Guild Wars 2

Can we please add rain/clouds/storms?

It was a unique feature in other games that made it feel alive… would love that feeling in this game.

That is what I consider Living World not the current stuff.. :/

I consider the current stuff the living world but this would be an excellent boon to the dynamic.

Daecollo.9578:

Can we please add rain/clouds/storms?

It was a unique feature in other games that made it feel alive… would love that feeling in this game.

That is what I consider Living World not the current stuff.. :/

We already have rain and clouds. We have snow and winds.

A thunder storm however would be interesting.

Could have sworn i have seen lightning just south of LA.

Some rains have seemed to be getting HARDER lately, which is great. I hardly noticed the light sprinkling we used to get before. But it is still very limited to what region you are in. I would love to see popup rains, full game days of sprinkles, and full blown dark sky thunderstorms complete with lightning strikes for all appropriate regions INCLUDING the cities. (Appropriate, meaning no rain in the frozen snowy areas, etc.)

just recently i was in dredghaunt cliffs and there was a small area where the sky was purple and there was lightning

Dynamic Weather in general would be very nice to see, especially thunder storms.
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We already have rain, but it is barely noticable. Stronger weather would be nice!

I would love to see an MMO with seasons. Dark and Light did that but had so many wrong things happening that I couldn’t get past the first day or two of play (horrid UI, constant crashes). But they actually had dynamic seasons across the map, cycling through all four, with wind affecting trees, snow piling up and melting, etc.

The usual answer is to go to a zone permanently stuck in a particular season, in which occasional rain or snow will fall as appropriate. I yearn for an unusual answer even though I know it will be very difficult to program and execute.

Thunderstorms would be very nice! and I am not sure if its just me but in some places where there is rain, it really doesn’t sound like rain, it sounds odd. (hard to explain). Thunderstorms with lightning would be very very nice.

Dynamic weather would be awesome! But if we can’t get dynamic weather, then at least stronger weather effects, and especially tone down the brightness at night. The moon lights up the sky like an extra sun. I understand the need to keep it bright enough to still see to play, but something just isn’t right about it. I do absolutely LOVE effects like the graveyard in Queensdale, at night it gets misty/foggy and the bats come out. Dynamic things like that more frequently around the world would be amazing.

Dynamic weather is something VERY difficult and resource heavy to implement, there is a reason you don’t actually see it in very many games at all. Most games have specific areas that are pre-scripted to display certain weather at times, which is what we see in GW2.

There is a reason Aion hasn’t implemented their dynamic weather system as shown in the ‘Visions’ trailer. It isn’t as simple as people seem to think.

FlamingFoxx.1305:

Dynamic weather is something VERY difficult and resource heavy to implement, there is a reason you don’t actually see it in very many games at all. Most games have specific areas that are pre-scripted to display certain weather at times, which is what we see in GW2.

There is a reason Aion hasn’t implemented their dynamic weather system as shown in the ‘Visions’ trailer. It isn’t as simple as people seem to think.

I think most of us understand that, but the current weather systems could still be tweaked better to have the illusion of being dynamic (at least until the 10th timeor so you go through it then you get used to it lol) but as it is, 80% of the gameis just either sleepy sunsets, or sunny days with not much else going on. you do have rain here and there, sometimes wind in the snowy mountains, but the effects of them are pretty weak. Lightning would be amazing in the rainy parts, as well as having more rainy areas. Many of those open fields could be windy without going overboard. And finally, things like I mentioned about the graveyard getting misty at night, there are certain places like that, most notably the ascalon areas where the ghosts creep the most, but overall, not much else going on.

Inclement weather would be amazing, (opinion) particularly the sound effects of rain and thunder while you grind would be very relaxing. Not to mention a much more noticeable night time appearance would be fantastic.

Now if they would only implement a Sit in Chair mechanic we could come in to a tavern and shake off the cold while sitting next to a fire.

Wolf.5816:

Inclement weather would be amazing, (opinion) particularly the sound effects of rain and thunder while you grind would be very relaxing. Not to mention a much more noticeable night time appearance would be fantastic.

Now if they would only implement a Sit in Chair mechanic we could come in to a tavern and shake off the cold while sitting next to a fire.

WOOT! Sitting in chairs is a must!