#Bring the rain back to COTW.

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worldly lodge
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Bring proper rain back to COTW, please.

I really miss a good proper rain in COTW.

EW has as good as removed proper rain across all the reserves, following critique of the rainy Mississippi Acres.
Now all you get is a few drops now and then. I also haven’t heard even a single thunderclap, since the weather was tampered with.

(Edit insert line) Perhaps we could get a “Sun lover” - “Rain lover” slider?

Or perhaps we could get just 3 simple weather settings to choose from?:

  1. Rain level as upon release of Mississippi Acres. Meaning that Mississippi Acres, and other reserves, is again about as rainy as it was when Mississippi Acres was released.
  2. A wee few drops (as it is now, pr February 1.st. 2023).
  3. No rain.

(As a luxury addition. Those settings could be set per reserve).

COTW for me is also about being out in nature, and COTW has lost some of the appeal, after you dried out the reserves.

(22 days after Original suggestion I suggest:

Just 4 'fixed' weather patterns to choose from:

  1. Sunny, Period! (perhaps with scattered thin high clouds).
  2. Sunny and light clouds (Randomizing between Sunny and 25% cloud cover).
  3. Cloudy (Randomizing between 25% and 75% cloud cover).
  4. Overcast (Randomizing between 75% cloud cover and 100% cloud cover)
  5. Randomly switch between all 4 presets. "Start at preset X", or "Surprise me". Random would then move from preset to preset, one step at a time, staying within that preset for a random number of minutes (within rough min/max limits), before transitioning into the next preset with a 50/50 chance for going up or down in preset number.

"Rain" or "Rain and Thunder" could be selected "on" or "off".

If you set "Rain" or "Rain and Thunder" to "On":

  • For weather pattern 2, you would have a small chance of a light shower from the clouds.
  • For weather pattern 3, you would have a chance of a more solid shower.
  • For weather pattern 4, you would have a chance of solid showers/persistent rain.)
rugged shore
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Reduce of Mississippis rain level killed it a lot it was one of my favorite things about it because of every one crying about it even though irl it rains almost 300 days a year down there I miss it so much

worldly lodge
rugged shore
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Exactly it was so fun getting to run around in the fields and Trek through the woods while it pouring down rain and it was also beneficial for people that actually have the only happy when it rains perks they basically made that perk bunch useless

worldly lodge
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There should be an option to choose, because obviously both groups are there. A "Sun lover"/"Rain lover" slider/toggle/something.

rugged shore
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It would be nice

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I personally enjoy hunting in cloudy or rainy weather more than bright and sunny

worldly lodge
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I like both. Both enhances the joy of the other. But sun or rain solo dies on it's own. That is my viewpoint, anyway.

rugged shore
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Indeed

worldly lodge
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Some reserves should have an overweight of rain, like Mississippi, others not so much. Like Vuhronga or Mexico. But even they should have the odd chance of of a good solid shower, just once in a while.

zinc flame
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I'd like to weigh in on this one!! I loved the rain on Mississippi on release. Personally, I would vote to bring it back! However, the community spoke and was heard by our devs. There is certainly a tough balance to achieve as no matter what the result, you can't please everyone.

I think this is a great suggestion but I am also aware of what it would take to implement this. I'm not saying it couldn't be done, but it would be a hard sell to focus the resources on making this happen. If we had enough upvoted, perhaps? These new forums make it easier to identify what the community wants!

rugged shore
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Yeah that's one of the rough things about it and how so many people really dislike Mississippi

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Even after the rain was done for everyone

worldly lodge
zinc flame
worldly lodge
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What maps would that be and when?
I've had thunderstorms/downpours too, but NOT after the weather was changed after Mississippi.

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I would love to have that again, please tell where you get that thunder and downpour.

silver solar
modest adder
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I'm not surprised to hear that some say there's too much rain and some says there's not enough and some say its just right .... This is a very subjective thing. And evidently implementing the sliders that allow each player to adjust to their own liking is not a trivial thing....

worldly lodge
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Ok, I see. Well, lucky you, then 🙂

lilac crest
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Exactly! Same here. MS still has plenty of rain and Te Awar has plenty of rain too. And the thunder in Vurhonga was odd! lol hadn’t heard that before.

lilac crest
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Yeah that’s odd. That’s one map that should never have rain.

worldly lodge
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Never? How do the plants and trees survive, do you think?

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But shouldn't get much rain, true, compared to other greener landscapes.

