Weather Do we need forcasters?

[slowheal]

Now wouldn't it be funny to be in a group hunt during a thunderstorm and zap you get struck by lightening, fall over dead while your group laughs?

[Pel]

never! my save vs Lightning is nearly maxed out! it would be more of a... zest of life i think = D lol

as for weather effects i think it would be awsome if they went deep into the weather, something some games either completely lack, or just scratch the surface of the possibilitys. in FFXI crafting is effected depending on the day of the week it is, it would be cool if certain crafts were effected by weather too... like if your crafting tiny frankenstien dolls, you shuold get an added boost if a storm is going on

[Andrew]

Wow.. absolutely insane.

Maybe eventually they could make a class that controls weather more so than the Druid.

[dirtymeat80]

some good stuff in here. Having lightning spells do more damage when it's storming out........that's just awesome

Going along with the thread title.......YES - defnitely need forecasters lol

[Kiril]

I saw what looked like a weatherfront, the dark cloud out at sea moved closer to land and then it rained for 3 real life days. I think I caused it as I kept saying to my friends you should really see the sunlight reflect off the water.

[Starlite]

I love the concept of weather being involved in the everyday play. It gives the game more of an actual days/time passing effect. And having an actual Forcaster(fortune teller type) character/class that advances as his knowledge of the realms increase.

[geckzilla]

Saw this once in Beta. I have no idea why I saw it only once and never again. Ahead of me there was a storm and behind me there was blue sky.

[Kethra]

That's a very beautiful shot. Kinda scary though. Wouldn't want to be at sea in that boat when that storm hit.

[geckzilla]

When you're on the boat and the map doesn't work, it IS scary getting stuck in a storm. The visibility range is reduced dramatically. I found myself lost with only water visible from all directions. Wasn't sure which way land was. Luckily you just get out of boat steering mode for a moment and the map fixes itself so you can reorient yourself...

[Ysharros]

So *that's* what water looks like when you have a decent graphics card!