Hey all,
It’s just something that I thought of whilst wondering around the world map, the idea’s not polished by any means, but could a form of dynamic weather ever be introduced? By this I mean having varying weather over the whole map. To me (or I might just be unlucky) it always rains in the same places.
I’m not much of an mmo player, but do any other games have it? It seems to be common on console RPGs in varying forms.
The basic idea would be, say if it was raining, you’d find the ratios of creatures outside would change e.g. rain could bring out more scales and maybe allow a champion skale event to trigger. On a more extreme level, you could have it so that certain areas flood, though not knowing anything about programming I’m not sure if it could be possible. Then when the weather changes, the skales could head back to their nests or something like that, and the Moas would appear in greater numbers (Avid sunbathers) with some different events. The core events going on would remain the same but they’d be a few varying ones depending on the conditions.
The environment could also alter the effects of characters- blizzards/sandstorms for example could lower the accuracy of long range weapons and reduce visibility. It could be linked to ele abilities as well or thief stealth abilities. Engineers could have traits that reduce the effects of the weather on them. Ranger pets could change effectiveness depending on whether or not they’re in suitable weather conditions/terrain. Mesmers could find it easier to make illusions in warm sunny weather- lesser cool down.
Obviously this introduces balancing issues for the classes if each one is slightly altered depending on the conditions and it probably wouldn’t work in WvW or PvP.
Also, I guess it would have an effect on the availability of materials and loot on the Tp as well and mean that some areas are also only visited during certain conditions but I was wondering if you guys had anything to add to the idea and the potential problems behind it?
Cheers