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But true, what some sees as plenty, or even too much, rain, others see as too little/to short periods of rain.
Which is why we could do with some customization here 🙂

lilac crest
worldly lodge
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Ok, Ok 🙂
I don't remember if I encountered that information.
But I also don't do story lines or missions, so...
For that reason, I would find it annoying IF they had tied the weather pattern to a specific story line bit of information.

safe needle
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Rain is life

livid sedge
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Making it optional with a slider is going to be the best option and gets my approval.

chilly sable
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had a complete rainy day inclusive thunder at hirschfelden ... but dont happen that often

azure timber
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More rain! 🌧️

gusty wren
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Why not a Weekly Calendar?
If in real life we ​​choose the day to go hunting, why not in CotW?
Some fishing games have the option to choose the day according to the weather, it would be great to add this step before entering the map, after all and depending on the ability to predict the weather, it can follow a certain schedule...
I think that choosing the day where it rains the most, or where it is always sunny or with some clouds would be the solution to be able to please everyone.
It is not necessary to add anything excessively complex, stages of 4 hours with the same weather is already quite realistic, a combination of 5 weathers over 6 days is fine, and a day that's just sunny..
Or just Skip the step and continue to Random mode as it is currently.

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rotund heron
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Honestly the rain wasn't the bad part, it was the fog mainly

modest adder
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got to take the good with the bad .... rain and fog kind of go together ....

modest adder
worldly lodge
# gusty wren Why not a Weekly Calendar? If in real life we ​​choose the day to go hunting, wh...

Having game weather changing in hardcoded, programmed, recognisable blocks and patterns would really bug me.
In fact, because it is a game, and I don't get wet, cold or sweaty, I can FULLY enjoy the effect of random weather.
The weather we have now, is at least random. That, I feel, is important for the weather. That it doesn't move in fixed recognisable patterns.
I'm not a IRL hunter, so I'm not in the habit of choosing a day to go hunting, because the weather is good for it.
I am enjoying a game of nature, while hunting and enjoying the random weather changes.

worldly lodge
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The player could perhaps be presented with 6 (just a number) different FIXED weather types. Perhaps 6 weather symbols that you could click and you would get that particular FIXED weather during your session. F.ex. "Sunny" and nothing but sunny.
Or: You could choose random weather AND could move a sunny/rainy slider for that random weather.

gusty wren
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So you just choose to play with random weather and you would skip the forecast selection..
Random weather is the least realistic there is, cycles in game are too short and the rain is almost nonexistent, in real life one would not hunt in the rain (except ducks and Pumas here in the north of Argentina) but in game it looks and feels great

worldly lodge
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I agree. Random weather is not a depiction of how IRL weather behaves at all. But in a game I generally want a little bit of everything in a relatively short timespan. So for a game, (customisable) random weather is the better solution, imo.

worldly lodge
# gusty wren Why not a Weekly Calendar? If in real life we ​​choose the day to go hunting, wh...

Inspired by your good suggestion:
Just 4 'fixed' weather patterns to choose from:

  1. Sunny, Period! (perhaps with scattered thin high clouds).
  2. Sunny and light clouds (Randomizing between Sunny and 25% cloud cover).
  3. Cloudy (Randomizing between 25% and 75% cloud cover).
  4. Overcast (Randomizing between 75% cloud cover and 100% cloud cover)
  5. Randomly switch between all 4 presets. "Start at preset X", or "Surprise me". Random would then move from preset to preset, one step at a time, staying within that preset for a random number of minutes (within rough min/max limits), before transitioning into the next preset with a 50/50 chance for going up or down in preset number.

"Rain" or "Rain and Thunder" could be selected "on" or "off".

If you set "Rain" or "Rain and Thunder" to "On":

  • For weather pattern 2, you would have a small chance of a light shower from the clouds.
  • For weather pattern 3, you would have a chance of a more solid shower.
  • For weather pattern 4, you would have a chance of solid showers/persistent rain.
gusty wren
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This is the weather in Layton for 3 consecutive uses of the weather forecast ability, if each state follows a certain time I think it will be possible to extend them or set a certain duration and activation time without making everything so complicated 😅

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worldly lodge
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Interesting. I think I tried the weather ability a looong time ago. I think I remember it being not very useful, or too inaccurate, or not working properly. Can't remember which it was. Being a weather-in-game afficionado I would like this to ability to be fleshed out, in combination with these new weather pre sets.

gusty wren
worldly lodge
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It could be fleshed out to be an actual weather forecast, if the weather cycles were also longer.

rugged shore
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Damn not looked back on this in a bit 72 thumbs up is amazing

worldly lodge
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Might have to check the weather forecast more regularly. To see if rain is coming 😉

solar star
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I would a torrential pour everyone once in a while, like then Te Awaroa storm

rugged shore
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Yeah

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It would be cool

worldly lodge
polar forum
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I think it would be ok if it was like every 7 days it rains or snows and the wind changes from the prevailing wind.

