STORMS!!

[Doveheart]

How many of you are so tired of the constant storms?!

[arielwyndwalker]

There have been many many complaints about the storms. I keep my days on 120 and I get 3 storms during the daytime, and two at night. I'm sorry, but that is way too many. I live in the heart of Tornado Alley and we don't even have this many storms.

[software.goddess]

Ya, they really need to tone it down. It was cool the first few days, but got old real fast.

[Stephanos]

very tired...storm are crap in this game.the devs need to add a new feature in my opinion : storms countdown event.i cut my playthrough only for storm frequency

[Drudackus]

I found them interesting initially, then they got annoying, but once I got acclimatised they were just another aspect of the game. They don't last long, so it can be an opportunity to get a cuppa. In any case, I carry materials to repair my gear, so materials for shelter is no inconvenience.

[Gex]

I can build a shelter on the spot for a storm just about anywhere like Drudackus said as well. It takes a foundation and single curved roof piece for the least amount of pieces to survive a storm.

So out and about, it doesn't bother me at all...I usually even wait till after the storm started to build the shelter and if my goal was gathering resources, I continue gathering till I need to come back warm up.

Where storms are ANNOYING, is when building bases or some sort of large structure...the shaking when trying to get a already difficult process to find the right placement makes it nearly impossible.....it got old real fast.

[chemiman]

Originally posted by Black Gecko:

I can build a shelter on the spot for a storm just about anywhere like Drudackus said as well. It takes a foundation and single curved roof piece for the least amount of pieces to survive a storm.

So out and about, it doesn't bother me at all...I usually even wait till after the storm started to build the shelter and if my goal was gathering resources, I continue gathering till I need to come back warm up. [...]

But that's the problem. Storms are so frequent, it's nothing special anymore. A storm should be a frightening and dangerous event for the small folk, not something that happens twice a day where you just think "oh well, time for the two piece shelter again".

[Gex]

Originally posted by chemiman:

But that's the problem. Storms are so frequent, it's nothing special anymore. A storm should be a frightening and dangerous event for the small folk, not something that happens twice a day where you just think "oh well, time for the two piece shelter again".

I agree with you on all of that 100%. Its stuff that I and others have already said. I've made lots of suggestions previously on other posts what I think what storms and winters should bring. I and others have said that storms become bathroom break/drink run...literally encouraging players to walk away from the game. It happens way to often and its not a challenge at all. Winter has been a complete let down so far.

To recap some suggestions for storms

1. Storms - Give players control on frequency and how extreme
2. Storms - Remove the shaking while in the building hammer
3. Storms - Add flooding areas on the ground from rain
4. Storms - Add Wind Areas that push players around ( elevated areas and gliding )
5. Storms - Shelters need enclosure ( full tier 1 room = 4 walls and roof and floor )
6. Winters - Little to no resource plant life
7. Winters - Almost no edible plant life
8. Winters - Little to no bugs
9. Winters - Shelters need insulation ( full tier 2 room = 4 walls and roof and floor )
10. Winters - Snow changing landscape by having a few inches of snow everywhere
11. Winters - Freeze some water areas that you could cross
12. Winters - Crossing some ice areas break through dropping you into freezing water
13. Winters - Require Snow gear for traversing the snow
14. Winters - Require Snow Armor for max cold protection

Winter is coming

[Tom Merge!]

I'll give feed back on the team about the storms, a weather overhaul is planned!

[Kaya]

Originally posted by Black Gecko:

Originally posted by chemiman:

But that's the problem. Storms are so frequent, it's nothing special anymore. A storm should be a frightening and dangerous event for the small folk, not something that happens twice a day where you just think "oh well, time for the two piece shelter again".

I agree with you on all of that 100%. Its stuff that I and others have already said. I've made lots of suggestions previously on other posts what I think what storms and winters should bring. I and others have said that storms become bathroom break/drink run...literally encouraging players to walk away from the game. It happens way to often and its not a challenge at all. Winter has been a complete let down so far.

To recap some suggestions for storms

1. Storms - Give players control on frequency and how extreme
2. Storms - Remove the shaking while in the building hammer
3. Storms - Add flooding areas on the ground from rain
4. Storms - Add Wind Areas that push players around ( elevated areas and gliding )
5. Storms - Shelters need enclosure ( full tier 1 room = 4 walls and roof and floor )
6. Winters - Little to no resource plant life
7. Winters - Almost no edible plant life
8. Winters - Little to no bugs
9. Winters - Shelters need insulation ( full tier 2 room = 4 walls and roof and floor )
10. Winters - Snow changing landscape by having a few inches of snow everywhere
11. Winters - Freeze some water areas that you could cross
12. Winters - Crossing some ice areas break through dropping you into freezing water
13. Winters - Require Snow gear for traversing the snow
14. Winters - Require Snow Armor for max cold protection

Winter is coming

Very good collection of suggestions, I would add to
2.: add a setting to get rid of screen shaking completely
As I´ve said before, for people who get motion sick easily or get other similar effects, it´s an accessability issue.