Radiation leak weather event

[uriel]

Good evening Devs,

Just wanted to share my thoughts about the radiation leak weather event. I have been playing through the game with my partner and enjoying it thusfar until I hit the radiation leak event in the 2nd area. That super sucked out all thr enjoyment of the game I was having at the moment and totally stonewalled our progress as I kept dying repeatedly. After my partner did some reasearch we learned that that weather event can be turned off and radiation suits can somewhat mitigate its effects. And of course iodine tablets exist.

Nonetheless what frustrated me most was that this came out of pretty much nowhere for me. If we had known weather events would be very relevant beforehand or had a heads up to pick up a radation suit or that weather could be changed (the vendor npc in the 2nd area for example could tell us) may be less frustrated.

Tldr: radiation leak coming out of nowhere and stonewalling our progress with no indication it wpuld end besides with external reasearch was a major feelsbad and I would love if there was a heads up that something in this realm could happen it would mitigate alot of that.

Thank you so much for your hard work and cant wait to get back into it when i cool down a little.

[Buwaro Elexion]

the gate compendium entry that appears when the event first triggers should of told you everything you need to know without external research, though I agree the PA could make an announcement maybe some time before the event triggers

[MechWarden]

Ideally by that point you should have had enough Hazmat suits (which block 90% of the radiation) for everyone and some supply of iodine pills if things got too bad. Even if you didn't end the event early, death should have been entirely avoidable. Heck, stack Hazmat suits and lead vests! That should reduce the incoming radiation down to 1/20th the amount.

Also, your Gate Pal (ideally) should have (better) informed you about the event. On the last paragraph, it tells you how you can end the 'weather' event early. It is right there in the Theory section. Doing outside research shouldn't have been necessary.

That said, people forget to even read about stuff in the Gate Pal, and oddly enough not everyone just wears hazmat suits all the time like they used to in earlier versions. The Gate Pal still needs some work, since it still doesn't feel all that great to use, but it is better than it has been.

Next time a new thing happens, check the notices at the top right for a Gate Pal log, it might be helpful (though, not always).

[Dominaria]

as the others have raised, Hazmat and Rat suits should make radiation trivial, I literally don't bother taking mine off unless I need to put on another full body garment, the increased thirst is easily manage-able.

I feel that the problem with the radiation event is that unlike fog or another, later event, it's all downside, there's no *opportunities* when radiation is happening.

[MechWarden]

Originally posted by Dominaria:

as the others have raised, Hazmat and Rat suits should make radiation trivial, I literally don't bother taking mine off unless I need to put on another full body garment, the increased thirst is easily manage-able.

I feel that the problem with the radiation event is that unlike fog or another, later event, it's all downside, there's no *opportunities* when radiation is happening.

As a note: Those full suits also slow you down, which I think will cause some people to stop wearing them as often (among other reasons too, like can't hide it via the Transmogrifier or the constant breathing sounds)

[Leonhardt]

tbh I really think the PA needs to be louder. A lot of the time I have stuff happen and not hear it, or hear her say something and not understand what it is because its so quiet or distant.

I get that its projected from specific spots in the facility, just make it louder or carry further so I can hear it easier.

[Yaridovich]

Originally posted by MechWarden:

Originally posted by Dominaria:

as the others have raised, Hazmat and Rat suits should make radiation trivial, I literally don't bother taking mine off unless I need to put on another full body garment, the increased thirst is easily manage-able.

I feel that the problem with the radiation event is that unlike fog or another, later event, it's all downside, there's no *opportunities* when radiation is happening.

As a note: Those full suits also slow you down, which I think will cause some people to stop wearing them as often (among other reasons too, like can't hide it via the Transmogrifier or the constant breathing sounds)

This is the reason why I don't wear them all the time, they make you slower.

Regarding OP's post: I can understand that you were caught by surprise by the event and also that it sucks that it caused your progress to halt, but you do get a warning about the radiation event coming up and you should have Hazmat Suits, since by this point of the game you've gone through Flathill. The description of the Hazmat Suit also says that it greatly reduces incoming radiation. Did you not think of wearing one when the event came up?

In the future, you can also wear a Hazmat Suit together with a Lead Vest, the radiation resistance effects stack so you'll be taking negligible amounts of radiation.

[Taehl]

How in the world did you get as far as Manufacturing without finding any hazmat suits, lead vests, or Iodine pills?

[Pyrodyne]

Chalk us up for another blocked progress, we only found two hazmat suits (and lost one somehow), the radiation causes us to get sickness and die endlessly very fast even with one suit left and lead vests, we are out of iodine and materials to make anti radiation shots and the radiation storm has lasted multiple days now. Oof. Not much to do but hang around the base vomiting to death in manufacturing west.

[Buwaro Elexion]

Originally posted by Pyrodyne:

Chalk us up for another blocked progress, we only found two hazmat suits (and lost one somehow), the radiation causes us to get sickness and die endlessly very fast even with one suit left and lead vests, we are out of iodine and materials to make anti radiation shots and the radiation storm has lasted multiple days now. Oof. Not much to do but hang around the base vomiting to death in manufacturing west.

you can get infinite suits in flathill, and more material to make syringes there too( and no radioactive fog either. or you can just walk 3 steps and turn the event off

[Monokuma]

Originally posted by Pyrodyne:

Chalk us up for another blocked progress, we only found two hazmat suits (and lost one somehow), the radiation causes us to get sickness and die endlessly very fast even with one suit left and lead vests, we are out of iodine and materials to make anti radiation shots and the radiation storm has lasted multiple days now. Oof. Not much to do but hang around the base vomiting to death in manufacturing west.

The button[abioticfactor.wiki.gg] to turn off the radiation weather effect is in manufacturing west.

And as the person above me pointed out, there is a respawning rad suit in flathills, in one of the truck beds near the entrance.

[CombatWombat]

Originally posted by Pyrodyne:

and the radiation storm has lasted multiple days now.

Are you sure? Storms end at 6:00 the following morning. I never had a multi day weather event. In fact, they are quite rare.

[MechWarden]

Originally posted by CombatWombat:

Originally posted by Pyrodyne:

and the radiation storm has lasted multiple days now.

Are you sure? Storms end at 6:00 the following morning. I never had a multi day weather event. In fact, they are quite rare.

Technically I think it is possible for an unlucky person or group to have two or three of those in a row.

That said, the odds of that happening would be astounding. Though if it was actually lasting for days, then there is a very good chance that is a bug, and should be reported.