rugged shore
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The fact this almost has 100 is amazing

solar star
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And level of rain. Light, medium, heavy.

topaz hedge
rugged shore
worldly lodge
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peak venture
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I personally don't like dealing with the rain through my binoculars but it should be an option for you all to have so I will give it a thumbs up. Hopefully they do make it so console can turn it off or adjust it.

rugged shore
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Damn 2 more

topaz hedge
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We just gotta up this a bit to get those votes

topaz hedge
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One more

worldly lodge
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Uh oh! Don’t have a prize for number 100 😟

solar star
topaz hedge
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Yay 🙂

rugged shore
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Yayyyy

modest adder
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Gaming nerds like rain and foul weather .... gives us an excuse to stay in an play ...

worldly lodge
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Good one, @modest adder

raw bay
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I’m seeing more and more rain now

worldly lodge
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Except outside my windows, where it is just dry, windy and pollen’y. But that is another story.

worldly lodge
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I wonder if the new reserve is a rainy one?
Not that I have any knowledge of clues that might indicate that.

worldly lodge
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Well, if indications of an Australian map is true, then probably not that rainy...

muted thorn
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if you ask me they should also add rainstorms and stuff like that

raw bay
sleek solar
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The ambience from the rain was so nice

worldly lodge
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(I am virtual fishing right now ). In that fishing game, there was a nice intense thunderstorm. Started in the dark. Surprised me. Both it, and the calm afterwards, was magic 😍

ebon summit
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please this 🙏

worldly lodge
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Australien rainforest, among other biomes, is coming in the new Austrailian map.

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If I remember right, the Piccabeen Bay map in The Hunter Classic was rainy, wasn't it?
I hope this will be too.

ebon summit
worldly lodge
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I know, but I have to hope for it 🙏

hollow pendant
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It rains almost constantly on Piccabeen Bay, so hopefully it does on Emerald Coast, at least in the rainforest areas

worldly lodge
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It has been ages since I was on Piccabeen Bay. But I do remember shooting those big geese in a thunderstorm.

hollow pendant
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The magpie geese. Yup, that is loads of fun, down in the swamp

urban wigeon
rugged shore
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Exactly

vast seal
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Wheres are lighting storms? Can't remember I time when I go hunting when there isn't weather IRL

rugged shore
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Rainy

raw bay
vast seal
raw bay
lucid seal
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I mean even piccabeen bay on classic has lightning

gusty wren
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I think lightning can only be seen at Layton and Hirschfelden.
At least I remember that I dropped one in Hirsch while following a Roe Deer in the mountain and pines area, I had the volume of the headphones at maximum and I almost had a heart attack

lucid seal
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also, visibility and sound reduction in rain shouldn’t be a skill, but implemented automatically

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same thing with just visibility in fog and sound with high wind speed

worldly lodge
valid sinew
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when it cracks up in vurhonga, man it's violent. I absolutely love the thunder on vurhonga (if it's still there)

ebon summit
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it's really a shame that the weather system got butchered so much, I miss the rain

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also, it definitely shouldn't be a slider, because some maps should be more rainy and some less - so for example on Vurthoga rain should be rare, but on Mississippi it should rain often and a lot

raw bay
worldly lodge
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rugged shore
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Random between 1 and 7pm would be perfect

worldly lodge
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Random, random and random is my perfect setting. I hate spotting fixed weather patterns in outdoor immersion games 😭

valid sinew
raw bay
stiff wraith
raw bay
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Hope we get Quick showers and Massive Thunderstorms In the Tropical Rainforests of Emerald Coast,Like a scaled down version classic of Piccabeen bay

limpid vault
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I was doing missions and I think that triggered a (proper) storm and the sound of the wind, the actual rain, the foliage waving... I wish this kind of weather was in the game. Not as a common ocurrence but I think it adds a lot to the atmosphere. The 1 minute drizzle currently in-game doesn't feel enough.

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lucid seal
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but strong storms and windy days should happen occasionally

limpid vault
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I remember that the water droplets would impact the ground, that should be implemented again

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worldly lodge
worldly lodge
vast seal
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storms would add to the fun alot

gusty wren
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we have rain whit lightning and thunders in Emerald Coast, but unfortunately it only lasts a couple of minutes :S
https://youtu.be/ZaRM3wiGkyI

long cargo
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It would be best if rain varied with each reserve.

worldly lodge
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It seems that the different biomes on Emerald Coast have different weather. It has a more cloudy and wet feeling in the right locations. As per my short time on the map. That is a plus. But the rain events, just doesn’t cut it 😟

cloud willow
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Bump

cedar reef
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Damn i like this Idea, but for example I didn’t like the rains down in Africa since its a mostly dry map, but Mississippi needs them a lot, Te Awaroa should have some NEM has a lot of water so maybe every map should have an amount of rain and only a slider for the sound of rain which is the only annoying aspect

hexed schooner
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Bump

raw bay
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NEM and hirsh should have flurries.

