Weather effects

[Average mid]

WC bringing this negative buffs back to SE that nobody asked for. The QOL of not having to deal with reduced speed during a sandstorm and just reduced viability was an astronomical improvement. Now that its reverted to the original grind I can live with the effects. What I can't agree with, is the fact that wild creatures are not effected by it. If your going to have an effect like reduced speed. at least cover it across all the creatures during the storm, not just the one your riding. OR you could just remove this BS and no one would bat an eye and the map wouldnt be the least played out of all them like on ASE

[Deagle Trainee]

I don't mind the weather effects, but stuff like heat waves are too frequent. I haven't had my first sandstorm yet, but I recall it functioning that way in the first game as well. But like you, I think it should effect more than just the player and their tame.

[EvilReFlex]

Startet a new game with the DLC Map and die under a minute just because of heat... what bs is this?

[Moondoggie]

I dont mind the effects now working, but they didnt change the frequency back to what ASE SE was at.

[Alanthier]

Playing right now, we are getting back to back lightning then super heat, followed by 2 more super heats. there is MAYBE 30 seconds between the heat waves, but i've seen 1 sandstorm, followed by lightning, and a superheat DURING the lightning storm. They need to turn it down, it's quite literally impossible to do anything, your water goes from full to 0 in 3 seconds(which is not logical)

[Deagle Trainee]

Originally posted by Alanthier:

your water goes from full to 0 in 3 seconds(which is not logical)

Look at you living long enough to have your thirst go down. Usually I've died several times before the heat wave is over.

[Sarecho]

this is map 2, you're meant to start on SE after ascending from the island. you can start fresh on SE and many people do, but it punishes stupidity. if you do things like sprint all the time, you're gonna have a bad time on SE as a lowbie

the weather is obviously bugged too, frequency isn't right, but it's still 100% possible to start fresh on SE, run to the center where the water/cooler weather is, make a tent at level 8 or whatever and if you die at that point, you screwed up and were supposed to

it's hard, it's bugged, it's still only impossible for dummies

[Deagle Trainee]

Originally posted by Sarecho:

this is map 2, you're meant to start on SE after ascending from the island. you can start fresh on SE and many people do,

I don't think anyone is arguing the opposite. Just that the weather isn't working as expected. While op seems to be arguing that it shouldn't exist to begin with. But without it, there's very little reason to want to visit over other maps.

Weather plays such a huge factor in this map. So hopefully all the constant posts about it encourages the devs to fix it.

[Average mid]

Originally posted by Uncle Bryn:

Love it! Harder is better. Ark gets too easy too fast as it is.

sitting in a tent waiting for time to pass is only hard on my patience. Skill level is one thing, negative QOL things are another.

Like my post says, its not the difficulty that has me concerned. Its the fact that its player and player tamed creatures specifically. Meaning everything else is just hopping around without the negative buffs, which is not very immersive IMO

[Deacon]

Weather effects are great.

[Average mid]

Originally posted by ThunderPaw:

Weather effects are great.

Sandstorms might look cool, but I wouldn't exactly call them great.

[Alanthier]

Originally posted by Sarecho:

this is map 2, you're meant to start on SE after ascending from the island. you can start fresh on SE and many people do, but it punishes stupidity. if you do things like sprint all the time, you're gonna have a bad time on SE as a lowbie

the weather is obviously bugged too, frequency isn't right, but it's still 100% possible to start fresh on SE, run to the center where the water/cooler weather is, make a tent at level 8 or whatever and if you die at that point, you screwed up and were supposed to

it's hard, it's bugged, it's still only impossible for dummies

i never ascended, and I transferred. the start sucks, especially when you don't have any engrams for the SE unlocks. Took me a few hours but I've got a little adobe hut set up(for all the good it does, you still die inside it during the heatwave) but i'm building slowly.

[Moondoggie]

We started from scratch knowing it would be very hard. We did the same on the ASE version when it came out. The weather not working fully actually gave us a better chance to get stable bases set up. Once you get a moth and craft some desert gear, you can start getting supply crates that upgrade your desert gear and ghillie that will dramatically change heat levels. Then the weather just turns into a nuisance when it happens.