REMOVE THE **ing water spouts!

[Operator]

Oh my god. developers you must remove these ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ usless things from the game. the water spouts ADDNOTHING but a head ache.
they are to frequint. do way to much damage, to many of them spawn. and they follow you and SPAWN ON TOP OF YOU.
remove them throw them away and have a good hard long think about them.
water spouts are RARE acts of god in the world, they are NOT common. remove them or make them 1000000000% less spawn rate.
good lord they are stupid.

[Armitage Shanks]

Take note everyone, this is the way to give feedback. In a vitriolic rage.





On topic though, water spouts don't do much damage at all, and are very easily avoided. If the occasional one hits you, it's damage is so negligible that it doesn't matter, unless you're terrible at maintaining your ship, in which case, you deserve to lose it to a storm. The water spouts aren't meant to be a literal thing, just a representation of a terrible storm, that would probably in reality sink most ships caught in it. Please stop coming to the forums and posting ragebaby threads because you don't know how to avoid simple things like water spouts during a storm.

[fakapium]

Originally posted by Armitage:

Take note everyone, this is the way to give feedback. In a vitriolic rage.





On topic though, water spouts don't do much damage at all, and are very easily avoided. If the occasional one hits you, it's damage is so negligible that it doesn't matter, unless you're terrible at maintaining your ship, in which case, you deserve to lose it to a storm. The water spouts aren't meant to be a literal thing, just a representation of a terrible storm, that would probably in reality sink most ships caught in it. Please stop coming to the forums and posting ragebaby threads because you don't know how to avoid simple things like water spouts during a storm.

You are super cool

[Armitage Shanks]

Originally posted by Papisons:

You are super cool

I know right?

[Operator]

Yeah says pepe the troll frog? go find a pedo bear to hang out with -_-
the spouts spawn far to much and in front of your ship making it impossible to avoid. multiple times, and when they follow you it's just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

[fakapium]

Asking for safety in survival games. Build a base and do not travel. Less risk. When You out on the sea - You accept the risk.

[Armitage Shanks]

Originally posted by Operator:

Yeah says pepe the troll frog? go find a pedo bear to hang out with -_-
the spouts spawn far to much and in front of your ship making it impossible to avoid. multiple times, and when they follow you it's just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

I don't at all understand what my avatar has to do with what I said. It was all fact, and I do it every day in Atlas. Never once died or lost a ship to a storm. If you have, you're doing it wrong. How is that my fault? Also, you're initial post perfectly sums up your attitude, full of hyperbole and vitriol because you blame the game for you being bad at it. As does this post where you again resort to childish hyperbole. Perhaps if you'd acted in a civil manner instead of raging like you had sand in your vagina, you might get a little more sympathy (and I say sympathy, because literally no one can empathise with your situation).

In all honesty, there needs to be more danger involved in sailing in storms. Not less.

[Myeanth]

Rather easy if you know how to avoid them...

[Magnus Chro]

Just a reminder that if you build a small shack on your ship and hide in while you stop your ship and look down at the sea they will barely even come near you.

Notice that if you see one forming and then look away it disappears. Hence the hiding in cover and not looking at sea.

[G4M5T3R]

So much salt. They already reduced their chance to spawn by 66%. Git gud.

[Nokim]

the spouts do massive damage when they hit and when they do appear they come in pretty crazy numbers and on occasions can straight out form an unavoidable wall. if you have a galleon the damage can be scary if you can't avoid hitting 3+ of them.I'v had planks taken down to 3/12k health on a galleon before, scary stuff.

than being said.
on a schooner, or brig they are just annoying but easily avoidable.

on a galleon they can be deadly because you can't avoid them ..HOWEVER. the spout spawns follow your front vision. so learn to sail while facing backwards and you can minimize spout danger like 90%. The only danger is running into a apack of SODs, so just take quick peeks to the front to check.

[28k]

So you want to make the game easier do you? I think they add excitement and danger to travel, they are EAF to avoid.

[TwistedKarma]

Originally posted by 123:

the spouts do massive damage

Have you played lately?, spouts do hardly any damage at all, I went through 10 of them in a suicide brig just yesterday and only had 1k dmg. Maybe before the wipe they was deadly but really not now.
You take more damage yourself than the ship does.

[Giacomo]

I think the point is they are just an annoyance that wastes your time rather than a meaningful mechanic.

Spouts start forming and you just steer around them in random directions waiting for them to stop then continue on your way.

Travelling takes long enough without wasting time on the storms.

The whole thing should be redesigned. Make it 1 proper cyclone that takes up like 1/4 of the tile and you take damage depending how close you are to its centre or something. That way you can choose to take damage and get to your destination quicker or sail around it. Sailing closer would give stronger wind to travel faster but going around, less wind.

[fakapium]

Originally posted by Shifty:

I think the point is they are just an annoyance that wastes your time rather than a meaningful mechanic.

Spouts start forming and you just steer around them in random directions waiting for them to stop then continue on your way.

Travelling takes long enough without wasting time on the storms.

The whole thing should be redesigned. Make it 1 proper cyclone that takes up like 1/4 of the tile and you take damage depending how close you are to its centre or something. That way you can choose to take damage and get to your destination quicker or sail around it. Sailing closer would give stronger wind to travel faster but going around, less wind.

I do not agree. This mechanics makes Your navigation skills more advanced. It can, potentially, lead You on SoDs, it makes you to start using sextant, it can throw you on shallow waters - it makes You to think twice before sailing. Atlas would be a boring game without cyclones

[Lich Lord]

Originally posted by Papisons:

Originally posted by Shifty:

I think the point is they are just an annoyance that wastes your time rather than a meaningful mechanic.

Spouts start forming and you just steer around them in random directions waiting for them to stop then continue on your way.

Travelling takes long enough without wasting time on the storms.

The whole thing should be redesigned. Make it 1 proper cyclone that takes up like 1/4 of the tile and you take damage depending how close you are to its centre or something. That way you can choose to take damage and get to your destination quicker or sail around it. Sailing closer would give stronger wind to travel faster but going around, less wind.

I do not agree. This mechanics makes Your navigation skills more advanced. It can, potentially, lead You on SoDs, it makes you to start using sextant, it can throw you on shallow waters - it makes You to think twice before sailing. Atlas would be a boring game without cyclones

Actual Squalls and cyclones would be amazing but the current spout system is down right retarded.

I have no issues avoiding them but they are just an annoying frame rate drop at this point. and as stated above, build a hut on your ship and go in it during a storm. they wont form if you dont have visuals on sea OR just look away when they start to form
Its broken and stupid. Id much prefer rogue waves and a full blown hurricane or cyclone that can help you fast travel if you stay near the edge of it. Can do damage to thatch and wood structures on land when they make land fall ect...