fading yoke
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I honestly don't get your complaint. I get rain—almost monsoon—regularly on several maps. Got rained on all day on Emerald Coast today, and on Layton. I wish they would remove the raining noise from the snowfalls in Medved and Yukon.

raw bay
cloud willow
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I haven’t had proper rain since a little after Mississippi Acres was released, only a few raindrops that do not last long. I miss the proper rain.

hollow pendant
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I had a session on Mississippi last night and is poured rain. I was so happy because it’s been ages since I saw that. I really enjoy it

fading yoke
ebon summit
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please, bring rain back!

peak venture
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I get rain all the time in the game. Maybe a bug for some people I guess.

gusty wren
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The climatic cycles are shortened to only 6 min (real time) and currently the occurrence of each cycle is random, the request is for these cycles as well as the rain to last longer.
Something similar to these schedules
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rugged shore
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I personally believe they've made it rain more as of ec

cloud willow
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I still only get the light rain. And now that you mention it, maybe a bit more often than usual. But it is still only a bit of light rain. I want the rough weather back.

stiff wraith
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I want storms so powerful the fan on my ps4 actually makes my console start flying

raw bay
stiff wraith
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Yes. But it is not flying yet. I need CoTW to fix that

rugged shore
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Guys I really do believe thay upped the rain after ec released because I'm getting some pretty frequently

raw bay
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I think they should add thunderstorms to a couple other maps,other than Layton.

peak venture
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I've had thunderstorms on Te Awaroa and Mississippi

raw bay
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I also think Vurhonga should get dry lightning,something South Africa is famous for.But that’s off topic as it’s the exact opposite of this post😂😂😂

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peak venture
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I would so much rather have this than rain all the time.

hollow pendant
gusty wren
grave acorn
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Everytime i've been hunting irl it has rained or snowed. Bump

grave acorn
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bump

hasty apex
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I miss the rain. I use the skill "Only happy when it rains" and as you can imagine...I'm no longer happy 😂 my hunting character has been nerfed because the skill doesn't work anywhere near as much anymore. I think the rain storms need to be less common but last way longer if they do happen. Gives the sense of a rainy day and stops those random 30 second showers.

fading yoke
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It seems like every time I read this thread I get rain everywhere.

It seems to me lately that the lightning >> thunder is more regular and synced together. I got s regular crash and boom fest in Vurhonga last night when I was hunting Wildebeest at 200+ meters. Muffed a shot because the thunder made me jump, LOL. Got a storm in New England hunting bobcats on the river as well.

rugged shore
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So I've been playing on vurhonga some and it's raining a lot lately so I do believe they've changed a little bit on this map

valid sinew
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NEAT

cloud willow
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I still haven’t gotten anything but the occasional raindrops that last a couple minutes at most.

stable shore
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I haven't seen some of the updates to this thread since liking it but I really like the new suggestions. I would like to see these principles of more consistent weather patterns applied to all maps.

valid sinew
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If you mean precipitations, i would like having some on all maps sometimes. If you mean no changing seasons in Yukon for the "consistent weather patterns", i would have to disagree with you. I absolutely love Yukon, especially because of it's season changing pattern. I was so amazed to find that it changed seasons once I bought this DLC.

I do miss the thunderstorms on Vurhonga (Boi were they massive). However, I play the game much less than before since about 3-4 years because of University, so my time in game might not be comparable to regular player of the game, therefore the weather experience i'm getting might not be a good enough sample size to supports a good comment.

solar star
worldly lodge
solar star
hollow pendant
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Respawning animals will fall from the sky, that’s true; I’ve seen it happen on Parque Fernando once or twice. It doesn’t need to be raining, however. (And normally it is supposed to happen out the player’s sight.)

solar star
# hollow pendant Respawning animals will fall from the sky, that’s true; I’ve seen it happen on P...

Snail
U have been playing since the beginning just like me. That's the only time I have ever gotten rain. I have never seen animals fall out of the sky but ever Tim for me. It's when doing a restart on discovery of new areas and after killing a lot of one animal. The only other time, is the mission on ta and they're right about mississippi but I think if they would have left it alone it would be like the rest of the maps.

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@hollow pendant u still in skippie discord?

gusty wren
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The spawn system has no relation to the weather system, if that is the case then the animals would not appear in Rancho where the rain is disabled xD..
(It only falls when it is raining on another map and you change to Rancho, then the rain stops there in a few seconds)

gusty wren