WW's reasoning for no weather. Disagree!

Silver Gale, you know this community too well.
I wouldn't be opposed to weather effects in missions. Out in the game world though? Ehhh not so much.

I'm in the pro-weather camp, and i think they could achieve some reasonable (without being intrusive effects) without crushing subpar systems (like mine.)
Rain doesn't need to be sheets and sheets of rendered graphics. Something as simple as an ambient rain sound effect and an alternate sky (like during Rikti Invasions) with the occasion pulse and sound effect of lightning/thunder.
Same with snow. Gray skies, diffused lights and the soft sigh of snowfall.

I LOVE the idea of the odd weather event, like Lusca or the Ghost Ship. A big ol' tornado sets down, and heroes unite to disperse it. The idea of punching a tornado out of existence is all kinds of awesome.

I'd even be cool with buffs/debuffs to the weather. Something like:
During Snow/Winter, all cold powers recharge 3% faster, all fire powers recharge 3% slower.
During electrical storms, all electrical/storm powers do 3% more damage
and so on. So long as it cuts both ways- I was to go hunting Hellions in the snow!
And it would only be outdoors, where hardly anyone even bothers to fight any more, but we all travel through.

I am up for snow on the ground, bare trees in winter, leaves on the ground, foggy days.... I am not up for falling snow or falling rain. This will create lag that would make the ITF Valley of Lag look like nothing.

Immersion would be further broken by the non-reactions of passing NPCs, just like how it gets broken now by passersby casually walking right through firefights between guys backed up by posses of firewielding demons versus some teleporting Sorcerers. They're not going to rescript the game so that outdoors NPCs are wearing winter garments or rain galoshes or whatever... sorry, I don't see this ever happening for a number of reasons. This isn't one bit more wacky than people requesting that the game be rewritten so that we can play super-cats and super-dogs, and I mean the four-legged variety. Do the developers have time for this sort of thing? Now that they've laid off half the staff or whatever, now less than ever.

Anyone wanting to see real-time outdoor rain can mosey over to that other superhero game and take a look. Ugh. I think you'll be less than impressed; I certainly was.

If players really want weather effects, they can always roll a storm defender.

Ultra mode was added because its cool

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Great looking foreword to the rain shorting out my elec powers. :P
Or maybe it'll be like in pokemon where they get stronger.

Maybe mix and match where they all get stronger but become indiscriminate AOE damaging friend and foe alike. Wouldn't that be fun.

Weather should be used as an accent to special events rather than something that's just there all the time. Like in the Alpha mission that takes place in the ruined super future Oro. Something like having a dark cloudy sky racing with lightning. The occasional crash of thunder. A random lightning strike in the distance. That would be cool.

I'd like to point out that the Rogue Isles (contrary to common assumptions) is actually much closer to Bermuda, Florida and the Carolinas than it ever was to Paragon City, which is in Rhode Island.

As a result, the Rogue Isles should be experiencing tropical weather, and would almost never experience snow (barring some exceptionally strange effect). Instead, we get a constant overcast...

At the same time, Paragon City *should* be getting snow and rain, but never does.

It's like buses. There are bus stops, but no buses. People make fun of that.

I think this question boils down to whether City of Heroes is a "world" or a "game."

Personally, I think CoH could use a few good kicks in the direction of "world" and for that reason would like to add weather, as well as other lots of other types of small things. The overworld maps, as they exist right now, feel like empty space between mission doors, and have almost no reason to exist except to keep us from hearing each other when we broadcast for teams.

If they add rain like I've had in a few other games, (just rain mind you) it would tempt me to quit this game. Unless of course I could turn it off. If it is able to be toggled, then I don't see why they shouldn't add it to increase immersion. Problem I have is, how do you toggle the decrease in light that rain would bring? The world is already dark enough as it is. During the halloween event where it was always night I couldn't even navigate Praetoria without personal gripe.

I only see it as a problem, because much of the weather related issues would bork my system, and force it to shut down for good. I already have overheating problems, and alot of people who I know are still playing CoX have frame rate issues. If they made this game anymore intensive, then we would all be finding a new MMO. Less players equals less funding, which ends up being less features for the game, and possible shut down of the game as well. I don't want to see this wonderful game which i've been enjoying as a spectator or player for the last 6 years go belly up. All in the name of immersion? Some people would be pleased, and immersion would be awesome, but if you can't get Most people onboard then it's a waste of funding. I agree with War Witch. It's possible, and if done right, then everybody would be pleased, but it would be uber-difficult to get just right.

My two inf.

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Originally Posted by Galactoman Poor Coyote... I've always wondered what he did to piss off Statesman badly enough to earn himself a lifetime of telling newbies to punch sick people...