way back. It's this little ship icon and arrow in the corner.

I rank the weather conditions like this normal > rainy > foggy > stormy > eclipsed > flooded

The only map where I play with flooded is Dine because you can reach the fire exit with a ladder.

[Thysios]

I agree some of the weather effects are a bit too extreme. Fog, and darkness can make the game borderline unplayable.

To the people saying 'go to another planet' is that really a fun game mechanic then?

"Oh boy fog! let's just ignore that part of the game entirely!!"

[Vandal]

I just played for the first time. Put in 4-5 hours with some friends and I have to agree, the fog is blinding and you can't see 2 feet ahead of you. The darkness isn't that bad but if your flashlight dies you're basically lost forever. Also the jumping is clunky but you kinda get used to it. Still, it's a fun game for sure.

[Mecha Musume]

fog maps are just flat out bad, no amount of gymnastics will can convince people otherwise. Not even eclipse maps are as bad since you can at least move around the monsters

[solid steve]

What clown keeps giving jester awards like candy as if it makes any difference?

[unc ben]

i swear some of these ♥♥♥♥♥♥ design supporters will flock to every post giving constructive critism that is actually valid and spam skill issue as if being literally blinded by fog and drownd because you didn't extract your loot in 3 minutes or because you straight up didnt avoid storm weather has to do with skill. yall need to grow up and accept that there are serious gameplay problems